Oil field, showing pump and rig, near Sidney, Nebr., RG3315.PH000007-000048

ID: 88 ~ Source: RG3315 Cheyenne County (Nebraska), Nebraska State Historical Society ~ Date: 1950 circa
This file appears in: Discovery Oil Well - Marathon Oil Co
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Oil field, showing pump and rig, near Sidney, Nebr.

This file appears in: Discovery Oil Well - Marathon Oil Co

By The Explore Nebraska History team
On August 9, 1949, the first successful oil well in western Nebraska came in for 225 barrels of oil per day at a total depth of 4,429 feet. Marathon Oil Co. completed the discovery well, Mary Egging…