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Word: piersol (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Usage:

Last week Governor Marland, now 61 and a bit dumpy, buttoned on his overcoat, went out his front door, trudged across the street to see British American Oil Co.'s No. 1 Piersol well. There they were taking oil at the rate of 500 bbl. an hour out of sand 6,000 ft. under the Executive Mansion. Even politics had at last placed Ernest Whitworth Marland on top of an oil dome...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OKLAHOMA: Oil Man Forever | 1/6/1936 | See Source »

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