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.. L'arter & Hurd. J J Carter Mike Gorman
Ralston & Co ..
J B Daniels & Co .. Meldrum, E A Boyne.
14 2
D Richie.
R O Meldrum .. .
4 4 Hogan & Mur- phy Sunburst. Wm Utter.
3
.. Maple Grove Oil Co .. Morris, Gillies & Co
3
64 J Pepper .
Middaugh, 1 G Howe. 1
Forest Oil Co .. 1!
J S Cooper. . 1
1
Rochester Oil Co A C Hawkins. .. Inghram, Patterson & Lee- 1 dom 1 Sanderson, W C Patterson 5
& Clark ... .. +
1
5
4
son Field & Chat- tels H H Metcalf .. Johnson &
1
9 .. J II Mayer .. .. Devlin & O'Connor
5 2
Rathbon .... Atwater, R S Battle .. . Lupher Bros & Co Marvin, T B Clark & Co ... Moore, G N Moore ... 11
3
15
46 Nichol & Rhodes.
Cutting & Sterrett. Lego & MeCool .... Healy & Wilder .... 5 Rose, Blackman & Jackson W & J Duke, Hackett & Shirley
44 Backus & Straight .. 3
, Gaskall & Workman
4
66
R J Walker ( Swamp Angel)
Watkin Bro
Jno Potts
Applebee & Rogers McEnvoe & Co ....
2
1
3 1 1
1 1 3 White, John Eaton .. Bently & Thurston
2 Hontz & Hower
11
JE & W P Baldwin, Wil- ton & Emerson .. 10 JE & W P Baldwin, JE & W P Baldwin. .
Cole, Stewart & McDonald
3 10 Fisher & Reeves .. Eureka Oil Co.
4 4 Noble, O Noble .. G H Noble.
Keating, Hamlin. 1. D C Brawley. 1 1
Curron & Alls- baugh " Bull of the Woods " 1 Theo Heifer . . . 1
..
Burnes.
66
Kern & Co.
Vandergrift, Gibbs & Ster.
rett
B Kirley & Co. 3 3 Dow pur Johnson, Mc- Manus & Co ...
4
3 1
Golden ..... Reed & Brown W L Russell .. 1 3 Kemp & Co .. Chas Duke, Chas Duke .... Duke Centre Oil Co. 3
Borden, A C Smith 3 1
5 Chas Duke, S A Elliott .... 3 | Angell Oil Co, Angell Oil Co 14
3 C O Co, Columbia Oil Co .. 18
Riter & Conley .... 1 Hill & Herrick. . .. 433 3
66
44
Forest Oil Co.
1
.. Bradley& Metcalf Tracy & Jenkins. 2 5 3
Erie Oil Co .. .. 6 Boden & Emer-
Carson Bros. . W A Nichol- son. Allshouse
Rochester Oil Co W L Russell ..
82
HISTORY OF MCKEAN COUNTY.
F W Sprague, Norwich Oil Co .. ...
F W Sprague, Westmore- land Oil Co. F W Spragne, S W Mason. F W Sprague, W A Hardi- son & Co.
F W Sprague, & F Conant . F W Sprague 7
W F Sprague, J Galis.
3 847422 4 1
Gates & Siple Eichner Bros Van Norman & Co .....
.. W R Love ..
Sam Baldwin, Nunda Oil Co ....
3 Kerwin & Reed ...
1 Borden Oil Co .... Willard & Weaver
2
Rew
Shoem' kr 3
Q Johnson, Chubbeck
2
1
Duke & Johnson, Reed & Brown ..
4
Grierson Co.
3
Steele & Tracy . . Il P Boyd .. 1
Wildwood, Wildwood Oil Co .
15
ANGELL OIL COMPANY'S TRACT.
Ralston & Benedict
6
Harris & Wallace
3
Borden, unknown
2
Guyer & Baseh
1
G
R Jennings & Son
Ballard & Barr.
I B Daniels & Co.
J G & CB Williams
3 Wallace Oil Co ... Frank Campbell & Co. 4
3 3
Morton, J S Cooper ...
