Beaver County News | 1922-09-22 | Page 7 | First Oil Well 63 Years Ago |

Type	issue
Date	1922-09-22
Paper	Beaver County News
Language	eng
City	Milford
County	Beaver
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Article Title	First Oil Well 63 Years Ago
Type	article
Date	1922-09-22
Paper	Beaver County News
Language	eng
City	Milford
County	Beaver
Page	7
OCR Text	Show -r . FIRST OIL WELL OS YEARS AGO. The first oil well was brought in C3 years ago by Col. Edwin L. Drake, near Titusville, Pa It was only OS feet deep, but it marked the beginning begin-ning of an epoch, the importance ot which has only begun to he realized The demand for oil created by the development of the internal combustion combus-tion engine, has so stimulated th" growth of the industry that there arr-today. arr-today. according to estimates by the American Petroleum Institute, about 275.000 producing wells in thio country. coun-try. Production has increased from the neglibible quantitv f.titaineil in inm from Col Drake's little well, to an output last yenr of 4(111. f?,ri.0"0 barrels bar-rels in this country alone.
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