Notebook

• Reference:GB 249 T-YOU/1/32
• Dates of Creation:1865 - 1867
• Language of Material:English
• Physical Description:
  1 volume

• Scope and Content

  Containing notes and statistics relating to Young’s Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Company Ltd. Includes draft minute of agreement between James Young and James Pender and others for the formation of the company, 1865, (with a printed final copy attached); financial analysis of results of operations to 31 March 1866; report on the minerals near Addiewell by Dr Landale, December 1865; notes on joint stock companies involved in the mineral oil industry in Scotland (Airdrie Mineral Oil Co Ltd; Broxburn Shale Oil Co Ltd; Capledrae Oil and Coal Co Ltd; Midcalder Mineral Oil Co Ltd; Glasgow Oil Co. (Broxburn) Ltd; Glentore Mineral Oil Co Ltd; Dalserf Coal Coke and Oil Co Ltd , Monkland Oil Refining Co Ltd; Scottish Oil Co Ltd) giving names of directors, level of capital investments etc; various notes on petroleum and shale production and details of leases of land to Young’s Paraffin Light and Mineral Oil Co Ltd.

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