wildcatters

The arrival of suddenly wealthy miners and oil-wildcatters from the West — men who didn't care for clubby New York society — suddenly sullied the playgrounds of New York's wealthy, showing up at Saratoga and winning races.

Behind the Bluegrass Max Watman 2010

"I don't think the threat of a double-dip recession will stop many companies from hiring," said Jeff Eshelman, spokesman for the trade group of oil and gas producers, once known as "wildcatters."

MarketWatch.com - Top Stories 2011

While this precious pair of "wildcatters" are thus employed, a good opportunity is given us to describe their retreat.

The Kentucky Ranger Edward T. Curnick

Joseph B. Sterling - don't make outsized bets on particular producers or the untested exploration outfits that Mr. Martin calls "wildcatters"; they also mostly shun other precious metals.

NYT > Home Page 2010

Wildcatters have delivered crude to U.S. consumers for more than a century, says Diana Davids Hinton, a history professor at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin who has written books on wildcatters.

Small oil drillers say new rules threaten wildcatters' survival 2011

"Some wildcatters made just completely random tests that worked out," Hinton says.

Small oil drillers say new rules threaten wildcatters' survival 2011

How happy the wildcatters of the record business would be if, instead of drilling hundreds of dry holes to get one gusher, they had their own Top 40 version of seismic tomography.

Is There a Scientific Explanation for Justin Bieber? Eric Felten 2011

By the 1920s, wildcatters were using geology to seek oil.

Small oil drillers say new rules threaten wildcatters' survival 2011

And there will always be wildcatters and handloaders, no matter who the president is.

Your Inauguration Reaction 2009

And there will always be wildcatters and handloaders, no matter who the president is.

Your Inauguration Reaction 2009