3000 BC+

Egypt

6"-20'

quarrying

1863

Mt. Cenis tunnel, France (Leschot drills)

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blast holes

1865

NW Pennsylvania oil region

10'

oil, experimental

1869

Vermont

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marble

1869

Michigan

130'

iron

1871

Pottsville, Pa.

750'

coal

1871

Springville, Nova Scotia

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coal

1872

Silver Islet Mine, Port Arthur, Ontario

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prospecting - mining

1872

Pottsville, Pa.

250-300'

coal

1872-3+

Hell Gate, New York Harbor

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reef removal

1876

Double hydraulic diamond-drill machine shown in Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia

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exhibit

1878+

Lake Superior Iron Ranges

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iron

1909

Upper Silesia, Germany, deep well

7347'

1916

Used in U.S. oilfields on a commercial scale

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oil

1920's

Cores in Bradford field - water flood

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oil

1920-28

Panuco District, Tampico Basin, Mexico

2153'

oil

1921

General use of coring equipment, U.S. and abroad

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oil

1929

Venezuela, Mene Grande field, Maracaibo Sullivan P-2 5000' rotary but was used as rotary only

3400'

oil