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Show Antiquity of Fetrolonm. Petroleum has been known since the dawn of history. For a number cf years t was, known to the Indians and early settlers as Seneca oil. and used as a medicine, medi-cine, chiefly as a liniment. The first systematic boring for petroleum petro-leum began about 1857 to 1650, and in a few years the product increased enormously. enor-mously. At present the yearly output is between 0,000,000 and 30,000,000 cf barrels, and new fields are constantly being opened. Russia hss a great oil field in Transcaucasia, near Ragu. Qaldja Jys, |