Excerpt from Oil Lands in Indian Territory and Territory of Oklahoma: Hearings Before the Secretary of the Interior on Leasing of Oil Lands and Natural-Gas, Wells in Indian Territory and Territory of Oklahoma; May 8, 24, 25, and 29 and June 7 and 19, 1906 Governor Higgins states that Mr. Barnsdall desires to build a line to St. Louis, Mo., to supply at least consumers. Artificial gas there now costs 80 cents, containing only about 60 per cent of the heat units of natural gas. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The materials contained in these 1906 hearings focus on the efforts of dishonest business interests in taking unfair advantage of Indian populations by underpaying them for oil and gas leases.