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years, and actually reached the astonishing amount in 

 1900 of 94 miles 84 yards ! In the course of the year 

 1902, 1895 wells on the Ansheronsk peninsula yielded 

 10,266,594 tons of naphtha — an average, that is to say, 

 of 5417f tons per well. Of this amount l,528,706j- 

 tons were given by fountains. 



Statistics for the year 1901 show an output of 

 10,822,580| tons from 1924 wells, of which 7,837,096f 

 tons were exported in the form of kerosene, lubricants, 

 naphtha residues, and raw naphtha, in the following 

 amounts: kerosene 2,075,806j tons, lubricants 206,451|- 

 tons, naphtha residues 4,988,709f tons, and raw naphtha 

 566,129 tons.i 



The number of inactive wells must necessarily increase 

 rapidly, and of late years this increase has been very 

 marked, as many as 1273 wells having become ex- 

 hausted in the course of 1901, as compared with 842 

 in the previous year and 594 in 1899, the average 

 yearly number thrown out of work from 1892 up to 

 that time being about 400. Nevertheless, the supply 

 exhibits small signs of becoming exhausted, the output 



1 For the benefit of those who are sufficiently interested, I append the 

 following comparison between the Baku and American oil-fields :— 



Output of Baku oil-fields, 1901, 



Exports from Baku, 1901— 

 Kerosene 

 Lubricants . 

 Naphtha residues . 

 Raw naphtha 



Average daily yield of the 

 wells of the Ansheronsk 

 peninsula, 1901 . 



Tons. 

 10,822,5805 



2,075, 806J 

 206, 451 J 



4,98S,709| 

 566,129 



7,837,0961 



29,661 



Tons. 



Output of American oil-flelds 

 1901— 

 Pennsylvania 

 Lima .... 



Exports from America, 1901 

 Kerosene . 

 Lubricants 

 Naphtha residues . 

 Raw naphtha . 

 Benzine and gaseous 



Average daily yield of the 

 wells of the United States, 

 1901 



4,116,129 

 2,393,54SJ 



6,509, 677J 



2,453,225f 



250,000 



90,322^ 



377,419J 



135,4831 



3,306,451^ 



18,198 



