Sketches in Crude-oil
Some accidents and incidents of the petroleum development in all parts of the globe
Sketches in Crude-Oil, by John J. McLaurin, a Pennsylvania journalist, tells the story of the early petroleum industry from the people who lived through it. Beginning with oil in the ancient world, McLaurin moves to the Oil Creek valley of northwestern Pennsylvania, where Edwin Drake drilled his well in 1859, and follows the booms, busts and oil towns that followed, the wildcatters, teamsters and speculators, the dangers of nitroglycerine, the refining and transport of oil from the well to the lamp, and the rise of the Standard Oil Company, as well as oil fields elsewhere in the world. Written in a breezy, anecdotal style, with portraits, verse and jokes, it captures the atmosphere of an industry in its youth. The full text is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, and the first chapter is free.
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