American and English bankruptcy digest and rules of practice in United States courts in bankruptcy

The drilling was done by a crew of American specialists specially invited from the United States, headed by foreman G. Clay. RussiaБЂ™s first oil exploration began with drillholes using mechanical percussion drilling and the casing of wells with metallic casing pipe. However, these attempts at exploratory drilling by the conventional American method of БЂњwildcattingБЂ«proved unsuccessfulБЂ”all three holes were БЂњdry.БЂ«In addition, the excessive ambitions of the foreign specialists and their attempt to dictate unacceptable terms predictably forced Col. Novosiltsev to terminate their business relationship. On the recommendation of mining engineer Friedrich von Koschkull, Col. Novosiltsev decided to concentrate exploratory work in the area of the Kudako, Psif, and Psebeps tributaries of the Kuban. On the advice of Lieutenant General Grigory Gelmersen, director of the St. Petersburg Mining Institute, he hired the Russian specialists Vladimir Peters, a mechanic who had proven himself an experienced driller of artesian wells, and Karl Sikorsky, who was qualified as an experienced pipe-fitter ...»