First Producing Oil Well

First Producing Oil Well (HM1KF4)

Location: Robert Lee, TX 76945 Coke County
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N 32° 4.245', W 100° 39.872'

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In Coke County

Sun Oil Company's well - No. 1 Allen Jameson - was staked in Sept. 1946 and struck oil Nov. 17.
     Intermittent drilling had gone on in Coke County for 30 years, but this discovery began a county-wide oil boom.
     Drilled by the Dallas firm of Roberts & Hawkins, the well hit pay dirt at 6,230 feet in fossil-bearing limestone 280 million years old. In a 24-hour test it flowed 168 barrels.
     Coke County recently ranked among the top quarter of oil-producing counties in Texas, with its 18 fields exceeding 6.4 million barrels annually.
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HM NumberHM1KF4
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Marker Number1855
Year Placed1968
Placed ByTexas State Historical Survey Committee
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Friday, May 8th, 2015 at 6:02pm PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)14S E 342887 N 3549489
Decimal Degrees32.07075000, -100.66453333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 32° 4.245', W 100° 39.872'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds32° 4' 14.7" N, 100° 39' 52.32" W
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Area Code(s)325
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling East
Closest Postal AddressAt or near Ranch Rd 1672, Robert Lee TX 76945, US
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