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A HISTORY OF OIL EXPLORATION IN ALASKA (1898-PRESENT ...

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DISCOVERY <strong>OF</strong> ABUNDANT <strong>OIL</strong> AND GAS SEEPS NEAR KATALLA LEAD TO ITS<br />

EARLY <strong>EXPLORATION</strong> BY <strong>OIL</strong> PROSPECTORS<br />

SEEPS FIRST RECOGNIZED AND<br />

STAKED BY THOMAS WHITE, A<br />

LOCAL RESIDENT <strong>IN</strong> 1896, WHILE<br />

ENGAGED <strong>IN</strong> HUNT<strong>IN</strong>G A BEAR<br />

<strong>OIL</strong> SEEP AT KATALLA, PHOTO TAKEN <strong>IN</strong> 1904 BY<br />

R.W. STONE, USGS.

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