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- English
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Growing Up in the Oil Patch
About this book
Growing Up in the Oil Patch chronicles the adventures and achievements of some of the most colourful, ambitious people of their time: statesmen, scoundrels, visionaries and developers. Participants all in the growing oil patch!
The author presents a highly readable, informative and entertaining account of the early years in the development of Canada's gas and oil industry. Based upon five years of research, interviews, and his fortuitous discovery of a rare, historically important scribbler, John Schmidt traces the paths of two enterprising American-born drillers, "Frosty" Martin and "Tiny" Phillips, whose drive and ingenuity were encouraged by British and Canadian promoters and financiers. Their entrepreneurial spirit took them initially to Leamington, Ontario, and ultimately into the heart of the oil patch in Western Canada.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Chapter 1 It All Started in Pennsylvania
- Chapter 2 Apprenticeship in Findlay Ohio
- Chapter 3 Transporting Nitro to Pelee Island
- Chapter 4 Over Lake Erie Ice to Leamington
- Chapter 5 A Contract with Eugene Coste
- Chapter 6 The Langham, Saskatchewan Adventure
- Chapter 7 29 Million Cubic Feet a Day
- Chapter 8 British Investment in Bow Island Gas
- Chapter 9 Medicine HatâAll Hell for a Basement
- Chapter 10 Joseph Grant; Frosty and Tinyâs Nemesis
- Chapter 11 J.D. McGregorâs Prairie Development Scheme
- Chapter 12 The Alamo Hotel at Suffield
- Chapter 13 Wetaskiwin and Camrose
- Chapter 14 Difficulties at Viking
- Chapter 15 Oil Strike Near Olds
- Chapter 16 George E. Buckâs Heavenly Kingdom
- Chapter 17 The Salted Oil Well at Turner Valley
- Chapter 18 A.F.A. Coyneâs Fellowship With Farmer
- Chapter 19 The Conspiracy Against Coyne
- Chapter 20 A New Start in Texas
- Chapter 21 Martin and Decker Teamed Up
- Chapter 22 Frosty the Flying Salesman
- Chapter 23 The Long Beach Harbour Development
- Chapter 24 Frosty Martin the Innovator
- Chapter 25 Frosty Martin the Inventor
- Chapter 26 Tiny Phillips Wildcats at Slave Lake
- About the Author
- Publisherâs Notes