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Kern River oil
1899
Kern County, California
Antandrus at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Two brothers digging with hand tools on the riverbank found oil at seventy feet. The field has produced over two billion barrels and is still pumping heavy crude with injected steam more than a century later.
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Location: historic site
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