Sketches in Crude-oil

About this eBook

Author

McLaurin, John J. (John James), 1841-1923

Title

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

Credits

Produced by KD Weeks, Chris Curnow and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

TN: Technology: Mining engineering, Metallurgy

Subject

Petroleum industry and trade -- North America -- History

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 53672

Release Date

December 6, 2016

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Sketches in rude-oil
2. 2.INTRODUCTION — SECOND EDITION
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.PORTRAITS.
5. 5.ILLUSTRATIONS.
6. 6.I. THE STAR IN THE EAST. — A PETROLEUM IDYL.
7. 7.II. A GLIMMER IN THE WEST. — THE BABY HAS GROWN.
8. 8.III. NEARING THE DAWN. — THEY NOTICED IT.
9. 9.IV. WHERE THE BLUE-GRASS GROWS.
10. 10.V. A HOLE IN THE GROUND. — IN A NUTSHELL.
11. 11.VI. THE WORLD’S LUBRICANT. — KEEPING STEP.
12. 12.VII. THE VALLEY OF PETROLEUM. — A SPLASH ON OIL CREEK.
13. 13.VIII. PICKING RIPE CHERRIES. — OILY OOZINGS.
14. 14.IX. A GOURD IN THE NIGHT. — PITHOLE REVISITED.
15. 15.X. UP THE WINDING RIVER. — THE AMEN CORNER.
16. 16.XI. A BEE-LINE FOR THE NORTH. — THE SEX MEN ADORE.
17. 17.XII. DOWN THE ZIG-ZAGGED STREAM. — WHERE IGNORANCE IS BLISS.
18. 18.XIII. ON THE SOUTHERN TRAIL.
19. 19.XIV. MORE OYSTERS IN THE STEW. — SOME OF THE BOYS.
20. 20.XV. FROM THE WELL TO THE LAMP. — MERELY DROPPED IN.
21. 21.XVI. THE LITERARY GUILD. — THE WOMAN’S EDITION. — THE GIRL AND THE EDITOR.
22. 22.XVII. NITRO-GLYCERINE IN THIS. — GRAINS OF THIRD SAND.
23. 23.XVIII. THE STANDARD OIL-COMPANY.
24. 24.XIX. JUST ODDS AND ENDS.

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