The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-08-05


mn 4 Few weeks DF. Daytd ..
- K tl,a United States Bureau q
Rafnes. viii aunonnces that An0tneF
ia TIe ~ science has beena epty ed anSs
process dtscpyeFeds for xnAnu1aS-
turing crude OIL -. I.
ms perfection Of this process e
tia Anal answer to the oil Rpiy
me; nnsstion. The amount Of oil ~ the
al fields of the limited States nas
been calculated by. the geolo glsts ana
few genera tons viii sunces,sL g 81,
viii fan back dpon manufactured OH
10 run its innumerab1e motors anC
anginas. Andsit Is probable that az az
of them viii be kept rnnning. 1or
scientists believe that oil may pc
cheAply enough to COM
nafe with the product Of the oil wells.
The details of this process have
not vet been 9fsclosed: - is I'M n
derstood, kow1Ver, that the oil VIII
wifi he extracted from vegetable
substances. ~ method which viii
sfmplp hastan the age-long distilla-
ton by which the oil Within the earth
was extracted from rotting forests
that grew millions Of years ago.
10 Replace Wells.
This forecast OF a, new chapter In
the Oil romance OF the present gen
GRAFTON. follows on the heels OF in
yesti cations that have revealed great
latent sources Of oil that will re-
place the we'll Of the present when
they run dry. All OF when snoulo
be good news to q public that has
come to depend SO extensively upon
oil for matters of veryday convent
5ence and public veal. It may be
cited. for instance, that the develop
ment OF the automob bile and the rides
that g 600, 90 ORpeop1e in the United
states take In those vehicles every
day, depend upon the maintenance
OF the oil supply. It may be pointed.
out that aeroplanes. which have pc
come the war scouts Of the world,
gasoline. nor could the submarine
serpents Of the seas go forth and
sting. Nor could the Nevada, the
Oklahoma. the Pennsylvanta. tne
California, the Mississippi and the
Idaho. those giant dreadnauEhts OF
Uncle Sam now under construction ion.
come into commission, for all are TO
be oil burners. !,
So q discovery OF method Of OH
manufacture promises to be stupen-
dously important Likewise does the
locating of an additional supply Of
oil il the crust OF the earth. For
oil wells 60 dry. and the fields that
produce them are limited.
a New Commodity.
Basic discoveries that affect this
industry are still to be expected,
because oil is Comparatively new
commodity in the world. The Civil
war was lust coming to q close when
samuel Kier came down from the
hills OF Pennsylvania with 9 new
idea. There was OH in the region
where Kier lived and his neighbors
had been In the habit, Of gathering y
few gallons OF It. and, upon occasion,
taking 1T to r ittsbuTE where IT might t
be sold for plttance. This oil had
a limited usefulness In the manu-
facture Of medicines.
Kier had been trying to burn the
oil for purposes OF Illumination, but
his wicks smoked odorously and
very little light was produced. He
one day put some panes OF glass
about his fame and much to his sur
prise it burned differently. The
smoke disappeared and the light
given of greatly increased From ON
this discovery grew the lamp chin
ney. and from the lamp chimney
grew the commercial Importance OF
oil.
that Colonel Drake who lived near
Titusville. Pa, sunk the hrst oil
well, and demonstrated the theory
that this fluid might be found ~