THE ABASAND FIASCO : The Rise and Fall of a Brave Pioneer Oil Sands Extraction Plant

by COMFORT, DARLENE J. Edited By Peter G. Duffy

First Edition

Price: CAD $20.00 ($ 18.73)
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Book desription: Edmonton: Friesen Printers., 1980. pp: 148. Well illustrated with b&w photographs, sketches, maps etc. Index. Label residue to front pastedown; previous owner's name blacked out. A couple of very short nicks to top edge of rear panel of dust jacket. The story of Abasand, the first commercial attempt to recover oil from the Alberta tar sands, started by Max Ball in 1936, in association with Sidney Ells who had explored the region in 1913 for the Canadian Government. Unfortunately it proved not to be a viable operation.. ISBN: 088925201F. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Canada, Alberta, Tar Sands, Mining..

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