“Drill for oil? You mean drill into the ground to try and find oil? You’re crazy.” Drillers who Edwin L. Drake tried to enlist to his project to drill for oil in 1859.
A historical account of Edwin L. Drake's struggle to find drillers for his oil drilling project in 1859, illustrating how innovative ideas are often dismissed as crazy.
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