wildcatter

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• I’ve never been able to figure out whether a wildcatter is a special breed of man… or just a fool. Wildcatter’s Woman
• Wildcatters, then hard-charging, daring frontiersmen, sought oil anywhere they found a seep or in places others wouldn't dare, such as hillsides. Small oil drillers say new rules threaten wildcatters' survival
• An oil wildcatter raised by an oil wildcatter, he moved into the railroad business in the early 1980s and made billions by laying fiber-optic cable along his Southern Pacific Railroad track and purchasing Qwest Communications.
• The map looked like something a wildcatter might use—not to drill for oil but to barrel Riesling and Cabernet Franc. Paper or Plastic? Wine by the Box, Keg and Can
• If a prospector finds a new gold mine or the wildcatter brings in a rich oil well, the probability of other prospectors and wildcatters making equally valuable finds diminishes, however slightly.
• Part wildcatter, part deal-maker, the 64-year-old executive has a track record of building up oil and gas exploration companies from scratch, taking them public and selling them for a premium, having done so twice prior to Thursday's deal. Deal Is Coup for Petrohawk's Chief
• After years languishing in the backwaters of the world's stock markets, the wildcatters are back in business.
• Kali Bose is a wildcatter - an investor with an eye on promising new areas.
• He's a wildcatter, taking over an old mine whose riches are mostly gone. Chile Mine Collapse Highlights Safety Risks
• It is the reason why the wildcatter, the independent oilman whose test drillings might come up dry 20 times before gushing in the end, is an enduring Texas symbol.