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Show INCREASED OUTPUT OF i NATURAL GAS IN TEXAS i The quantity of natural gas produc-led produc-led from wells In Texas In 1912 was 7,470,373,000 cubic feet, valued at I M.405.077 according to 13. Hill of tho Vnlted States Geological Survey. This Is an Increase over tho production produc-tion of 1911 of 1,906,980,000 cubic feet In volume and of $390,132 In vnl? uo. Tho greater portion of this gas was supplied for domestlo purposes tho value of wh'ch aggregated $D0G,-412 $D0G,-412 or (nearly doublo tho valuo of tho gas consumed In manufacturing nnd In generating power, which was $198' 005 In 1912 Some gas Is used In Texas for brlrk manufacture -or the generation of power It Is utlilz ed n operating gas engines nnd boll-cis boll-cis at waterworks, Ice plrmts, cotton gliiu, and largely In field work. Tho total number of gas wells In Texas at tho close of 1912 was S7, of which 24 were drilled In 1912. The number of dry holes drilled was 23, and tho number of gas wol's abandoned aband-oned 0.. |