Excerpt from Derrick and Drill: Or, an Insight Into the Discovery, Development, and Present Condition and Future Prospects of Petroleum, in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, &C, But, even in this promiscuous collection of articles, there will be found a mass of facts and opinions which will possess a certain value with all who are seeking information on the subject. The development of the vast oil interest, in Pennsylvania, is of too recent occurrence to have its history written at this early day. So far, that interest is barely in its infancy. In the fulness of time it will reach its manhood, when the colossal proportions to which it seems destined to attain, will be worthy of the same elaborate attention which has been bestowed on cotton, coal, and iron.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.