In what industry did J. J. McAlester earn his fortune?
gas
coal
oil
Railroad

Coal

Explanation

Am not a 100% sure but Am pretty sure that its coal, reason why when J.J. earned you know started. Doing all this stuff. That person was most know for coaling, but I just got done leaning about this and that where. He earned his fortune

B. coal

Explanation:

As a result, McAlester acquired control over more of the coal mines and expanded his businesses when the railroad lines were built through the area. He sold his Oklahoma Mining Company to a larger company, the Osage Coal and Mining Company, of which he was a partner. The railroad lines eventually purchased the mining company to supply the needed coal for the railroad. McAlester had achieved his dream and brought great development to the territory. J.J. McAlester is the perfect example of an entrepreneur, a person who starts a business and is willing to take some risks to do so.

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answer: the time zones used to be whatever the local authority wanted them to be. one town might have 6am whenever the sun came up and another town had 6am 10 minutes later.  

the trains had a hard time when their orders said to be at a certain point at 6am.  

6am, but who's 6am.  

the railroads got together and set the time zones more or less along the longitude lines across the country.

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