The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-11-05
Gas Production
Figures Given
Report Shows Amount Has
Decreased Slightly Over
hree-MOnthS Period On
26 Producing Wells

Natural gas production in the
Mt. Lake and Gortner areas over
the past three months, ending Sep
TENDER 30, has shown another
slight decline, according to the reg
ular report received this week by
the County Commissioners from
the Cumberland and Allegheny Gas
company.
The company sent a check for
$4,521.21 as the county's total from
the seven percent tax on the mar
ketable gas, which totaled 1921 "A
less than for the three months pc
riod April l to June 30. The break
down of the tax showed 81 ,80S.4S
as the purchasers proportion Of
the tax (2.8 percent and $2,712.73
as the producers proportion Of the
tax (4.2 percent.)
The report shows twenty-siX pro-
ducing wells have yielded a total
Of 339 $4,000 cubic feet during the
90-day period, or an average Of
three and three-fourths million
cubic feet per day. The market
able value was listed at $64, 58S.7O
One eighth of this amount which
normally goes to the land owners
would amount to $S,073.58.
The town of Mt. Lake Park will
receive $137.32 as its share of the
tax, while Loeb Lynn does not get
anything this time. The O'Donncll
we'll, only producer left in the Loeb
Lynn area in the previous three
months report, is entirely missing
this time. The we'll of the Mt Lake
Park association also is missing in
this report, but new we'll has
been added the Swartzentruber
well, in the Gortner section, which
is the second high producer on the
list. Since quarterly payments be-
gan June 80, 1851, Mt. Lake Park
has received $5,542.O8; Loeb Lynn
received $1,493.S1.
Another well, the first producing
well in the Friendsville section, eS-
timated at a million cubic feet per
day, will probably be listed in the
next report, since pipe line has
been laid from the Wells location
to point in Pennsylvania, con-
Meeting with lines of the Gas COM
pany.
OF the twenty-siX wells listed,
the biggest producer still is the n
X. Welch well, which showed 61,-
239 900 for the period with a mar
ketable value of $11,558.80. This is
seven million less than for the pre-
vious three months period. The
Swartzentrubcr we'll showed a ca
pacity of 43,O67 900, with mar
ketable value of $8,2478O. Next
largest wells were the Jasper Riley
we'll and the Harry Rice well, with
totals of 32,833,OO0 and 80, 43S 900.
The gas production from each we'll
is shown in the accompanying tab
ulation.
Total Figures Given
Since the first check for the tax
on the marketable gas was re-
ceived by the Commissioners in
July of 1851, the county's govern
ing body has received S94,25S.O6.
The first check was the largest, to-
falling $17,344.27. Each succeeding
check has been less, but the first
four still remained about $1,000
Since June, 1862, the figure dropped
to $7,73058, with less and less each
succeeding report.
The checks at the various quar-
ter endings total as follows June 80,
1851, $1734427; September 30,
1851, $l6,O6O.42; December 81, 1851,
$l3,143.S2; March 81, 1852, SILL
654.73; June 80, 1852, $7,73O.5S;
September so, 1862, $7,6OS.8S; De
cember 81, 1852, $5,96O.97; March
81, 1858, $5,49O.53; June 80, 1853,
! $4,742.65; September 80, 1858, $4,-