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- Who dug the first well in North America?
- Who discovered the first oil gusher in Oil Springs?
- Who invented the jerker-line, or jerker-rod, system?
- Who does the term "foreign driller" describe?
- How did James Miller Williams learn about the gumbeds of Enniskillen Township?
- How did John H. Fairbank learn about Lambton County's oil fields?
- Who was William H. McGarvey, and what were his contributions to the "oil story"?
- Charles and Henry Tripp formed the first ___________________ in North America. What was it called?
- Who won awards at the 1862 International Exhibition in London, England, for his discovery of oil, and for refining it into quality lamp oil?
- Who was instrumental, along with sixteen other oil men, in the formation of the Imperial Oil Company in 1880?
- What were some of the dangers that oil drillers faced?
- Who do you think the town of Englehart in Northern Ontario is named after, and why?
- What were some of the many business ventures that John H. Fairbank undertook?
- Why was William H. McGarvey honoured, at a special ceremony, by the Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph?
- Why did the First Lord of the British Admiralty, Winston Churchill, consult with William H. McGarvey?
- What was John D'Oyley Noble's contribution to the oil industry?
- Why was John D. Noble sent to Paris, France in 1900?
- When Hugh Nixon Shaw struck his gusher, he ran into a particular difficulty. Do you know what that difficulty was?
- Who was Elizabeth Adamson?
- In the era of the Foreign Driller, Petrolia was a "single-parent" family town, long before the term had been invented. Why do you think this was so?
- What hardships do you think the wives of Foreign Drillers had to deal with?
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- How did Petrolia get its hospital?
- What four towns form the Oil Heritage District?
- Which town boasted the first paved street in Canada?
- Many Americans believe that Edwin L. Drake's well in Titusville, Pennsylvania, discovered on August 27, 1859, is the first oil well ever to be discovered in North America. Why can Canadians claim that James Miller Williams deserves this honour?
- What events occurred to establish Petrolia as a prominent oil town?
- Why was the Oil Museum of Canada built in Oil Springs, Ontario, Canada?
- Name two places, or locations, that the foreign drillers worked in.
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- Explain how oil is formed.
- Name three products that are made from crude oil.
- What is the jerker-line, or jerker-rod, pumping system?
- What was the name of the drilling rig that was sent all over the world to assist in the drilling of wells?
- What did Hugh Nixon Shaw use to dig his well? Can you draw a picture of one?
- What product did Charles Nelson Tripp concentrate on producing from the gumbeds of Enniskillen?
- What product did James Miller Williams concentrate on producing from these same gumbeds?
- Which was most successful, and what factors contributed to its success?
- What was a three-pole derrick? Draw one.
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