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This oil is a valuable fuel without refining. It is utilized at many 

 places by being sprayed into the fire-box with a jet of steam, and in 

 this way produces intense heat. It is also used in the manufacture 

 of gas and in the enriching of the "water" gas. 



Altogether, the outlook is good for gas and oil in Kansas. Their 

 production must add very largely to the wealth of the state. In the 

 eastern part of the state, it is true, fuel is not such an item of expense 

 as farther west, but the use of natural gas and oil here will tend to 

 increase the manufacturing industries, and in that way benefit the 

 people very materially. It is conceded that last year there was only 

 one state where the yield of natural gas had not decreased. If the 

 same thing should prove to be true in this part of the country, and a 

 maximum production should be reached in a few years, still the effort 

 will not be in vain, for not only will the gas be of use while it does 

 last, but it will pave the way for the general introduction of some 

 cheap "fuel gas," which can be made from the petroleum of the 

 state, or from other cheap combustible material. 



