| 11. | Part of the Oil Springs Reservation, controlled by the Seneca Nation, is located in the county.
|
| 12. | The U . S . Census of 1890 lists the name of the reservation as Oil Spring Reservation.
|
| 13. | A state court case protested Seymour, Gallagher, Chamberlain, and Clark's claims to the northeast quarter of Oil Spring.
|
| 14. | One of the first significant wells in Texas was developed near the town of Oil Springs, near Corsicana.
|
| 15. | The explorers had discovered the curiosity of interior oil springs, copper outcrops, iron ore and coal for forging.
|
| 16. | We do not know exactly when Williams abandoned his Oil Springs refinery and transferred his operations to Hamilton.
|
| 17. | In 1881, more oil was discovered at a deeper level, resulting in another oil boom for Oil Springs.
|
| 18. | Many local drillers moved several kilometers north to Petrolia, where operations began in earnest after the Oil Springs boom subsided.
|
| 19. | The first commercial oil well in Canada became operational in 1858 at Oil Springs, Ontario ( then Canada West ).
|
| 20. | Claims of prior art exist, including B�brka, Poland in 1854, Wietze, Germany in 1857, and Oil Springs, Ontario, Canada in 1858.
|
