A lokacin da Walter O. Snelling na Ofishin Mines na Amurka ya nuna shi a matsayin wani abu mai guba a cikin man fetur a 1910, wanda shine farkon masana'antar propane a Amurka. Rashin daidaituwa na waɗannan ƙananan hydrocarbons ya sa aka san su da "wild" saboda yawan matsin tururi na gas ɗin da ba a tsabtace ba. A ranar 31 ga Maris, 1912, The New York Times ta ba da rahoto game da aikin Snelling tare da gas mai narkewa, yana cewa "wani kwalban ƙarfe zai ɗauki isasshen gas don haskaka gida na yau da kullun na tsawon makonni uku". A wannan lokacin ne Snelling, tare da haɗin gwiwar Frank P. Peterson, Chester Kerr, da Arthur Kerr, suka warware shi a cikin man fetur mai sauƙi na Pennsylvania a 1864.
Shekaru na 1930