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year (about 480,000 barrels) was about 10 percent below the 1931 total.
 Several wildcat strikes were made in Michigan in 1932, the most promising
being the discovery of a productive spot 4 miles south of the Mount Pleasant
field.
 Mississippi .—Although most of the drilling in Mississippi in 1932
was limited to defining the Jackson gas field the year was notable in marking
the discovery of the first oil well in the State. This well, on the southeast
side of the Jackson gas field, produced at the rate of 500 barrels of oil
daily but went to water in a short time and was shut down.
 Montama.—Production in Montana continued to decline, as not enough
new production was discovered to compensate for the decline in the Kevin-Sunburst
and other settled fields. The total production was 2,449,000 barrels compared
with 2,830,000 barrels in 1931. The only field that increased its production
in 1932 was the Dry Creek field, Carbon County. Several large wells were
completed there in 1932 but proved to be erratic producers. The only new
discovery of importance was the finding of oil on one side of the Cut Bank
gas field at a depth of just under 3,000 feet. The wells in this field will
probably be small, averaging possibly 100 barrels daily, but the quality
of the crude is high, and considerable development is expected in 1933.
 New Mexico.—After establishing a new record in 1931 production in
New Mexico declined 18 percent in 1932. The quantity produced in 1932 was
12,511,000 barrels compared with 15,227,000 in 1931. The decreased output
resulted from rigid adherence to proration in the Hobbs field, which producesabout
80 percent of the State output. The light-oil fields in the northwest corner
of the State yielded about 400,000 barrels in 1932, a decline of 24 percent
from 1931. Although drilling in southeast New Mexico increased in 1932 developments
continued to be retarded by low prices and the focusing of attention on the
East Texas field. No new fields of importance were discovered in New Mexico
in 1932, although some promising extensions were made. A second well was
completed to the deep Pennsylvania zone in the Rattlesnake field; it was
drilled to 7,370 feet but was plugged back to 6,620 feet, where it was completed
as a 600-barrel producer. Of considerable importance to the future of the
Hobbs field was the discovery that part of the water which has been encroaching
on one flank of the structure for some time was top water. This top water
was shut off in some wells by packers with beneficial results.
 New Yorlc.—The production of crude petroleum in New York has increased
steadily in recent years due to widespread application of water-flooding.
The total output of the State in 1932 (3,501,000 barrels) was, except for
1930, the highest annual total recorded since 1883. Notwithstanding unsatisfactory
prices—lowest since 1915— drilling for oil in New York in 1932
was about 40 percent above that in 1931.
 Ohio.—Drilling in the fields of central and southeastern Ohio fell
off materially in 1932, and production continued to decline. The quantity
of crude petroleum produced in 1932 was 4,597,000 barrels (14 percent less
than in 1931). Only 23 percent of the year's output came from the old Lima
district in the northwest corner of the State, but the decline of that district
in 1932 was much less than in the