| 1. | It is unclear when the reservation's name was changed to Oil Springs.
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| 2. | Jerker lines are still used to pump oil in Oil Springs today.
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| 3. | By 1859 Williams owned 800 acres of land in Oil Springs.
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| 4. | Oil springs along the Ukhta River were already known in the 17th century.
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| 5. | A year later, Bernard King struck oil at Petrolia, north of Oil Springs.
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| 6. | Petrolia quickly replaced Oil Springs as Canada's oil capital, leaving Oil Springs almost abandoned.
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| 7. | By 1864, 20 refineries were operating in Oil Springs and seven in Petrolia, Ontario.
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| 8. | Petrolia quickly replaced Oil Springs as Canada's oil capital, leaving Oil Springs almost abandoned.
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| 9. | He continued to live in Oil Springs until his death on 7 November 1895.
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| 10. | Stanley Clark, Benjamin Chamberlain, and William Gallagher owned lands adjacent to the Oil Spring Reservation.
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