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Santa Cruz County History - Articles
Browsing Local History Articles by "Andrew Schiffrin"
Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk: Survival of the Funnest, by
Andrew Schiffrin
Pacific Ocean Park in Santa Monica, Nu-Pike in Long Beach, Playland in San Francisco, Belmont Park in San Diego - ... [Read more]
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Prepared by C. McK. Laizure,
Mining Engineer of the California State Mining Bureau
There has been no commercial production of petroleum in Santa Cruz County, although small seepages of crude oil have been found and a number of wells drilled. According to J. C. Branner, J. F. Newson ..." [More]
Excerpted from Mineral Survey of Santa Cruz County - Petroleum and Potash by C. McK. Laizure
