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Black gold, Texas tea.... Oil was discovered near Beaumont, TX, 104 years ago today. It was the first great Texas gusher. On a related note, on this date in 1870 John D. Rockefeller had incorporated Standard Oil, then the world's largest oil refinery.
 
 
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Black gold may refer to:

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  • Black Gold, a 2006 documentary about the coffee and fair trade

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  • Black gold is a slang term for either petroleum or coal, depending on the context or the local economy of the speaker
  • Black gold, black peppercorns used as a form of commodity money
  • Black Gold (1983), video game of the strategy genre released in 1983 by Photronics
  • Black Gold (1989), video game of the strategy genre released in 1989 by reLINE Software
  • Black Gold (1992), video game of the strategy genre released in 1992 by Starbyte Software
  • Black Gold (horse), American thoroughbred racehorse who seemed predestined to win 1924's 50th running of the Kentucky Derby
  • Black gold (politics), political corruption in the Republic of China

zh-yue:黑金


 
 

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January 10, 2005

Courage, determination, and hard work are all very nice, but not so nice as an oil well in the back yard.
- Mason Cooley

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