Facts about KansasA book for home-seekers and home-buildersStatistics from state and national reportsFarm lands, grazing lands, fruit lands ... . ar as known at present. To the northwest, afew wells have been drilled that yielded gas and oil, but the pros-pecting has not been carried far enough to determine the extent ofproducing region outside of the territory indicated. The most pro-ductive region has Neodesha and Thayer as its center. Until recently there has been but little information concerningthe physical properties of the Kansas gases and oils. The lubricat-ing oils sold from Paola hav
Facts about KansasA book for home-seekers and home-buildersStatistics from state and national reportsFarm lands, grazing lands, fruit lands ... . ar as known at present. To the northwest, afew wells have been drilled that yielded gas and oil, but the pros-pecting has not been carried far enough to determine the extent ofproducing region outside of the territory indicated. The most pro-ductive region has Neodesha and Thayer as its center. Until recently there has been but little information concerningthe physical properties of the Kansas gases and oils. The lubricat-ing oils sold from Paola have been tested, and found to be superiorlubricants, and the gas, from all wells alike, have been shown to beof the highest quality, and surpassed by the natural gas in nolocality. TABLE SHOWING VALUE OF NATURAL GAS PRODUCED INKANSAS FROM 1889 TO 1899. Figures for 1889 to 1896, inclusive, are taken from the Reports ofthe U. S. Geological Survey. Year. Value. Year Value. Year. Value. 1889 $ 15,873 1893 $ 50,000 1897 $ 155,500 1890 12,000 1894 86,000 1898 188,840 1891 5,500 1895 112,400 1899 257,500 1892 1896 124,750 Total $1,049,764 82. Univ. Geol. Surv. of Kansas. ^^^-ua THE OLIVER OIL WELL. NEODESHA. 83 KANSAS. TABLE SHOWING PRODUCTION OF PETROLEUM IN KANSASFOR 1889 TO 1899, INCLUSIVE. Figures for 1889 to 1896, inclusive, are taken from the Report-5 Lithe U. S. Geological Survey. Ter per Year.* Barrels. Year. Barrels. barrel. Value. . 500 40,000 $0 48 $ 19,200 00 . 1,200 44,430 64 28,435 20 . 1,400 .113,571 63 71,549 73 90,000 ^0 54,000 00 \ \ i8,o66 .t88,000 2 00 176,000 00 85,215 75 00 .468,657 $410,671 93 * Totals include estimated value, $9,320, of the product from 1889 to 1893 which was21,100 Refilled oil. GYPSUM. Fifteen years ago, the use of plaster of paris in the plastering cfordinary buildings, was almost entirely unknown. The white plasterof paris has been
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