Show WOULD FLOAT A BIG FLEET oil of pennsylvania exceeds that cf all the rest of the world according to a report of the geo log cal survey of the united states government now nearly ready for publication petroleum was first Us coveted by col drake less than halt a century ago in pennsylvania near titusville Titus ville men in days had no notion that petroleum was among the necessities of existence A tallow dip or a wax candle illuminated ent ly the night s activities and a blazing log wood fire left no room for desire for another kind of heater petro leum might have been counted s su ty but instead it sprang into immediate baior and now its list of popular grows langei every year the total production cf crude pe from 1809 to the end of 1902 has been no less than 1165 barrels that means that if two and one halt feet were allowed for the height of a barrel and if these bar aels filled all the domestic oil that has been produced were laid so that their heads touched they would encircle the earth two and one ter times of th s total pennsylvania and new aock produced per cent ohio 24 3 per cent west virg nia 11 3 per cent indiana S 9 per cent califor nia 3 6 per cent texas 2 1 per cent leaving 9 per cent to be supplied by the states of kansas colorado louis iana nois missouri indian terri tory wyoming Vy oming michigan and okia horna |