1
I Forman & Lawton. Ballard & Williams 2 Monroe & Smith. 1
5 Angell Oil Co. Jaynes Bros
5
1 J D Downing & Co .... 13
3 3
2 A W Williams.
6 Burns Bros
.. Chambers & Bros. . 4 Havens & Wright.
I
3 Fargo Oil Co.
5
44 B Kirley.
A P Tanner .. . .. Hamlin, Forest Oil Co ..
31
A Loop, I D Downing & Co ...
3
44 GN Moore ..
& L Wilson . . ..
Otto Germer .. .. 11 C Werthonan Williamson Bros .
Boot Leg, L. P Warner
J & F HI Bole ...
Whitney & Wheeler, Tay- lor & Rix.
2
Duke, Church & Baldwin.
4 Whitney & Wheeler, A P
4 Tanner. .
Whitney & Wheeler, C F Allen
13
Borden, Hefner.
4 Fisher & Co.
Pew & Emerson .. II Boyer.
ken Duke & Howard, Dorsey & Co .
7
Duke & Howard, Arctic Oil Co .
5 Duke & Howard, W G Duf- field .
6
2
4 3 Duke & Howard, O Keyes. Duke & Howard, Stahl, MeFarland & Co ... Duke & Howard, D S Kemp 3
G 4 D G Stage Alex Me- Bartles & Post .... Brooks & Hoffman Tafft & Egbert .... C B Williams & Co 12 Ginness. 2
Sam Baldwin, CG Warner Hardison & Collins .. . . = Wilcox & Brene- man J Knox & Co ...
Nettie Pete
..
Shadman. . . PennellBros Waugh Sheakley.
3
1
Brown, South Shore Oil Co W L Calbet.
1
4 Duke & Johnson, Mills, Guider & Co
5 Duke & Johnson, J Wolfe & Co ...
4
Duke & Johnson, Black Giant Oil Co.
1-
Duke & Johnson, Taffy Oil Co
4 6 Duke & Johnson, Hackett & Shirley Duke & Johnson, C E Roh- bins & Co.
Rickerson, Alford & Curtis .. J Van Kleecke 1
E E Sprague, Il P Boyd ... John Ward & Co. ... Thomas & Jones . 2 Piper & Dally
Straight, E O Emerson. St Petersburg Oil Co .... .. Baldwin & Mc- Cov C G Warner Carlin, Bros Golden. . Slater, Huff Bros & Farrell Hart.
Kump & Nicholson Oil Valley Gas Well .. I B McElwaine. ... Werthman, Ilurtzel & Ne- smith.
1 W L Perrin & Co. 3 1
Chauncey Oil Co.
5 Hamlin, J B Daniels & Co 9
Total 594
Baldwin Bros, Rauher & Hogan . .
4
Duke, Church & Baldwin, Wetter & Nicholson .... 3
Duke, Church & Baldwin, Paul Kratzer .. 3
Duke, Church & Baldwin, B Vensel.
3
Duke, Church & Baldwin, R C Coulter
Whitney & Wheeler, Tan- ner & Wheeler .. 1 Anderson & Leonard .... Duke, Church & Baldwin, Blakeslee Bros. 2
Duke, Church & Baldwin,
I J B MeElwaine & Co ....
2
& Milli- 1
3
6 Magbee & Whea- ton
Brandeth & Wat- son Russell & Co ..
10
1
Glass & Huff
Smith & Jones
Tanner & Co ...
Westmoreland Oil
Co
44 N K Connelly
4 5 5 3 6 Duke & Johnson, Varney & Co. W & J Duke, MePherson & Co .. W & J Duke, Merrick & Co
66 Heydrick Bros & Brown
4 M J Tufft.
Stewart & McDonald.
John Beno.
4
Hart, Hicks & Co
1
White & Clark. .. Dorsey Bros Daniels & Co ..
1
Keating, L W Young & Co Forest Oil Co .... Mountain Oil Co.
1 Waugh & Co.
Werthman, J N Pow. 5 8 Watson ... 1 9
KANSAS BRANCHI. ( Producing.) 3 9 lor & McVey ....
