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In March 1908 prospectors drilling for oil on the San Juan River opened a gusher which threw oil to a height of 70 feet. This discovery brought a stampede of speculators to San Juan County (Osmond L. Harline, "Utah's Black Gold," Utah Historical Quarterly, vol. 31, no. ...
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Petroleum--Prospecting--San Juan County (Utah).
Mines and mineral resources--Ownership--San Juan County (Utah).
Mining claims--San Juan County (Utah).

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