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...shortage of able guards was offset somewhat by the presence of Wildcat Captain Arnold Whisnant, a center. But Whisnant was injured in last week's Furman game and will see no action today...

Author: By Ronald P. Kriss, | Title: Crimson Eleven Choice Over Visiting Davidson | 11/1/1952 | See Source »

...group of U.S. oilmen last week made a deal with Spain to wildcat for oil in the Ebro Valley, although no oil in quantity has ever been found in Spain. The group, which includes Delhi Oil and famed Geologist Everette de Golyer (TIME, April 3, 1944 et seq.), has put up $1,000,000 as a starter, while the state's Institute Nacional de Industria, has put up the same amount. If oil is found, the Spanish government will get 3%, while the American group and the Institute Nacional will split the remainder, one of the most favorable foreign...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Real Wildcatting | 9/22/1952 | See Source »

Amerada drilled a wildcat well 10,278 ft. deep, 50 miles east of the town of Grande Prairie. The drillers found only water, but discovery of the reef itself gave Jacobsen's geophysicists the clues they needed. They believed that by moving three-quarters of a mile away they could hit the reef again at a higher point. Last week they did. At 9,000 ft. they finally struck a heavy flow of good crude. It was the first major producing well in the region. ''Amerada has found something that has us all sitting up and taking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OIL: Amerada's New Find | 9/8/1952 | See Source »

Since the best way to find new oil is to drill unproved territory, one out of every four of these wells will be a wildcat. Every wildcat, costing anywhere from $50,000 to $1,000,000, will be a gamble with 8-to-1 odds against...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OIL: The Biggest Treasure Hunt | 6/2/1952 | See Source »

Coach Bruce Munro then sent in his reserves. Two minutes later, Wildcat Ed Sanborn shot the only score goalie Dick Thomas allowed in the last half. Yost, however, got this one back a minute before...

Author: By Hiller B. Zoeel, | Title: Lacrosse Team Tops N.H.; Makes 2nd Half Comeback | 5/8/1952 | See Source »

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