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              the california star oil works, a chevron predecessor, took aim at pico canyon, a remote portion of the rugged santa susana mountains. in september 1876, driller alex mentry succeeded in striking oil in pico no. 4, despite rattlesnakes, wasps, mud and underbrush. the first successful oil well in california
		        
              
                  pacific coast oil co. on sept. 10, 1879. colonel charles felton, coast oil's president, had incorporated the company less than seven months earlier, on feb. 19, 1879. within the next year, coast oil built california's largest and most modern refinery, with a capacity of 600 barrels a day, at point alameda...
		      
		        
		      
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