The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-09-15

e. are Hnld to have used hiiumchFl
I'm ombalming. as many mumluiog
have been found to have the body |
cavities filled with an asphalt Ike .
material. u H also said TO have |
been used as a glue In the manufac-
ture OF the ancient papyruF, thus /
preventing tho ravages Of Insects. /
According to Biodnrus. - historian .
~ Caosars Time. asphalt east up by .
the Dead Sea was collected upon It's /
chores and sold FOR embsiming pur- /
poses
It is referred 10 In tho Bible .
Joh NXxix, 8, "thc rock porcd me I
out rivers OF oil,"J and again in the /
parable Of the Virgins. In Greek |
literature there appCars the first |
attempt TO account for the origin /
OF petroleum aH among tho tales /
of tho Argouauts, Apfolinius ot /
Rhodes rccOunts the fable of Pro- |
mcntiicus chained on tho Caucasus /.
mountains Tor having stole tho fire |
cr heaven. From the day uf his I
captivity an eagle unceaslnglv de- .
.vourob his liver. after which 70
4 |Vomitod blu,kish liquor called I
uaphtha by the Crooks. This
black liquor was 10 make Jason In
vulnerable In his search Tor tho
Golden Fleece. This would sugEeat
that OH I'm the Caucasus district was
v UVNIl w IIlt W 'fhlF l'ANHA' ~
an important creek writer. records
the discovery of oil on the bands
Of the Oxus river, also on the
| island Of Inuta, but a more Inter-
cgting account ia given by Hcrud-
| odus. 45O -. c.. as TO collecting oil
| from tho pits OF Susiann. south
crn province OF ancient Persia, AT
| Ardcricca ia a well that produces
| three substances, for asphalt salt
NH a o.. Hsa 0 It.s
/ following manner: II is pumped
| up by means of q swlpc and instead
! ~ . bucket, half u wine skin is at
| tuChcd 10 a. Tho contents poured
! into "a rcgorVDir. and from this into
reservoir. and being poured fpom
| this into another, 1t assumes three
! different formH--tho Asphalt and
the salt Immediately becomes solid,
| but tho oil they collect Is black
and omits strong odor." This ac-
| count ls entitled 10 the honor Of be
| ing tho first full description Of a
regular petroleum gathering In
| duatry.
Tho Roman records refer to
| bitumcns In both Roman territory
ana other countries. II IL said To
| have been used in cements I'm the
con lruction Of piers for bridges.
| References 10 wells near ancient
| in Sicily, are also found. This oil
waa used In lamps In the tcmAle OF
Jupiter about the beginning Of the
| Christian era. This Is the first re-
corded use of oil for illumingtIns
| purposes
In other European countries there
arc records OF oil being used for
the past 300 years. In the 10Th
century the oil from Tageru :eg!cn
| f,f INuNuYiu Ilug1 I'm UunIiGinn
under the name OF "St Qalrinus oil'
Barth's balsam, as oil was called In
GaiHcia xas. known IN the beginning
OF the 10th century and used FOR
rheumatism and diseases OF cattle.
1t was also used in tho preparation
of leather. In the nth century
tho natural oil springs near Gablan
In France were discovered and used
MS n remedy for every known i'll.
In Germany In the Hanover dis
trict, oil Ia said to have been used for
wagon grease and lighting purposes
from time immortal the supply
coming from pits "fetuocher
: meaning "grcase holes"
Great Britain contains no very
I great oil deposits, however, late IL
l the 17th century they produced
OF n STONE and sold 1t as "Bettoni
= British oil" for medicinal purposes
r Tho records OF China describe th'
3 use OF natural gus for fuel ant
y light, centuries before the beginning
l OF the Christian era. Japanese his
d | tory says that burning water" a.
q oil was called was first used In th'
y EchiRo district about SIS a. ID, II
= the East Indies oil desopits have
- recently been developed. In tn
mainland, especially British Burma
A | oil has been found and used from
: the beginning and this place IL re
. garded by some as the oldes
h known source In the world. Blu
: the one locality most prominent o
+, all il the Buka district ON tn
!, shores OF tho Caspian sea, betwee'
Europe and Asia. This Is the sa
cred region OF the "Evcrlastinl
:, Fire" fires which proceeded from
u the springs OF natural gas and sup
posed to have existed for unknown
ages, burning without apparen
e fuel. The halt savage inhabitant
> regarded this eternal fire as tn
:, emblem .Qf II bcnoficlent god. any
d they oafft 10 worship the mysier
n of fire. For countless generation
'o hordos OF worshipcrs from Persi
s. and far away indil came on pill
grimages TO Baku. the holy city q
fire, Ia their ancient stone temple
III and shrines dedicated to the hid
den power Of flames that nevC
% cc6sed. But today a more clvllize
and practical generation have ~
Z ted pipes TO the crannies in TN
~ rocks and the gas is used by theI
to warm their houses and coo
~ their fodd and modern oil dorrlcb
~ dot tho surface OF the surroundin
" country, and no where else In III