OIL DRILLING RIG...Petroleum is today
an important factor in the economic life of
Mississippi. Since the discovery of oil in
1939 near Yazoo City, production has grown
to over 3,000,000 barrels per month, and
Mississippi now ranks tenth in the United
States in the production of oil.
DEEP SOUTH
PUB. BY DEEP SOUTH SPECIALTIES. INC., P. O. BOX 1802, JACKSON, MISS.
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MIRRO-KROMEⓇ CARD BY H. S. CROCKER CO., INC., SAN FRANCISCO 1
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