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PICTURES OF THE SOUTHWEST: OIL by ELIZABETH KING COWGILL

First Line: BLACK SMOKE HIDES THE SUN
Last Line: SUCH A HELL AS DANTE SAW.
Subject(s): PETROLEUM; WEST (U.S.); OIL; SOUTHWEST; PACIFIC STATES;
Black smoke hides the sun
Fed by angry mounting flames
Held in the slush-pit ...
Inferno of the oil fields
Such a hell as Dante saw.



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