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oozes out from a fissure in the rocks, filling a small tank ; the strata 

 apparently form an anticline, and most probably belong to the Prome 

 stage. No use has ever been made of the petroleum of this place, 

 a fact which is easily explained by its isolated occurrence. 



2. Yebyu. — Lat. 21 35' Long. 94 19'. The small village of 

 Yebyu is situated in the Pakkoku district, about 20 miles north west 

 of the village of Pouk. The oil oozes out of several places quite 

 close to the village on the slope of a hill range, which is apparently 

 formed by an anticlinal arch of strata belonging to the Prome stage. 

 The country is densely covered with jungle and therefore very ill- 

 adapted for geological researches. The villagers have extracted 

 the oil in a few shallow pits, but the production seems always to have 

 been very small. 



3. Indin. — Lat. 23 o' Long. 94 10'. The village of Indin is 

 situated in the Upper Chindwin district, on the eastern bank of the 

 Myittha stream, a feeder of the Chindwin river. Petroleum is said 

 to have been found east of the village. I have not visited the place 

 myself, and am therefore not in a position to verify this statement 

 which is based on information received in 1889 from the subdivisional 

 officer. 



4. Yenan village. — The small, in 1889 deserted, village of Yenan, 

 is situated at about Lat. 24 Long. 94 30' in the Upper Chindwin 

 district, on the right bank of the Yu river, a feeder of the Chindwin. 

 The strata belong to the Prome series or form at this village an 

 anticline, which is cut through by the Yu river. On the top of the 

 anticlinal arch rises a gas well right in the middle of the river 

 while some more wells which bring petroleum to the surface are in 

 the village itself. The indications are, however, very small and the 

 petroleum has apparently never been gathered by the natives. 



Chapter VII.— RELATION BETWEEN THE OCCURRENCE 



OF PETROLEUM AND THE MAIM STRUCTURAL 



LINES OF UPPER BURMA. 



It will be seen from the foregoing chapters, that the localities 

 where petroleum is known to occur in Upper Burma spread over a 

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