Copley No. 1 Well
N 38° 58.159 W 080° 38.889
17S E 530480 N 4313430
A sign telling us about the largest oil producing well in West Virginia.
Waymark Code: WMQD5K
Location: West Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 02/08/2016
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Coley NO. 1 Well
West Virginia's largest producing oil well was tapped on the Copley farm by the South Penn Oil Company in September 1900. Workers could not contain the initial flow of 4,800 barrels a day, and a large volume of oil spilled into Sand Fork. Dams were constructed along that branch of the Little Kanawha, but some of the flow reached the river's mouth at Parkersburg.
Marker Number: none on sign
Marker Title: Copley No. 1 Well
Marker Location: North of RT 17.
County or Independent City: Lewis County
Marker Program Sponsor: West Virginia Archives & History, 2014
Web Site: Not listed
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