'^26 W. G. MiLLEfl PETROLEUM IK CANADA 



rocks of about 150,000 square miles of the lower Mackenzie basin, while in the 

 southern part they extend under a larger area of younger rocks, so that their 

 total area covers not less than 300,000 square miles. The future as regards 

 oil, therefore, is full of promise and can not easily be estimated at its full 

 value. The region is believed to be one of the largest areas of possible oil- 

 bearing country yet unexplored on the face of the earth, and it is to the ex- 

 ploitation of the oil resources that we look for the greatest development in the 

 basin of the Mackenzie River." 



Bibliographic Eeferences 



In concluding this brief descrijDtion of the modes of occurrence and sup- 

 plies of petroleum in Canada^ it may be pointed out that detailed informa- 

 tion on the subject is now in handy form, several important reports or 

 compilations of literature on the subject having been published within 

 the last two years. Ontario is dealt with in a report by Cyril W. 

 Knight/^ Ontario and Quebec by Wyatt Malcolm/^ and the whole of 

 Canada by F. G-. Olapp and others.^^ Papers by D. B. Dowling, dealing 

 especially with Alberta, should also be mentioned.^'' 



11 Ontario Bureau Mines, vol. xxiv, part 2. 



12 The oil and gas fields of Ontario and Quebec. Geol. Survey Canada, Memoir 81. 



13 Petroleum and natural gas resources of Canada. Mines Branch, Canada, No. 291. 



1* Correlation and geological structure of the Alberta oil fields. Am. Inst. Min. Eng., 

 vol. lii, 1915, pp. 353-362 ; also papers published by the Geol. Survey Canada. 



