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"Oil Drilling Rig...Petroleum is today an important factor in the economic life of Mississippi. Since the discovery of oil in 1939 near Yazoo City, production has grown to over 3,000,000 barrels per month, and Mississippi now ranks tenth in the United States in the production of oil." View of oil well. Side 2.
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"Oil Drilling Rig...Petroleum is today an important factor in the economic life of Mississippi. Since the discovery of oil in 1939 near Yazoo City, production has grown to over 3,000,000 barrels per month, and Mississippi now ranks tenth in the United States in the production of oil." View of oil well. Side 2.
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- Description: "Oil Drilling Rig...Petroleum is today an important factor in the economic life of Mississippi. Since the discovery of oil in 1939 near Yazoo City, production has grown to over 3,000,000 barrels per month, and Mississippi now ranks tenth in the United States in the production of oil." View of oil well. Side 2.
- Creator(s): Lowman, Hubert A.
- Date: 1958
- City/State: Mississippi
- Call Number: PI/2008.0001
- Filename: 123342-photo-2.tif