Details for First Producing Oil Well in Coke County
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5081001855
Data
| Marker Number | 1855 |
| Atlas Number | 5081001855 |
| Marker Title | First Producing Oil Well in Coke County |
| Index Entry | First Producing Oil Well in Coke County |
| Address | |
| City | Silver |
| County | Coke |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 342869 |
| UTM Northing | 3549479 |
| Subject Codes | oil/petroleum topics |
| Marker Year | 1968 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | 1 mile east of Silver at intersection of FM 1672 and SH 208 |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 18" x 28" |
| Marker Text | 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. (1968) |