Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-08-22 | Page 11 | Black Gold is Aim of Alaska |

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Date	1923-08-22
Paper	Salt Lake Telegram
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
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Article Title	Black Gold is Aim of Alaska
Type	article
Date	1923-08-22
Paper	Salt Lake Telegram
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
Page	11
OCR Text	Show Black Gold Is j Aim of Alaska AKCHORAQI.. Alaska Aua Jt. Maoy leases taken oa supposed coal bearing- areas In Matanuska Lltumtnous fields, sraty mllea north of AnChoras;. ara blnc at andoncd for' oil loratlosa. ac-cordtne; ac-cordtne; to operators hr. With tho discovery of ft heary flow of - beneith tha coal horlson. It la bUvd an oil field will arontuaJ-ly arontuaJ-ly b brought In. Th discovery of , conflrmod by tha I'alted States ceoloalcal aur-vey. aur-vey. waa mado at a depth of o feet In a diamond drill hoi. The Ha of th bore. It la stated. Indicate Indi-cate th poesibllltlea a oil. Dr. Airred Brook, chief of th Alanka dlvlaloa of th fteotoB-tcal survey aid It was posslbi for tho Ken) formation to ho supKmpoaod upon hy aa older formation con'alaiic reiver voir of oil. Th nw di covory. It la atated. confirms th I'm ted Stat geological auxvey deducted.
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