Nearly a year and a half ago on October 25, 1917, the J. H. McClesky well of the Texas and Pacific Coal Company near the town of Ranger was drilled in with an initial production of 1,200 barrels and opened up what is destined to be one of the world’s greatest oil producing areas. Previous to that time, central Texas had attracted but little attention as prospective oil territory. The Texas and Pacific Coal Company, while prospecting for coal with the diamond drill several years before, had encountered oil at a shallow depth in the Strawn formation of the Pennsylvanian...
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