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Winkler County Discovery Well |
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SH 115, Near City Hall, Winkler,
TX,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
31° 45' 23.17704999984",
-103° 9' 25.3646799984"
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Texas State
Historical Marker |
First of 612 Wells in Hendrick Field, a very prolific, 10,000 acre west Texas oil pool. This area, called Wildcatters' graveyard, lay on the 30,000 acre T. G. Hendrick ranch. Drillers Roy A. Westbrook & Associate leased land at 10 cents an acre. Well arrived dramatically, in great blasts of oil and rock, about midnight, Sept. 3, 1926. Its eventual depth was 3,049 feet. Total production when plugged in 1939 was 235,000 barrels. Data gathered here was vital in future drilling of El Capitan reef lime, a major oil-bearing geologic formation. (1972)
This page last updated: 7/15/2008 |
Winkler County Discovery Well Historical Marker Location Map, Texas
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