Mystery or the unexplained · 20.10.1913
A Swedish dowser hunts for oil at Vaemla
Rootsi veeotsija otsib Vaemlast naftat
In autumn 1913 the owner of Vaemla manor on Hiiumaa wrote to a Swedish water-finder called Wahleberg: the water from the manor's bore well tasted of petroleum, so surely there was oil underground. Wahleberg, who happened to be visiting Estonia, went to the island and told Tallinna Teataja he was sure of it: veins of oil lay 68 to 70 metres down, gathering in little underground lakes, and might even gush up by themselves. The well, he thought, only grazed their edges. The day before the interview he had been looking for water in Tallinn's garden suburb and found no oil there.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
1913. aasta sügisel kirjutas Hiiumaa Vaemla mõisa omanik Rootsi veeotsijale Wahlebergile: mõisa puurkaevu vees on petrooleumi maik, nii et maa all peab olema naftat. Parajasti Eestis viibinud Wahleberg sõitis saarele ja kinnitas Tallinna Teatajale, et naftat seal kindlasti on: naftasooned olevat 68–70 meetri sügavusel ja kogunevat väikestesse maa-alustesse järvekestesse, ehk koguni purskavat ise välja. Kaev riivavat tema arvates vaid nende servi. Päev enne jutuajamist oli ta otsinud vett Tallinna aialinnast, aga naftat sealt ei leidnud.