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Show Ml GAS OUTPUT BREMCSALLREGORDS Total Production in United States During1 1913 Valued at $87,846,677 The production of natura gas in the Un ted States In 1913 was tl e great est In the history of the industrj sur passing that of any prev ous ear in both quantity and alue. The total gas product on In 1913 s estimated by B H 11 of the United States geo ogical sur vey at 581 893 9 000 cubic fee alued at $87 846 6 7 an ave age prl e of 15 10 cents per 1000 cub c feet as compared with a production of 56 203 4o2 000 cub feet a ued at J84 5b3 9 7 an average price of 15 04 cents in 1912 the ncrease be ng 19 794 878 000 cubic feet in quant ty and $3 S' 720 In va uo Of tb s to al product, about 3 per cent was ut zed for domest c purposes or 184 8So 662 000 cub c feet a ued at $o0 5 41o an a erage price of 7 33 cents per 1000 cubic feet and 6S per cent was ut zed for in dustria purposes or 397 01 57 000 cub c feet va ued at ?37 324 6' an avera e price of 9 4 cents The ndustrial con sumpt on incl des gas used for hot n an ufacturlng and produc nu power West virgin a led n 1913 In quan tj of nat ral gas produced 4 4a3 9! 000 cubic feet a ued at $J4 164 850 Penn syl an a was second n quant ty produced with 118 S60 60 000 cube feet a ued at 1 1 695 84o On the other hand Penn ssl ana was the leading sate n 1913 in quant oi natural gas consumed w th 177 4b3 30 000 cub c feet alued a S 8 709 06 and Oho bexjnd vit 128 04 2 000 cub c fee a ued at ti Oo 824 The ex ac on of gaso ne from natural gas or casing lead gas from oil we s in the t n ted S ates has become an in dustry of some n portance in the ast three ears Retu ns rece ed from p o ducers of gasol ne of th s character ind ca e that the p odu tlon n 1913 an oun ed to 4 ObO 817 ga ons a ued at 4o5 443 an ave age pr e of 10 ' cents per gallon as compared w th a produc t on of 12 081 1 9 ga ons alued a 1 lo 4 6 n 191 and 4 o S39 gal on a ued at $ 31 04 n 1H1 In 1913 West v rgln a produced 6b 493 -allons of na ura gas gaso ne a uel at $80 406 Ok ahoma 6 46' 961 ga Ions alued at $ 944 Pennsylvania 3 680 096 ga ons a ed at $405 186 Call forn a, 3 460 47 ga ons va ued at $3 6 2 Ohio bS ga Ion" alued at $ 1 404 The balan e of he 1913 output was produ ed b I no s Colorado Nev Tork Kentuck and Kansas |