DCHP-1 Online
oil fever 
excitement caused by desire to profit from an oil discovery, as in Petrolia, Ontario, about 1860.
- 1860 (1960) Let us remember the land fever and take care to avoid a complaint of a somewhat similar character under the name of "oil fever."
- 1860 (1960) Let us remember the land fever and take care to avoid a complaint of a somewhat similar character under the name of "oil fever."