Word: rios
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Full-blown and final, but later reduced again to uncertainty, was the week's next biggest oil story: that Harry Ford Sinclair had finally succeeded in putting together his company with Tide Water, the Prairie interests and Rio Grande into a billion-dollar structure...
...Rio Grande Oil Co., assets...
...outstanding, and no preferred. Common stockholders of Sinclair and Prairie Oil & Gas would receive one share of the new company's stock for each share now held. Tide Water stockholders were to get eight new shares for ten old, Prairie Pipe Line ten for 14. The terms for Rio Grande were not estimated but at current prices of the "scratch" securities and Rio common it looked as though holders of the latter would be offered ten Commonwealth shares for 25 Rio Grande. Sinclair preferred, of which there were 141,290 shares outstanding, was to be retired at the call...
...flavor. A broker receiving an order in rubbers may have to rush out and buy some Bah Lias, Gula Kalump, or Linggi, while in teas he must know Budla Beta, Chargola, Jokai, Pabbojan. The mining list includes famed De Beers Diamond Mines, the Rand (gold), Johannesburg Consolidated Investments ("Johnnies"), Rio Tinto ("The Tinto"), Roan Antelope, Katanga, Mount Isa, Siamese...
...this revolution he had made peace with Menocal and joined his forces, partly through a mutual hatred of Machado the Rooster, and partly because -Que Diablo!-a good revolution doesn't come every day. Federal troops cornered the white-haired old warrior near Los Palacios in Pinar del Rio. He escaped to the hills on horseback with 22 followers. Again there was a traitor. The Federals followed to Peraza's secret camp on Toro Hill. There was a rush, a rattle of musketry. Ten were shot where they lay, ten were captured, two escaped. The old man reached...