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PICTURES OF THE SOUTHWEST: OIL, by                    
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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