PETROLEUM.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 13704, 19 September 1908, Page 3

PETROLEUM.

A I'HOSPKCnX SCIIEMEMr A. Joyce. a L'liriMcliiirili resident, is huh* vi>iiing tins tuxvn to interest, liuurti {Kojile in. arid obtain financial >uji|>oit lor, tlie ptujeei of letting ha.*tem Lanteibury fur p.troleum. ihe id-it "A'Hls to liuvi* ljCt-11 otigimited by a tem.irk made by an Amencaii visitor, that, the Lumeibiny plain.* very inm.li r miiibled .*ouic plain* ol Southern California, where there wile no indication!!* «.'f oil. yet highly prolific xvclU have Iktii *unk ill ere. McntKlect's theory is now geneial'y accepted, that petroleum i>,a client ical i-oui[ni«iul product <1 in nature* gr>-.tt. laboratory in the depth'.* of the. earth, and 1 i.*hig toward.-" tlw >urt.i»;e is cornleii*ed by cooling and prcasuie. and is retained iu more or lv>s poious htiat-a. a> a liquid. The standard woik of petroleum a jHjiKleitiiw pair of volum. * by Sir lloxerton Kedwood, and Mr Joyce has with him inuif.-rou* map* taken from th<- book, "hu h »li»mv that petroleum i* very widely di>tribut«d oxer the world. and that mo.-t <>f the pKHluctiv,- oil region.* have m>iii<; -ti»'h relation to mountain rang* * a< th : t"anterburv plain.* have to the jang'S to the xve>t of them. The mo*t notabb- exceprioii apjKMi * c> b- the oil region of T*-X2ih and ii» neighbouring Stat< *. The proi|>«-. tti« of t h< k ' A s ltbtit !"ti 1 e'. i o '••liifi l'to*pcctin,; t'oinpaiiy admit.* thai th"< e*!*teii' -- "f od Ik-a -atii the plain*" i* pnifly liX'|h>!;i> ta.il, but m« it u .v, in ni.itiy c,-»>r* wheie "d i 1.1» b-en piotitably obtained in Alucrjca. 'I ii.- promou r« piciiit e iv ;li:ng !»»' to !r-.t u Ik h> r |- !<>!• tin. Il l* Ik-11 ptodMcfd 111 tiie licep* .ill-! l"dgcd !>«■-« r to :he Misi.it> to ir.ub. d by J IJ'I- «<■!!*. • Irouiidt for ItojK-, if !»■•: <i •-ii f• ■! ♦** p-ci I.l' :on. ;ir<- found :li *h'- fatv !ia pctjoli-iini ceitaiiily • tt'» in t • *.>'< ' li** Mjrf-ice of Ne«" Ze aland. 1 o «.»v nothing '( T.ir.m.'iLi. l'ovej-.v li-iV "! On'pukt. j*" i oleum v. known :<* I li'sio!. nid m i/'l ''liilc 'i W.ih.i", 1 !!'•!•■ a , hiii"- :li«-n !:ii.j i; ; j~!;td- inn in l'»n l'»> '1! :« klio« tit !»<* 1 olid-on ■>! i' i4 i- ti ui'i ••''* o;iv 'km l!i<- po»»ili l:'y •>! t I i"" sc'i'icti. r* of '■ 1 • * »{'d - ii !••:

mint-nil nil wohKI be *o iiiijhh tani Uiat ewrvoiic mix-t ui.-«h that ilic vfuuit.- «>ii J.'l U\«' MH<« "I lie I |'lo|»» to go to tfork- -.-' on a-' i* tbud lias bcit siilwrrilwil. Tliis may seem a large Mutt ti> iriVi>i in a |iniv f>|<-culit!i"ti. I'll- iiiiiuy turns tli.i! amount w iU« imut.-d >ll gohl «ire<l{»ii«r vn'tiny. that jisit.- iil.i - lions U>o. Tito discovery uf .1 payable oil lii-ld in A.'ljbtirinii would nu; twliau--: Unix <->Mlitiiif< i» «>£ the ia»t. A ~|m?« iai ,ip ,li a|>|* il!> t'» I.K- hi-t lt f«rl MtpJHU i iIOIII riiiMJ U, in a )KU-i»ag!* in sli/* jir> « jiivli yjy.> that "a I'll 1 "- line Uuuh! In* l!> u->.uy t<> i oiiv.-y tit. oil to tli-- iit-.it. r t | ll *it Miiiiii. of ituirx-. in Tiinatu, if l.vttrli.in ami no! tjie pi'ojti-tnl i all il |>oit <•1 in ift i>> tli'' aii. : i!,t; n. . I ii. dii> t-t'tia'.' l otnpij-, „ M .i m . ~f i iu- lit'*.t ! niNl-vvurthy lnvnn-- m-n of < hi jMcllUl' !:, »o ilia! if lilt- I'loj.i'i d"--» I'HIR" to ,lll\ hllijM I l!>- If U f'! 11l- tit'c to frr! .-Oliliilctl! tila' tile r-\ lr in- v, i!i !>-- « .-U i.arii-ii out.