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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 is a term usually meaning petroleum or less commonly coal, depending on the context or the local economy of the speaker.

Black gold may also refer to coffee and pepper.

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  • 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
  • World War III: Black Gold, a strategy game made by JoWood and Reality Pump
  • Black Gold (computer game)

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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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