Whitney & Wheeler, Tay-
Boot Leg Oil Co W & McMullen. Ince & Perkin .. Lovell, S L Wilson . ..
" Waugh, Porter & Co Borden, Watson & Willock Oil C'o ..
J MeCort.
Weible Bros
3
Breckenridge, Breeken- ridge & Harper
3
3 Drake.
1 3 Winich er Bros .. . . 1
Dixon, Dalrymple Bros .. . ..
83
HISTORY OF MCKEAN COUNTY.
Duke, Church & Baldwin, Hemlock Oil Co.
Duke, Church & Baldwin, Patterson & Hoffman ... Duke, Church & Baldwin, Gi L Howard. Duke, Church & Baldwin, Warren Oil Co.
Duke, Church & Baldwin, Calhoun & Slater ..
Duke, Church & Baldwin, Wilder & Warren Duke, Church & Baldwin, Bronson & Cnrtis ...
Swink, Hamsher & Co
Duke & Gorton, Kribbs & Co. Duke & Gorton, John Duff Chauncey Oil Co .. Duke & Blackmar, Bnrt & Abel .
Duke & Blackmar, Har- rington
3 Duke & Blackmar, Lew .. Kentucky Oil Co ... 3 Chautau - qua Oil Co .... 12
E Robinson, "Mande wells ..
Kapp pur " Maggie " I
Kansas Br Oil Co, Simonds & McGill ...
Kansas Br Oil Co, Tanner & Wheeler.
Kansas Br Oil Co, Braun- schweiger
Kansas Br Oil Co, R M Brown & Co ....
Kansas Br Oil Co, Mead & Co
G Wright, Hushand & Co. . . . Various fraets, J S Patser- son. . 10
Total. 343
( Abandoned.)
Morton, White & Clark. . . 1 44 Daniels & Co. 1
Total 2
(Dry.)
Peffer, Lupher Bros & Co. I
Total. 1
INDIAN CREEK.
( Producing.) Keyes, Indian Creek Oil Co.
Keyes, J Keyes ..
Collins & Hardison 44 W A Hardison & Co Tod, Anderson & Co Cooper, Oak Shade Oil Co. .J Krihhs.
= N Wood
[ Cooper, Safford
9 Forest Oil Co
J Campbell, Ouk Shade Oil
4 Co
J Campbell, Evans &
4 Thompson
J Campbell, Forest Oil Co
4 Rounds, Oak Shade Oil Co .. Kemp & Patterson
1 Evans & Thompson Forest Oil C'o .....
1 Dodge, Kemp & Patterson Rochester Oil Co .. Hooker, J D Downing & Co
4 Hooker, L Lonp.
4 Drake, Evans & Thompson
3 L Lonp, Evans & Thomp- son.
18 L Loup, Bradford Oil Co & Follet Bros .
3 Zimmer, Brawley Bros 66 Gray Bros
2
= Zimmer.
4. MeNulty & Strong Spring Valley Oil Co
Forest Oil C'o .. .. . Henry Loup, J D Downing & Co .. Henry Loup, J J MeNulty Whitney & Co U'nknown
Wm Loup, Ferness. ..
Palmiter, Cavey & Purtell. Spring Valley Oil Co
J L Eddy
5 44 Swett
Fry & Hayes
3
Aere Oil Co
3 Bogys & Curtis. .
46 C' Phillips .
G N Smith
ML Sweeny & Co
4 3
(-1bandoned.)
Barse, L'nion Oil Co. .. 1
44 Shackleton & Co ... 1
McCort & Haneox. I
Total
3
(Dry.)
Mc Mullen
Unknown 2
4 Hamlin, Plummer Oil Co .. Dodge, Kemp & Patterson 1 Vandergrift & Mil- ler 3 Arthur Loop, unknown .... 2
1
Total. G
1
3
MIX CREEK. (Producing.) 1
Keating, J L MeKinney & Co .. 27
Burdick, Tack Bros
Wheeler, Dusenberry,
1
Wheeler & Co.
