Excerpt from The Kansas University Quarterly, Vol. 4: Devoted to the Publication of the Results of Research by Members of the University of Kansas; July, 1895, to April, 1896 Altogether, the outlook is good for gas and oil in Kansas. Their production must add very largely to the wealth of the state. In the eastern part of the state, it is true, fuel is not such an item of expense as farther west, but the use of natural gas and oil here will tend to increase the manufacturing industries, and in that way benefit the people very materially. It is conceded that last year there was only one state where the yield of natural gas had not decreased. If the same thing should prove to be true in this part of the country, and a maximum production should be reached in a few years, still the effort will not be in vain, for not only will the gas be of use. While it does last, but it will pave the way for the general introduction of some cheap fuel gas, which can be made from the petroleum of the state, or from other cheap combustible material. 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.