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The news that the agent of an English oil company had found oil in the neighborhood of the Dead Sea was not taken seriously today in quarters closely connected with interests engaged in the development of the Dead Sea. Persons well-informed as to the mineral resources of the Dead Sea and the territory around it […]https://www.jta.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/jta-long-logo-bw.jpg600315