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Identifier: palmofalphatauom5719alph (find matches)
Title: The Palm of Alpha Tau Omega
Year: 1880 (1880s)
Authors: Alpha Tau Omega
Subjects: Greek letter societies
Publisher: (Champaign, Ill., etc.)
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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By E. R. Brown THE petroleum industry as we know it today is youngin years, yet along the road it has come there hasbeen left a record of vast accomplishments. Itsgrowth, interesting to review, has created without intend-ing it, an erroneous conception of the industry in theminds of the public—a growing tendency to accept thewords gold and petroleum as synonymous—paintingunwittingly a background for the picture of oil that para-mounts the light, the fantastic, and subordinates thevshadows, the actualities, of the industry. Oil and goldare not synonymous and there exists no magic wand which,waved over an oil field, turns it instantly into gold. The original investment in the petroleum industry wasapproximately one thousand dollars, spent in drilling theDrake well in 1859. Today its invested capital approxi-mates thirteen billion dollars. The early days of petroleum were surrounded withromance, adventure, daring and dogged determination.In those earlier years cowards never started a

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  • bookid:palmofalphatauom5719alph
  • bookyear:1880
  • bookdecade:1880
  • bookcentury:1800
  • bookauthor:Alpha_Tau_Omega
  • booksubject:Greek_letter_societies
  • bookpublisher:_Champaign__Ill___etc__
  • bookcontributor:University_of_Illinois_Urbana_Champaign
  • booksponsor:University_of_Illinois_Urbana_Champaign
  • bookleafnumber:382
  • bookcollection:university_of_illinois_urbana-champaign
  • bookcollection:americana
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