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Terrific on the early oil industry in Pennsylvania...



Item # 682976

March 01, 1865

THE WORLD, New York, March 1, 1865  

* Early life in Oil City, Pennsylvania
* Petroleum discoveries - discovery
* Oil Creek - Allegheny River


The front page isa all about the discovery of oil in Pennsylvania, with first column heads: "PETROLEUM" "The Great Pennsylvania Oil Region" "Oil! Oil! Oil! Oil!" "Its Discovery, Development and Uses--How it is Bored For, and the Fortunes it has Made" "Oil Creek & Its Tributaries" "Oil Wells--Oil Lands--Oil Speculations--Oil People..." "Life In Oil City" 'Flowing & Pumping Wells" and even more.
Eight pages, very nice condition.

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