Black Gold: A Western Novel

Oil was as fantastic a wealth as gold had been, and for this reason, it was not for nothing that it was known by the symbolic and somewhat ominous name of "black gold."

Oil was something simpler to discover and exploit than pure gold. It was enough to try your luck and open your mouth where the naphtha gushed out with overwhelming force, to possess the amazing mine that was to produce thousands and thousands of tons and with them, thousands and thousands of dollars, because it barely sproute...