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Exercise 2. Fill in the gaps with the appropriate word
Then Colonel Drake – he had been given the title of (…) by
his employers to make him sound more important in Titusville -
decided to try a new method used by (…) makers who, instead of
digging a large hole with pick and shovel drilled a very small hole
by pounding into the ground a length of steel pipe with a sharp
drill screwed to the end of it. He (…) a salt well digging crew with
their equipment and a six-horsepower steam engine to run it. They
set up their (…) and started drilling. The drill sank rapidly through
the soft surface earth until it hit bedrock and began (…) it; then
water began to rise until the hole was just a mushy puddle. The
driller stopped his engine and shrugged his (…). There was no
point in digging deeper, because as soon as the drill was removed
the hole would cave in.

hired shoulders "colonel" derrick biting into salt

Exercise 3. Translate the sentences
1. Drilling of this well had begun in the early months of the
year 1859.
2. On Sunday morning, the driller was passing the silent drill
rig and locked down into the hole.
3. He knew that oil had been found in salt wells, so he
reasoned that an oil well might be the answer.
4. With the prospect of such promising markets, promoters
began to lease lands with oil springs on them.

Exercise 4. Find Ukrainian equivalents to the English words
Lubricant Обсадна труба
Casing Болото
Wagonload Свердловина на сіль
Storage tank Повна вагонетка
Salt well Мастило
puddle Резервуар

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