Sketches in Crude-oil Some accidents and incidents of the petroleum development in all parts of the globe

CHAPTER III. NEARING THE DAWN 27-40

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Salt-Water Helping Solve the Problem—Kier’s Important Experiments—Remarkable Shaft at Tarentum—West Virginia and Ohio to the Front—The Lantern Fiend—What an Old Map Showed—Kentucky Plays Trumps—The Father of Flowing Wells—Sundry Experiences and Observations at Various Points.