OIL RUSH BY AIR
CROWDS TO FLY TO THE NEW CANADIAN FIELDS. Ottawa. A«i air route to the. new oil Dorado <>> the A|;n-kenssie. River region will be established shiiitly. Sites for uerodroiiifs have been seemed rin the Peace River, which will he the southern terminal, The oil '.strike" i- eraatiug enormous interest, and the rush ot claims i, expected to rival the history ol the etch days of thg Klondike.' Thv greatest difficulties tvil be those of transportation. Winter temperatures hi Die region are extremely low, and there i only a brief summer summer season in which river navigation is possible. A Government am.lysis oi the oil find at Fort Norman shows the following percentages: Petrol. ,24 ; illuroinsum* ml 18 hvht lubin ml 31.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 4219, 16 February 1921, Page 4
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