| Show I 1 anhalt la in Ift leo in a recent report to ill state tat department vie tics at t kitamori Ui tamori mes iro I 1 m a adya t y s 1 bonit 1 on x before bt rr e taking t 3 k I 1 ngin e h r go el f t abia bis c conin 0 n sula tar r v m et a if es i e n n land c d 0 owner w n r f called 11 my ray attention atten tio 0 to t the recurs re Ours ot of his land which be he claimed to be b petroleum and upon my request be forwarded onto aaili I 1 c e to roe I 1 bail 4 thun them nalum nal jm d ID I 1 tithe tb stefe suit U at of texas h 1 thru theno very rich as a ant aarant oral cloral tar but iut dot not 1 I concluded tc to mik make a trip to th he land a and d lot last juno I 1 started with ur W B S krott scott of california Call toral to accompany m we and investigate our trip was wa very ure win 0 ter a bard hard road or of about miles 11 through a country very little se until wt reached achl rt the tb ranch where we found ono on of f the richest asphalt fields known and about about twenty wells which have a continuous ui flow now of mineral tar as a abo tb analysis anal call calls it the ground for over ever twenty mile quit to 1 covered with deposits tb a I 1 dar D ar by stams st ams I the whole year rear round a fatty oily a ily substance flowing luto into teem from ur the mountains mount alua making tle water unfit to drink from froin nil all catlina there must us A be a larce large deposit of petroleum and coal under this asphalt field I 1 waa was inetri mental la in obtaining from the a con ro alba 1 for the working ot of theis fields tor for cofty years and a company ie Is now DOW being or frani zed la in tb the state states to commena com rork it pot put machinery on the ground and drill for oil Ite sides opening up a market in the tb united states for the sale al it of asphalt on a a large 1 arale ale ill the e land banc ag situated nai near the coast line alln to in ili the district ot of pot d la in marina can b be effected by b water the river 1 LA 1 marina marian flow flows through uli the th land and Is 1 navigable cable tor for vessels ol 01 birty it ton to of capacity |
