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...growing share of North America's oil and natural gas from the new-found Alberta fields, the "Texas of the North...
...biggest aluminum mill to open in 1954. ¶ Iron Ore Co. of Canada got well under way on 360 miles of track through the wilderness of northern Quebec to its $200 million iron ore project in Ungava. ¶ A record $250 million was invested in exploration and development of Alberta oil, and another $300 million was lined...
...Chamberlain's Folly." While digging for water on his farm in 1911, William Chamberlain had hit a pocket of natural gas and got a hunch that there might be oil on his land. He sank his savings in an oil rig, the first rotary drill ever used in Alberta. The money ran out when the well was down 2,000 feet, with no sight of oil. Discouraged, Chamberlain went back to farming...
...Canada's Manning, Premier of Alberta, long may we have his type in government of our country ... a good, God-fearing...
After reading your magnificent article on Alberta, "Texas of the North" [TIME, Sept. 24], I am just about convinced that I should pack up my bags and head for Canada...