Re: Tortured Logic
To be fair, I don't think they paid the diviner for the information - $60K is what the drilling operation cost.
Running a quick bit of maths, that works out around $275/m which is not crazy but add in some general costs beyond the boring and it seems about right.
Of course, drilling based on the say-so of one old chap clutching a few tarnished coins and some metal sticks is nutty wherever the money went.