Aladin Oil & Refining Company
Beginning as early as the late 1880s, speculators and drillers fruitlessly tried their luck – sometimes in areas even known to have burning oil and coal-gas seeps.Although the state of Washington has never been close to becoming a major producer of oil, that has never stopped exploration companies from trying.
Hundreds of companies tried and failed, some never raising enough cash to drill a single well in the rugged country. Independent oilman Aron Hover’s petroleum company apparently was among them. (more…)
