| Show Tbe Petroleum Indnjtrr Boraeinteresting figures have ap j ared la connectlomvllu the petro leumlndustry TBa present annual producUcn Is aUoutUOO000000 g1 Ions of which about onehalf Is tra duced lu the United States The Caspian region of afcu products aboUt I OOOooo galrdm and of tho wells Hare had to be dicsed msuy hccausoUieoll could not be taken iwaj balllcla produces about SS 100000 Hurmau about 703a000 mdCanaddboutSIjuOOW KallnnsJ The xesourcesof Burmah and Cana ela are only Jurt beginning to bade velopud and it imtfossltile to tell what magnitude the trade will amount to when Improved means of transport have been previdij In the lasJn of the Mackenzie JUver is belleved to be the most extensive oil relonln tho world but it Is about Ot Milts north of the Canadian Paciflc rail way There is no doubt that when the Jlfflcuhles of tran port havo been surmounted and eheaper oil la vallablelt isdestlned to be a fonntdahle ril of cool for msny purposes especially tlmflrlng of boilers and for various inttallu glcal processes for which its free ilom from sulphur etc rendera It particularly 6UIltbleYcU1 fort Telegram |
