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Show PETROLEUM PRICES INCREASE IN 1913 Washington. June 18. Production of petroleum in the Appalachian oil field declined 172 per cent, or 462,-S7l 462,-S7l barrels In 1913.. compared with 1912. Figures by the geological su: vey today show that the total output in 19134 was 25,885,640 barrels against 26,338.510 barrels in the preceding year The value of the product, however, how-ever, was $63,619,677, an Increase of 4S 58 per cent over 1912 The average aver-age price per barrel Increased from 1.63 in 1912 to $2.46 in 1913. The increase in the price of petrc-! petrc-! leum which began at the eud of 1912 I resulted in stimulating drilling activity activ-ity in all the Appalachian states which 1 embrace New York, Pennsylvania, j West Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky on |