I have been reading “Wildcatter” oilmen, and how they would prospect for oil at times uncertain if there was any oil to be found. What I would like to know, is how did they try to discover oil in the first place?
Would they dig a hole and try to hit oil? Would they just set up an oil rig and start drilling into the ground?
Could this be done by one person, or two? Or would you need an entire crew to do it?
I imagine alot of people when they bought an oil plot, staked all their money on it and could’nt afford a crew.
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Oil seepages on the surface indicated oil below. The first wells were literally dug by hand with shovels. Interesting fact: Oil was unknown to be in Libya until after WWII. During the North Africa campaign positions were lost and regained by both sides as the advantage went back and forth. Both sides accused the other of poisoning the water wells by dumping oil in them when they retreated. It wasn’t until after the war that it was discovered that the oil in the wells came from natural oil seeps in the area.
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