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one. John decided to jump into this
market. He created a company called
Andrews, Clarks and Rockefellers.
Many Americans would travel to
Cleveland then which happened to
be an oil-rich state in search of oil.
It was largely a gamble as lots of
money was spent looking for oil
night and man could now do some and by the time they finally got oil
work at night. Crude oil was needed after many attempts, half of the oil
to make kerosene which was needed would spill out and be wasted. John
in every single home in America and who had an eye for efficiency decided
virtually the whole world at that that looking for oil was a waste of
time. The market was a very big his resources, he decided to refine it
