First Producing Oil Well in Coke County

Sun Oil Company's well - No. 1 Allen Jameson -- was staked in Sept. 1946, and struck oil Nov. 17. Intermittent drilling had gone on in Coke County for 30 years, but this discovery began a county-wide oil boom. Drilled by the Dallas firm of Roberts & Hawkins, the well hit pay dirt at 6,230 feet in fossil-bearing limestone 280 million years old. In a 24-hour test it flowed 168 barrels. Coke County recently ranked among the top quarter of oil-producing counties in Texas, with its 18 fields exceeding 6.4 million barrels annually. (1968)

First Producing Oil Well in Coke County is a historical marker in Silver, Coke County, dedicated in 1968. It is one of 31 historical markers documented in Coke County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 44 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 32.0724, -100.6647 near Silver. The nearest cataloged historic site is Silver (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Panther Gap, Cedar Hill, and Cedar Hill.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5081001855. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.