Excerpt from Preliminary Report on Petroleum in Alaska, 1921 All the Oil lands in Alaska were withdrawn from entry Novel 3, 1910, but meanwhile patent had been granted to one Claim of acres in the Katalla field, and other Claims were pending, on son which oil seems to have been discovered. Assessment work has continued on some of the Claims that were staked before the v drewel, especially in the Katalla field, and applications for pat have been made. Other Claimants have doubtless acquired rights under section 22 of the new leasing law. Drilling has been done only in the Katalla, Iniskin, and fields. About 40 wells, aggregating in depth about been drilled, 31 Of which, aggregating feet, are in the Kat field. Oil has been produced commercially only in the Katalla fi'm' which has yielded since 1904 about barrels Of Crude Oil for as local fuel and for distillation in a small local refinery that r x I. Been operated since 1912. 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.

A summary of possible sources of petroleum in Alaska, with an annotated bibliography on petroleum and oil shale in Alaska and a map of Mesozoic and Cenozoic tectonic elements.