black gold
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Every five years, the fading US town of Taft puts on a days-long "Oildorado" festival to celebrate its glory days at the center of California's black gold rush.
From Barron's
The League Two football club said the circular design in white, black, gold and red brought together its "heritage, ambition and modernity".
From BBC
Locals, whose main source of livelihood has been agriculture and fishing, told the BBC that since the discovery of oil, or what some refer to as "black gold", their home had been pumped for profit - by major oil companies, by oil thieves and by corrupt politicians.
From BBC
In a wonderful bit of symmetry, Pico Canyon, the site of the state’s first oil strike — California’s “black gold”— is just a few miles from Placerita.
From Los Angeles Times
Other passes were theirs 1-6-0 record at BMO Stadium and the Black & Gold being undefeated in six previous home openers.
From Seattle Times
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