31
Comstoek & Riddell, John
3 Forest Oil Co, et al. 23 Tonkin, Jr 5
Hooker and other farms, 1
I Evans & Thompson, et al BARSE TRACT.
4 Union Oil Co 9
Sigyins & Lineoln
1 , Smith & Crowley I
2 L B Caldwell. 1
7 Wm Chambers 2
4 Stover & Dilks
, & C Whitney
5 G
2 MeCort & Hancox
2 St John & Co
1 Curtis Bros W C Patterson
10 DC Brawley & Co
I D & Gray
1 A C Hawkins. Davis & Hyde.
4 'Russell & Co .. H W Curtis & Co
11 Geo V Forman
1 Giltillan.
1
I Tobias & 3
3 Smith & Bovee ..
I Mallory & Co
Gray & Stettheimer
I
4
6 B D Campbell Steelsmitli .
3 I
3 Lyon & Connelly 1
I Rovee & Clawson
2 Boston Oil C'o.
I Collins & Hardison.
1 J D Downing & Co
G Emlenton Oil Co. Robert Herse.
2 1
8 L E Mallory
1 Tod & Anderson.
1 Morris & Co.
1 Cape Cod Oil Co ... I
Galbraith & Kennedy
W A Hardison & Co. I
R Jennings & Son
1 1 4 H Jennings & Co. 0
= Emlenton Oil Co Barrett, Bartlett & Co ... .J K Bartlett 3
Bennie & Co .. 13
64 L E Mallory.
4. Markham & Co ... Emlenton Oil Co ..
3
M Loup, Hart & Hieks .... 6
James O'Neal .... 4 3
44 Erie City Oil Co ..
Kinney & Co ... .. Simms, Bradford Oil Co ... Sparger, ..
11 1
66 G W Strong & Co. (Oak Shade pur) Forest Oil Co .. . M W Campbell, Spring Val- ley Oil Co
M W Campbell, Follett Bros
1
M B Campbell, Spring Val- ley Oil Co ...
I
3
Elling, Forest Oil Co .. . . .
I 1 Hooker and other farms,
18
5 4
5 I 4 3
3
1 Fitzgibbons Bros.
3 1 1
Major Wetter 3
Total 387
2
4 2 MI B Campbell, I Morris, Smith & Co ...
3
13 2
2
84
HISTORY OF MCKEAN COUNTY.
Mann, Geo E Mann.
K HI MeBride, Haymaker .. Gale, Gale & Son. Cavey & Purtell.
Templeton, Nott Bros. Templeton Bennett
Brown
Wright & Sawyer, C J Till- ford Hazzard & Hollister, G S Williams Cook, Kenyon
Weston lot, Forest Oil Co.
44 Lee & Apple .. E H Barnum &
Co
Weston lot. Dinining Oil Co 5 1
J B Kiley & Co Gibbs & Alex-
ander 4 Total. 6
Weston lot, S & Henne 6
C W Pratt & Co 18
Geo V Forman 1
Total. 186
( Dry.)
Weston, Kiley & Co.
I
Smith & Ames
Lyman.
Co J L MeKinney &
1
Weston, Geo V Forman . . 1 Annis, Brown & Bennett .. 1 Kane lands, P ( L & P Co. Mareus Hul-
Clark, J MeKinney & Co .. Cook, Andrews & Comey .. Gilletts, C E Hatch Co.
Total
KINZUA. ( Producing. )
Union Oil Co's track. Union Oil Co. Kinzua wells .... U'nion Oil Co's traet, Union Oil C'o, Guffey wells ..... Union Oil Co's tract, Union Oil ('o. Bonanza wells ... Bingham lands, Baker & Malone.
Bingham lands, Corwall, Parker & Co ...
Bingham lands, Riter Conley .. Bingham lands, A Gillmor Jr & Co ...
Bingham lands, lot 135. F M Tait.
Bingham lands, lot 136, J At & Thomas Tait .. Bingham lands, Byron & Me Keown. Bingham lands, & P Byron. La Fayette Coal Co's lands, Eaton Bros.
La Fayette Coal Co's lands, Porter, Gilbor & Jack- son.
