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Title
Chanslor-Canfield-Midway gusher 2-6
Creator
Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued
1909
Publication Information
Kern County Library. Beale Memorial Library
Contributing Institution
Kern County Library
Collection
Kern County Local History Photograph Collection
Rights Information
Unknown
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Description
On November 27, 1909, gusher 2-6 came in with a roar, 2,000 barrels of oil a day, the first gusher in the Midway Valley, in Western Kern County. From the collection of Frederic Chandler Ripley, Jr.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print; 21 x 13 cm.
Identifier
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt787027cx
cbak_186
Language
English
Subject
Oil wells
Petroleum industry
Chanslor-Canfield-Midway Oil Company
Place
Midway Valley (Calif.)

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