Priming the pump – Greasing the wheels of an urban oil-drilling boom in California

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    (From The Los Angeles Times) In the early days of California's oil boom, derricks crowded beaches, covered hillsides and dominated cityscapes. If a road was in the way of the oil, the road was moved. …


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