Thursday, December 22, 2005

A Forest of Oil Well Derricks. from
National Geographic Magazine 1920.
In 1920, a countless forest of Oil well derricks, too numerous to count. A glimpse of a Southern Calif Oil Field. In the early days there were no laws, such as 40 acre well spacing. This picture shows the waste of capital and labor in competitive drilling. Nat Geographic Feb 1920. Posted by Picasa

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