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Photograph of drilling rig used by the Geological Survey at Victoria, Alberta, 1898
Drilling rig used by the GSC to try to find oil and gas on the Prairies, Victoria, Alberta, 1898. The drilling pictured here stopped at 1,840 feet because of the primitive equipment being used
Source: Natural Resources Canada/1615
© Public Domain. Photo: Courtesy of Natural Resources Canada.
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