La Fayette C'oal d'o's lands, Boden & Co
3 La Fayette Coal Co's lands,
4 Carter & Hurd 10
14
12 Total. 113
1
Oil Co
Parson's lot, Pioneer Oil Co 12
M L Lockwood
1 & Co Dye, Coast & Clark. 1
10 1
J H Boardman & Co .. Allegany Oil Co .. . . . Pebble Rock Oil Co .. 2
2 .. N A Dye & Co .... .. 1 66 John H Borden & Co. Kerr & Bickle. .... 1 Boyle, Rogers & Co .. Argue & Aiken Argue & Poole ...
66 B W Baum & Son. .. Miller & McNish ..
1 2
66 T B Clark & Co ..
44 L H Ballard & Co .. 11 George W Consor ... Brambley, Granger &
2 Co
Frank Waters, Merrill Coast .
Frank Waters, Calkins & Kelty
11
1 Campen . 12
1 Widow Carrol, Collins Son Widow Carrol, Kerwin & Reed ..
3
1
1
1 MeCartney, Gibby
1 W J Steele &
5 Co
1
1 McCartney, S D Heffner. 9
Rock City Oil 3
1 Co.
McCartney, G D Grannis & Co
3
1
Seeley
McCartney, Clark Bros & C'anfield.
1 46 1 McCartney, Tabor & Co .. Aiken Bros John R Bram-
1 1 bley
McCartney, H B Davis & Co
Abrams & Co. Kinkaid & Co. Lippert, Howard & Baum. Mary Waters, Howard & Baum .
Garr, Hayes & Davis 6
Howard, Rumsey & Co .... Vandergrift Foreman ..
1 1
3 lloward. (' B Williams & Co IJayes Bros.
1 Bozzard, Wiser Bros. . . .
1 L. O Taffel & Co ..
7
1 Prentice.
7 J F Johnson, Eaton & Howe llutchinson &
4 Stoughton .
21112 1 I 1
10!
7
FOUR MILE. ( Producing. )
6 Joe Waters, Carroll Bros. . 1
2 Banm Howard
Joo Waters, John R Bram- bley
2
4 Griffith, A Griffin & Co .... Harold & Byrnes .. 3 Zimbauer, Coast Bros
Rock View Oil
( Dry.)
Union Oil Co's traet, Union Oil Co Nos 3 and 5. . ... Halsey lands, Westmore- land Oil Co.
Halsey lands, Knox, Leck- ey & Co ...
1
Halsey lands, Wileox & Van Campen, Geo Van Bingham lands, E L Bowen 1 Knox . & Co .. Widow Carrol, J Wesley & Co ..
1 ings.
1 Hagadorn. Shafer. Bingham, Treat & Co. 1 MeCullagh & Co Patterson, PC L & P Co ... Warrant 3901, J & H O Neil Lafayette Coal Co's lands, Van Vleck, Stow & White Lafayette Coal Co's lands. Hazlewood Oil Co .... . . Lafayette Coal Co's lands. Pittsburg Oil Co ...
20 Lafayette Coal Co's lands, Dutchess Oil Co ..
10 Lafayette Coal Co's lands, Union Oil Co ...
2 Hoover lease, Wm Dow ... Newton, Martin Comstock. 14 Baekus, General Hamar .. .
1
20
Total 26
Zimbauer, Merrill & Coasl . W F Coast .... . Parson's lot, Carroll Bros .. .. M L Lockwood .4 Pebble Rock ..
2 Union Oil Co's traet, Union Oil Co No 4 2 La Fayette Coal Co's lands, MI Brownson 3 . La Fayette Coal Co's lands, G 1 (Gronen lot) McCalmont Oil Co
9 La Fayette Coal Co's lands, Neuer & Davis ..
9 La Fayette Coal Co's lands, Porter, Gillmor & Jack- son
4
2 22 0
1 1
4 1
1
MeCartney, Rogers I 1
1 3 2 1
1 Jake Waters, E C Howard. Jacob Moultrous, Robert .. Griswold & Co ... MouItrous & Son. . . 6 J F Johnson, Argue & Cobb Garrett &
85
HISTORY OF MCKEAN COUNTY.
