Griffin Oil Discovery
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N 38° 12.273 W 087° 54.876
16S E 419923 N 4228905
Early discovery in Indiana.
Waymark Code: WM1746
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 02/07/2007
Views: 61
Sponsor: Indiana Historical Bureau, Town of Griffin, Griffin Alumni Association and Friends.
Location: 1st St. & Main St., Griffin.
two sided marker, Text:
Side One:
On December 14, 1938, at 8:20 p.m. oil was struck north of here at Fitzpatrick and Hayes #1 Cooper well. A gusher, it produced an estimated 1,000 barrels a day and began an oil boom in Griffin and the surrounding area. By 1941, 120 oil wells in this area were producing oil. Annual oil production in Indiana peaked 1956 at over 12 million barrels.
Side Two:
Oil brought economic and social change to Griffin and surrounding area. Oilmen and their families moved in, businesses flourished, and land was leased to oil companies. Oil production has continued in the Griffin Oil Field - roughly 25 square miles in Gibson and Posey counties; through 2003, it had produced a cumulative 84,412,739 barrels of oil.
County: Posey
Year Placed: 2005
Name: Griffin Oil Discovery
ID#: 65.2006.1
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