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Wildcatter Spear Pumps Virginia Oil Recalls Texas Near Miss
Robert F. Spear, 76, operates five Lee County wells in Virginia recalling the Texas hunt for oil that nearly made him rich. He passed on a Refugio Texas tract in 1933, missing a billion-dollar potential. he now sells 73,000 gallons last year for about 22 thousand dollars. Spear notes deep reservoirs, high drilling costs, and his unchanged pursuit of oil in the hills.
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Ewing
Robert F. Spear
Virginia
Spear
Lee County
Texas
Pennsylvania
Howard Hughes
Hughes Tool Co
Houston
Roustabout
Wildcatter
Texas Oil
Refugio
H.R. Cullen
Cullen
Kentucky
Baton Rouge