Sentences with prospector
pros·pect
P p - The oil prospectors use every scientific means to find new sources of oil.Drilling wildcat wells takes place wherever a prospector believes that deposits of gas or oil may be present and is willing to take a chance.A prospector is a person who searches for oil or gas in the ground.
- Good business prospects.
- Compare prospector with wildcatter, which is someone who searches for oil or gas in an area that is not known to have any reserves.
- He had no other alternative in prospect.