"Go-Devil-Dante" reminded me about D. Osbourne's memoirs of the early (US) oil explorers.
He was writing in 1902-1904, when 'The West' meant like, the far end of Pennsylvania.
When oilmen got close, they would sometimes try to save time by NOT drilling all the way but instead drilling just close to the oil and then BLASTING, cracking the rocks so the oil could run up through the cracks. To do that they used what they called "GO-DEVILS," which were rocket-shaped iron castings, with fins and all. Aim point down, fill with liquid nitroglycerine, drop it down the tube and RUN LIKE HELL.