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The Story of the Potomac Refining Company, Washington County

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The Story of the Potomac Refining Company was researched and reported by Andrew Clemens, former President of the Baltimore County Historical Society. Nationwide advertisement campaigns like "Sixty Dollars a Second" and "The Business That Makes Millionaires" were launched in an attempt to sell stock in the Dargan Bend mines, along the Potomac River.