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California's First oil well

DT Data Page #: 
91
Newspaper: 
Humboldt Times
Newspaper Date: 
9/14/1955
Page #: 
3
Item Type: 
Article
Place: 
Mattole
TEXT: 
States California's first oil well was drilled on the banks of a tributary of the Mattole. The old Union oil company shipped 100 barrels to S.F. in June 1865.
Key Words: 
Union Oil, First Oil Well