...A post town on the Hokkoku Kaido road, it flourished as a port for unloading gold from the Sado Gold Mine, and in the early modern period, it was also the location of a magistrate's office. In the Amise area on the western edge, the first well of Nippon Oil was excavated in 1888, and in 1890, Japan's first mechanized well was started. Although the oil resources have now been depleted, the Petroleum Memorial Museum has been built here as the birthplace of the petroleum industry. *Some of the terminology that mentions "Amise" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…北国街道の宿場町で,佐渡金山の金の陸揚げ港としても栄え,近世には代官所も置かれた。西端の尼瀬地区では1888年日本石油の第1号井が掘削され,90年には日本最初の機械掘りが開始された。現在は資源が枯渇したが,石油産業発祥地として石油記念館が建てられている。… ※「尼瀬」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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