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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Wayyyyyy back when there were natural oil seepages to the surface that people would find. After that drilling near one of those reached the same near-surface pocket. After that it was literally hit or miss often using dowsing rods
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