McClintock Well #1

McClintock Well #1. Producing Oil Since 1861. Designated as an American Treasure by the National Park Service in 1999, McClintock #1 is a shallow, stripper well- one of many independently owned - that produce a few barrels (bbls) daily, but together generate around 30% of American oil., In the early 1800s, Hamilton McClintock sold oil gathered from a spring in Oil Creek on his farm to neighboring settlers. Drilled in 1861, McClintock Well was drilled with leg power (''kicked down") in a wood-cribbed, 14'' deep pit formerly used by Seneca Indians to gather medicinal oil. The well has traditionally produced more salt brine than crude oil., Continuous Production , In 1862, McClintock produced 175 bbls/day but had slowed to 85 by 1869. It was down to half bbl/day in 1920 , when oil sold for $6.10/barrel. A year later, McClintock Well was "shot" at a depth of 500' (Third Venango Sand) to increase production. Today . it averages about 50 bbls annually for the Drake Well Museum., Friends of McClintock Well #1 , Jack "Augie" Holtz, Quaker State Corporation, retired and volunteer operator , Layton Matchulet, Superintendent, Oil City Schools, and volunteer groundskeeper , Mike Savage, Jack Master, Mike Perrett, Bob Hurrelbrink and Max Hurrelbrink, PA Independent Petroleum Producers , Stan Thompson, Devonian Industries , Mike Thompson, Mid-East Oil Company , Elwood "Sparky" DeLong, Pennsylvania Brine Treatment , Dave Goss, Goss RN Gas Products Company , Brian McCarrier, Interstate Pipe Supply Company , Chuck Whitton, JCK Services Brine Hauling , Roy and Rebecca Wells, R and R Ventures Ltd. , Attorneys Herbert Butcher and Richard Winkler, Butch and Winkler , Bob Murray, R.L. Murray Real Estate Appraisal Services , Tom Rockavitch, Oil City Manager