Question

In which region were wildcatters famous for successfully drilling for oil?

Answer 1

a. North Central Texas

b.the Permian Basin

c. East Texas

d. Southeast Texas coast

Answer 2

East Texas

Explanation:

• With massive oil strikes in Corsica in  the year 1894, and the explosion of Spindletop in the year 1901, private oil contractors dubbed the wildcatters easily stalked Texas for big money and better chances in Texas oil ground
• In 1930, a self-educated prospector, Columbus Marion Joiner, discovered the East Texas Oil Field, the largest oil find ever. Since East Texas was historically unexplored for oil, various individual prospectors, referred to as "wildcatters," had purchased tracts of land for exploitation of the new region.