Excerpt from Fourth Annual Mineral Industries Conference of Illinois "Research on the State's Mineral Resources and Their Utilization," Urbana, Illinois April 24-25, 1936: Oil and Gas Sessions; Abstract Reports of General Session, Forum on Researches in Progress, and Symposium on Needed Researches He stated that this conference was thus planned to discuss the importance of research as applied to the State' s mineral reu sources and their utilization, to acquaint the industries with the research now in progress and the value of the results, to permit us all to catch a larger vision of the possibilities of well planned comprehensive research, to receive suggestions of additional rem searches needed from the standpoint of industrial experience, and to develop a joint interest in pursuing a research program with proper facilities and qualified personnel that will make for greater indus trial activity and greater public welfare within our commonwealth. 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.