PETROLEUM.
Persistent enterprise has demonstrated afresh -the exceeding riches of the AlbeTta oilfield. Some , -time, ago (says : •the Vancouver World) the Western OU Company, o! which Mr J. B. Fergu--sonr-Gi-^anAQUV- 01^ is .managing . director, lost some sand-pumping tacklo down the bore, and operations wercf suspended ' fOlf 01- a-4kne. Tho contractors, in trying, to recover tho tackle, found 70ft. of pure oil of the highest <rrade. The oil, according to advicesreceived on October 17, was still ris- <*«. Well No. 3 was down 2000 ft.
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Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13348, 13 December 1906, Page 7
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83PETROLEUM. Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13348, 13 December 1906, Page 7
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