Tokyo, May 19.
The belief that rich oil fields have been discovered near Fuhsin, in Jehol' province, Manchoukuo, was strengthened today on receipt of messages from Changchun stating thatthe Manchuria Petroleum Company's first well spouted a column of, gas 100 metres high.
Tests taken in this well, according to the reports, revealed that the oil pool is 12 metres deep. The success of this first venture, the messages said, has convinced engineers on the spot that there are many other oil pools in the neighbourhood of well No, 1.
It was indicated in the reports that the Manchuria Petroleum Company shortly will begin to drill welts on. a large scale—Domel.
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