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dec 30, 1858 - Oil

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1859, although the use of oil in Europe and China, oil in America was first discovered when a homemade rig drilled down 70 feet and came up coated with oil.

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ByYi-Hsuan (Mina) Huang

3 Nov 2018

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dec 30, 1858

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~ 166 years ago

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