Oil prospects in Old Mexico, 1911

Heading: (Oil)
Author:
Title: Crude Oil: Petroleum and Its Uses. A Short History of the Discover of Petroleum, Its Production Along Commercial Lines and Its Value as a Wealth Producer
Place Published: Los Angeles
Publisher:Horace Wilson Company
Date Published: July, 1911
Description:

4 pp. Newspaper format. Text in 3 columns. With 4 illustrations from photographs; map. 41x28 cm (16¼x11").

Prospectus for the sale of stock in The United Oil Company of Mexico, at 10 cents a share (par value $1.00), and only 20% down. The two-third page "Map of the Oil Fields of Mexico Including the Four Cantons of Vera Cruz" shows the fields of the various oil companies in the area with a large arrow pointing to those of the United Oil Co. The text gives an overview of the oil industry in general and in Mexico in particular, as well as the sure prospects of the UOC - at the top of the first page is the printed notice: "Tells how, when and where to make money out of Oil - Oil Money is Clean Money." No copies are listed in OCLC.
Condition Report: A little wear at folds, a few repairs; very good.