Show alio llio petroleum wells on alio Ci caplan plan sen our correspondent at fiill add described last week ho important pilro alcuin wells of elioso of isike on tho caspian Cis pian sea a clort account of which appeared also in alio llio times aro now alio subject of 1 report from the vicc consul nt w alio black sea the increasing im poi tince of wells has led to a project being sot on foot for connecting isain halcum by querns queans of pipes alius avoiding ho difficulties and dangers of tho railway transport of at fatoum alio petroleum will bo pumped into tank steamer and when alic arrangements anro complete and in working order alio llio consul says very sanguine expectations are entertained as to alio po of successfully competing walli american petroleum imported to clr peacock gives alic following description of alio llio petroleum territory alio area of alio llio baku petroleum region taking its extreme points of surface oil pis wells etc is not less alinn square its elevation above alio llio level of alio caspian sea varies greatly alio caspian is eighty six feet below alio level of abo ocean tuo general aspect of this region is that of a barren desert deprived of water and vegetation chack bcd hero and there v illi driad up salt lakes natural outflows and pools of oil pas wells and exhausted mini olca even on tho surface of alio natural outflows of petroleum and pas inny be seen at certain place tho boring operations arc mostly carried out on the peninsula of tho potential productiveness is considered to be much greater than aliat of american petroleum regions combar aug the results achieved in alio two countries on one side and alio average and total number of wells on the oilier it may ho justly slated clial alio natural petroleum riches of baku so far ns our knowledge goes have no parallel in alio worlds the linda anro partly purchased and partly ibold by lease tho former comprises CW or euld by tho crown to parties by public auction for alio sum of or aboe at alio rate of exchange in 1872 when tho sale took place for certain plots as much as per aero has been paid the yearly rent for leased crown land is only zor per dase iwuc or about as cd per acre these lands were suppo cd to be worthless at the time but the contrary lias been proved since and they now form a subject of wild among iio nu ingrom leaseholders lease holders very detrimental to legitimate A tract of the must valuable petroleum and with nn aro of acres liis been granted to a certain number of high as a token of imperial favor in 1873 wells sunk by wa r of drilling was seventeen alio total number now is above hiie dauth of bolings borings is feet the feet with a from ten fourteen inches alic cuini of unproductive wells from natural causes is comparatively small but a groat many wells are abandoned for want of means or skill to continue alio llio boring or still anoro frequently on account of alio low arico of crude petroleum flowing wells 3 iced ik from 2000 to 1000 barrels boods or forty gallons to alio barrel daily and pumping willit yielding from barrels daily aro of corn nion occurrence alic total quantity produced in 1873 was barrels ami in 1831 this rose to between nud besides immense quantities of crude petroleum was wasted at the place of production for adequate means of anil transportation the export of the different petroleum products from isaku by sea amounted to barrels in against in 1879 loo times |