Sketches in Crude-oil
Some accidents and incidents of the petroleum development
in all parts of the globe
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Sketches in rude-oil
INTRODUCTION
SECOND EDITION
CONTENTS.
PORTRAITS.
ILLUSTRATIONS.
I. THE STAR IN THE EAST.
A PETROLEUM IDYL.
II. A GLIMMER IN THE WEST.
THE BABY HAS GROWN.
III. NEARING THE DAWN.
THEY NOTICED IT.
IV. WHERE THE BLUE-GRASS GROWS.
V. A HOLE IN THE GROUND.
IN A NUTSHELL.
VI. THE WORLD’S LUBRICANT.
KEEPING STEP.
VII. THE VALLEY OF PETROLEUM.
A SPLASH ON OIL CREEK.
VIII. PICKING RIPE CHERRIES.
OILY OOZINGS.
IX. A GOURD IN THE NIGHT.
PITHOLE REVISITED.
X. UP THE WINDING RIVER.
THE AMEN CORNER.
XI. A BEE-LINE FOR THE NORTH.
THE SEX MEN ADORE.
XII. DOWN THE ZIG-ZAGGED STREAM.
WHERE IGNORANCE IS BLISS.
XIII. ON THE SOUTHERN TRAIL.
XIV. MORE OYSTERS IN THE STEW.
SOME OF THE BOYS.
XV. FROM THE WELL TO THE LAMP.
MERELY DROPPED IN.
XVI. THE LITERARY GUILD.
THE WOMAN’S EDITION.
THE GIRL AND THE EDITOR.
XVII. NITRO-GLYCERINE IN THIS.
GRAINS OF THIRD SAND.
XVIII. THE STANDARD OIL-COMPANY.
XIX. JUST ODDS AND ENDS.
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