J F Johnson, Shear Bros. Stichelbaner, Franchot Bros
Stichelbauer, E Bailey
1 Murphy. 1 John Harbell, Meade Crawford.
John Harbell, .I B Daniels
7 & Co.
7 John Harbell, Allegany Oil 2 Co. 5 Andy Harbell. Smith & 3 Howard.
Bucher, Wm Bucher. 11 Pebble Rock Oil Co
Stevens, MeC'almont Oil Co 3 Andy Harbell, Franchot 1 Bros
.. Book & Rhodes ..
.. J HI Hughes .
1 Andy Harbell. Smith & 1 Howard ..
4 I'nited Pipe Lines, Franchot Bros
1
2 Tota 5
4
( Dry. )
North Pole, unknown 1
1 Stevens, Roberts. 1
7 Anstin, MeVey, Taylor & C'o
1
6 Various sections, unknown 3
Total fi
The Bradford Oil Field .- The production of the Bradford field from 1868 to the close of 1889 is shown as follows:
YEAR.
Barrels.
Wells Completed.
Daily Runs.
YEAR.
Barrels.
Wells Completed.
Daily Runs.
1868-75.
36,000
17
1883
13,400,000
789
36,812
1876.
380,000
376
1884
12,200,000
601
33,052
1877
1,450,000
902
1885
11,000,000
484
29,228
1878
6,500,000
2,026
16,980
1886.
19,000,000
413
26,980
1879.
14,200,000
2,460
38,586
1887
7,700,000
145
20,722
1880.
22,300,000
3,803
55.173
1888
5,400,000
47
13,992
1881.
23,000,000
2,847
₾0,811
1889
6,200,000
683
16,462
The total product up to January 1, 1888, was 140,166,000 barrels from 15, 722 wells, of which 14,000 were producers prior to the shut-in of 1887. In 1885 there were 10,668,255 barrels sent through the pipes from the Brad- ford field; 9,847,911 in 1886, and 7,563,452 in 1887. During the years of 1888-89 the yield fell from 22,422 barrels per day to 17,350 in the Bradford field, and from 5, 702 to 935 in the Kane and Elk field; so that the actual yield for the two years is said not to have exceeded 12,000,000 of barrels. The fol- lowing table gives the average price of crude certificates, on the floor of the Bradford Oil Exchange, since March 1, 1879, to December, 1885:
MONTH.
1879
1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885
January
110% 95
83
924 1114 704
February
1034 894 852 101 1048 734
March
86
89
821
80%
97% 100% 808
April
788
76g
841
781 92
94
78
May
73+
801
814 70
998
854
798
June.
688 100} 81
5411174
578 108
631 969
Augu
671
904
78%
58ª
108%
811 100g
September
691
954
92}
711
1124
78 100%
October
881
964
924
93%
I114
71 105}
November
105g
913 82} 1144
114
721104₫
December
113}
928
834
951
114+
748
' Hollander, Colegrove & Co
1 Johnson, Johnson & Co ... H & Gaskell .. . . ..
1
.. J H Dilks. . 1
Allegany Oil ('o ..
2
C' W Rhodes
1
2 Total. 339
1
( Abandoned. ) 2
Widow Carroll, O J Lewis & Co ... 1
15 Fries, Eaton & Stowell. Monltrous, Moultrous
1 Son 1 A Harbell, Smith & Howard 1
Zaph, Franchot Bros
Meade & Sargent . . . J Brandall, Franchot Bros. John Harbell, Coleman, Meade & Co.
John Ilarbell, Hickey & Nessil
John Harbell, Capt J M Bir> & Co ..
1
John Harbell, Smith Howard
2
John Harbell, McNall & Lewis
2
2 | John ITarbell, M HI Byrnes & Co. 1 John Harbell, Hogan &
Ferkel, Franchot Bros. .
Geiger, Buffalo Oil Co. . . Donahue, Ellis, Coleman & C'o .. Donahue, Brown & Norris Donahue.
