Petroleum and petroleum wells : what petroleum is, where it is found and what it is used for : where to sink petroleum wells and how to sink them : with a complete guide book and description of the oil regions of Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio

Petroleum and petroleum wells : what petroleum is, where it is found and what it is used for : where to sink petroleum wells and how to sink them : with a complete guide book and description of the oil regions of Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio / By J.H.A. Bone.

Author/creator	Bone, J. H. A. (John Herbert Aloysius), 1830-1906
Other author/creator	Oil Region Alliance (Pa.)
Format	Electronic and Book
Edition	2nd ed. rev. and enl.
Publication Info	Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1865.
Description	153 p. ; 17 cm.
Supplemental Content	Gale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926
Subject(s)	Oil wells--History. Oil well drilling--History. Petroleum industry and trade--Pennsylvania. Petroleum industry and trade--West Virginia. Petroleum industry and trade--Kentucky. Petroleum industry and trade--Ohio.

Series	Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926 Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926. UNAUTHORIZED
Contents	Petroleum, its description and history - how it is formed - and where it is found -- The history of petroleum on Oil Creek -- How oil wells are bored and worked -- The Pennsylvania oil region - the principal oil localities - and how to reach them -- A trip down Oil Creek - Meadville to Shaeffer's Farm, via Corry -- Down Oil Creek to Oil City -- Cherry Run -- Cherry Tree Run, Weikel Run, Cornplanter Run, Reed Run, and Two Mile Run -- The Alleghany River, with Hickory, Tionesta, Hemlock, Pithole, and other tributary creeks -- French Creek, Sugar Creek, and other oil locations -- Other Pennsylvania oil territory -- The West Virginia oil region -- Southern Ohio oil region -- Northern and Eastern Ohio oil regions -- The oil region of Kentucky -- Oil in other states -- Investments in oil wells.
Local note	Finance.
Local note	2012AG33600.
Local note	Finance.
Local note	2012AG33600.
General note	Reproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.
General note	Sabin no. 6298.
Reproduction note	Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2012. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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