J. T. Henry
Published: 2016-09-13
Total Pages: 746
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Excerpt from The Early and Later History of Petroleum: With Authentic Facts in Regard to Its Development in Western Pennsylvania The biographical sketch'es, which make up so important a part of the work, are from among the representative men of the Region, - and they furnish, individually and collectively, very many interesting and valuable facts, with reference to develop ments, early and late, in the Oil Region of Pennsylvania, never before given to the public in an authentic form. And here we may as well refer to the fact that no sketches are given of Operators at Petroleum Centre, Columbia, Tarr Farm, Rouseville, Oil City, President, and but one at Franklin. As brevity is the soul Of wit, we may add - the neglect is not ours. While we have, in the list of biographies given, made a fair showing of the representative men of the Oil Region of Western Pennsylvania, we have not exhausted this portion of our subject. There are scores Of men connected, in one way and another, with this great mining industry, whose history, and whose developments as producers, would add interest to our effort, and lustre to their names, - but we have been unable, in many cases, to Obtain per mission thus to do astice to them. We may do this in future edi tions of the work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.