.. Canfield
2 Stewart, Crocker J G & E M John- 6 son Stewart, Morgan, Wilson 3
Fries, Meade & Sargent .. .. .. Franchot Bros.
Hollander, Pebble Rock Oil Co
Hollander, H E Brown & Co
1882
18.000,000
859
51,030
684 82
July
693 1014'
763
86
HISTORY OF MCKEAN COUNTY.
Bradford was the field that produced such an extraordinary quantity of oil, filling up the stocks in tanks until they reached 36,000,000 barrels with its field still yielding 60,000 barrels a day, or thereabouts. In regard to the possi- bility of another such field being discovered Prof. Carll said he believed there was absolutely no likelihood of it. The number of experimental wells that had been drilled in search of another Bradford sand, in all parts of the conn- try, seemed to establish the fact that Bradford was unique and alone. He did not believe that such a petroleum deposit as this would ever be found in any country in the world. The Bradford field and its annex, in Allegany county, N. Y., is apparently being drained to the dregs. At one time the production of the field was as high as 105,000 barrels every twenty four hours. Bradford has produced about 156,000,000 barrels of oil, and a pool that would yield the 156th part of this is something that the oil producer is eagerly looking for. He goes on to show how, in 1886, the " Whitesand" horizon was producing daily 45,560 barrels, and the Bradford, or " Blacksand " horizon was pro- ducing 32,668 barrels (in all 78, 228 barrels) daily, and how the steady decrease of production in both brought the figures down, in December, 1888, to 29,349 and 20,680-50,029 barrels daily.
To take in all the fields the following short table will show the decrease in the annual production: 1886, 25,080,400; 1887 (in spite of 1,694 new wells), 21,286,560; 1888 (in spite of 1,530 new wells), 16, 126,580, the shut-down be- ing responsible for only about 1,500,000 of this decline; for the October daily average before the shut down was 58,942, and the December daily average after the shut-down was 50,029. In September, 1880, the producers of the Bradford field placed a cannon at Bradford, also one each at Coleville and Olean, to be used in boring oil tanks in case of fire.
Shut-in by Producers. - Under date June 11. 1884, a petition was circu- lated by John P. Zane asking the producers to agree to a shut-down until Jan- uary 1, 1885. Within six days 200 producers signed this agreement, and by August 3 the great majority of oil men had signed it. [The names of majority and minority are given in the Era of August 4, 1884. ] On the last day of October, 1887, the executive board of the Petroleum Producers' Association, and the advisory board, met at Oil City and signed the contract by which a part of the daily production was to be shut-in for one year. From this shut-in pro- ducers were to receive the benefit which may acerne from the advance in the price of 5,000,000 barrels of oil set aside at 62 cents per barrel; the profit on the oil to be divided proportionally to the amount of production which each man shuts in. Out of the 5,000,000, producers were to give the profit on 1,C00- 000 to laboring men, and the Standard set aside 1,000,000 for the same pur- pose, and many producers also agreed not to drill any more wells for one year.
On June 29, 1889, the Standard Oil Company purchased 3,500,000 barrels of this oil at 912 cents, giving a profit of $248,000, which was divided among the 900 producers. The Era referring to this great transaction, says: "Another particularly gratifying feature is the consummation of good faith between the parties to the great agreement entered into nearly two years ago. While the pecuniary results have not been so great as some of the more sanguine led themselves to hope for. the Producers' Association has accomplished the great purpose of its organization-reducing stock; and have further made a hand- some protit on the oil which was set apart without any expense to themselves for their own use in case they kept their agreement inviolate." Prior to this, the profits on 1,000,000 barrels, set apart for the support of the laborers in the field who were thrown out of employment by reason of this shut in, were realized, returning a revenue of no small amount.
