Compilation of publications on the worldwide resources of gypsum, strontium, molybdenum, silver and "petroleum and allied products" and its mining industry in the period 1913-1919. Written two decades before the discovery of oil the Middle East, the last and longest publication describes an almost unrecognizable oil production. "It will be noted that the United States and Mexico together produced over 87 per cent. of the world's output in 1921, ..." (p. 13). Under the header "Arabia" follows one of the shortest descriptions, only stating that "Indications of oil are known on the Farsan Islands in the Red Sea, where drilling has been unsuccessful. On the Persian Gulf coast of Arabia indications of oil occur in the neighbourhood of Basra and near Koweit. A deposit of asphalt ... is known on Bahrein Island" (p. 185).
With the spine slightly discoloured and the front hinge somewhat worn; a very good copy.