Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 March 1903 — Naptha on Sakhalin. [ARTICLE]

Naptha on Sakhalin.

Ocrnmercirfl Agent hI»T. Gree&r figgtfeß £rdm Vladivostok:* & GofckJ engineer has found new* naphth* ground on the eastern part of Sakhalin Island and also a large lake filled with dry naphtha. This, he says, would be excellent material for preparing asphalt. Work, It appears, was begun some four years ago; but it will take a year or two 'more to -develop ft, an 1 proper machinery and testing instruments are to be employed for the first time. The i prospects for naphtha products Vire good, and this engineer thfnksthey promise to be richer than those of Baku. ■" : 3