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Pipe Lines. - The idea of pipe lines is said to have originated with Gen. S. D. Karns in November, 1865, when he proposed to construct a six inch line from Burning Springs to Parkersburg, Va. Hutchinson, of rotary-pump fame, explained his plan to John Dalzell and C. L. Wheeler, and the first line was placed from the Sherman well to the railroad depot on Miller's farm. Van Syckle detected the faults in Hutchinson's system, and at once constructed a line from Miller's farm to Pithole. Afterward William Warmcastle assisted Henry Harley in building a line from Benninghoff run to the Oil Creek Railroad, and out of this grew the Pennsylvania Transportation Company. A two-inch pipe line from Miller's farm to Pithole was completed October 10, 1865, by S. E. Van Syckle, H. C. Ohlen. Henry Harley, Charles Hickox, Charles W. Noble and Reed and Cogswell. It was placed at a cost of $50 per joint; while three pumping stations were found necessary in the 32,000 feet of pipe. Branch lines were also constructed to Cherry run, Bull run and Pioneer. Mr. Van Syckle, speaking of this venture, refers to the troubles and losses its. building entailed as follows:
At length the system was completed. and I began pumping oil into the pipe. The experiment was perfectly successful from the time the first barrel of oil was pumped into the pipe, and I had the pleasure of seeing my detractors sileneed for a little while. But my success by no means quelled the opposition to me. Instead of the calm which I thought would follow the completion of my work, I raised a tempest. It was the teamsters now with whom I had to contend. They saw the value of this means of transportation, and they also saw their profits vanishing from them, and they tried every conceivable way to worry and annoy me. They pried the pipes with piek-axes or fastened log chains around them, hitehed their teams to the chains and pulled the pipe apart. To put a stop to this I sent to New York for some carbines and armed a patrol to watch the line. Not long after the line was laid two partners who had joined with me to work the thing failed for a considerable amount, and as they were involved to the amount of $15,000 at the bank, I assumed the payment of the debt, and made an agreement with the ereditors that they should take the line and run it until the debt was liquidated, which was done in the course of the next nine months. Not long afterward a tank line company was formed down East, and they came to me and wanted me to connect my pipe line with their system, in payment for which I should receive a certain amount of stock in the company. I agreed to this. They began to operate the pipe line and gave me a memorandum stating the amount of stock I was entitled to. It was not long before the company became insolvent. the line passed into other hands. and I had nothing but the memorandum which was of no earthly value.
The Pennsylvania Tubing and Transportation Company's line from Pit- hole Valley to Oleopolis, or Island Well (nine miles), was the first important line. This was opened December 10, 1865, by the president, Joseph Casey, and superintendent, David Kirk. It appears Judge Casey met Mr. Kirk in the woods, and got from him the first word of encouragement, scientists pointing out that the pipe transfer of oil was an impossibility under the law of friction. Mr. Kirk was given an interest in the line, completed it, and while saving the original company from loss made a great success of the enter- prise before Pithole sunk into oblivion.
The Titusville Pipe Company was organized in January, 1866, by H. E. Pickett, J. Sherman & Co., and the line completed from Pithole to Titusville (nine miles), in April of that year, at a cost of $120,000. Before the Penn- sylvania Tubing and Transportation Company's line, or the Titusville line, was completed, Henry Harley had a two-inch pipe from Benninghoff run to the Shaffer farm, on Oil creek, where the oil was shipped on the old railroad at that point.
The Bradford & Olean Pipe Line (eighteen and a quarter miles long) was completed in December, 1875, for the Empire Transportation Company, of Philadelphia. The main pumping depot was on the Beardsley farm, four miles north of Bradford, where a 1.200-barrel receiving tank was used. When
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oil was first pumped at Bradford, the Erie Railroad Company charged $140 per car to New York, and $8 storage. So soon as pipe-line construction commenced, the rate was lowered to $100 per car; again to $80; while the rate of the new line was placed at $1 per barrel to New York, and 20 cents to Olean. The Tide Water Company dates back to 1878-79, when leases were made for a strip of land, two rods wide, from Mckean county to the seaboard. This work was secretly and ably performed for some time, but the eagle eye of the Standard Company discovered the plans of the new com- pany, and every opposition was offered. Yet the Tide Water Company won, and their great work was completed. The station at Corryville was moved to Rixford, in June, 1880, and since that time many changes in management and operation have been effected.
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