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California's first producing oil well

DT Data Page #: 
2
Newspaper: 
Humboldt Times
Newspaper Date: 
10/8/1953
Page #: 
1
Item Type: 
Oil
Place: 
Joel Flat
TEXT: 
Oil flowing from Joel Flat well. West Coast #1 is about 3 miles from Union Mattole #1 drilled in 1864-65 to become California's first producing well.
Key Words: 
Oil, Wells