Douglas Island news., 1921-04-22
GREAT FUTURE
 IN ALASKA OIL
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knL Company II NnINH aiH luI iNNif lighting and domestic purposes iu an Of la buildings They arc taking ,hrcc gallons of gasoline from every thousand cubic feet Of gas coming out of tho ground
 Mr. Fruit was even moro opum- aUc and said. "l have lived In a good many ol fields. including those of Tcas. Oklahoma and TampIco. but have never seen os bis sur- face showing for ol and gos os horo is at Mirror slough m Che Kataila dau-ict Before , came North ! had no idea of Che oztcn, Of this field, tor witnessed so many gas bubbles. I'm one pIacc n Ono .loueh it oozcl out and whom 70 match was touched tc Che ras a flame shot into Che air. This is true In dozens of other places In mo other field did ! over find Che ol literally running out Of the e-6uud and we dipped Che oil od Che
 surface. bringing many samples back wih us m other fields they And muc gas domcs. oil shalc and oil
 sands At one place there is am open cut. where tho ol is couuuu- ally running out To is a more ey- teus.yc fold chan ] had any idea of wih largo basin and Che best indi- cations for ou That Che field win bc developed on am extensive scale and proved one of Che best yet struck ] have mo doubt Cordova certainly has a bright future although J do not think you people fully appreciate what is u store for them Nothius
 tmpodas people or booma a town better than Che discovery Of ol and believe it win bc found iu hIg quan- uuc m Che Kaala district"
 The members Of hc Amber Ou G Gas Company who inspected Che field are Jack Long. Loomis Washi E j. Judd Touaskett Wash; Guy Fruit Bakersfield CmIr; J E. Thornton. w. E. Tborn sam Hutch- son and sam Wrhm Of Yakima. Wmhs also Mr. Gilbert Mablon Wash.: c. p. Ludermau. of Spokane and w C. Cheney the former owner or Che property The officers Of thc company are sam Hutchinson. prosi- dents Jack Lone vice president: E J. Thornton soorcuy Warren rhorp treasurer
 f no great oil interests ol Che globe are anaulue to c1.n am ad- yauarcous position with relation to hc Naska petroleum GeIda. Q num- bcr of Inquiries naturally arise How extensive are hc Ge'da2 What kind of ou win tbcy ueld9 How much ha oil been developed and how much moro win bc pr1ducod2
 Tho Kaola oil belt extends along Che coast 70 considerable distance from thc mouth Of tho Copper river toward Mount st Elias Traces of petroleum have been found % dis- nuoe of moro tam l00 miles, but
 Che district Immediately contiguous to KauUa Ia about twenty-five miles i'm lole.h and from four to eight mIoa wide. Soonares are numerous HI through Che bc't both on thc up- land and n Che mauhy ground od Joining thc oeeau.
 It was otor twenty years ago chat Thomas White. hardy pioneer prmnc.tor and hmtcr was puuu- ing a wounded bear acros. a meadow at Che hoad Of Ka,ala slough. when he stumbled upon .b'ack pool that was unlike anything he had ever soon before. Flo had heard Che lu- d.ms tou of these miniature lakes of p'tahy substance. and ho had ruc ed hey wore from on outcrop- pings
 To test his theory on his discovery White applied a match Go che dried
 surface but it would not ignite However. he took some of tbc black stun home to his cabin and found .t was excellent for burning In a stove. ue returned to Che spot Che foiiov- ing aoaaon and found a hubhus spring Of eroeniah-bIack liquid. This time he was more successful u op- plying fhc match. and Che sheet Of flame chat arosc came near lighting his clothing
 Ciod to escape ho ran to his cauoo and watched Che tho flames spread over Che m oadowa as pool after pool ol Che dried petroleum took Grc.
 "rhat fold burned for @ week." said White relating his experience. "1 was fearful that Che flames would
 spread To Che forests around. but they wore wet from heavy rains. and Che flames finally burned themselves out"