McCarthy was an oil prospector and entrepreneur who owned many businesses in various sectors of the economy.

It was incorporated in 1948 shortly after the discovery of an underground water supply by oil prospectors, which attracted farmers to the area.

During that time they prepare the bite site, like oil prospectors preparing a well for pumping out crude oil.

The Maya city of Waka' was rediscovered by oil prospectors in the 1960s.

More famous for its oil prospectors than green entrepreneurs, it is home to a surprisingly large conurbation of algae start-ups.

A group of oil prospectors travel to the island of Mindanao, but a rough landing damages the plane.

In the years to follow, oil prospectors pushed out into the ocean, first on piers and then on artificial islands.

His career also included stints as a cattle rancher, oil prospector, chicken farmer, and seller of fireworks.

But then the scheme became more serious when the oil prospectors aroused interest in the swamp.

Various appropriation bills and the huge budget reconciliation bill include provisions that would, among other things, turn nature reserves in Alaska over to oil prospectors.