Oil drilling effort in Lincoln Township made news in 1984

  • A photo taken from an airplane in 1984 shows the oil drilling rig, estimated to extend to a height of 170180 feet, which was used to drill the state’s deepest oil well at a site south of Barnes.
    A photo taken from an airplane in 1984 shows the oil drilling rig, estimated to extend to a height of 170180 feet, which was used to drill the state’s deepest oil well at a site south of Barnes.
The current effort to purchase mineral rights is not the first time the southeast corner of Washington County has seen drilling interest. Back in 1983, Texaco officials started buying up mineral leases. At the time, then Washington County Register of Deeds Marilyn Kolle said at least 200,000 of Washington County’s 576,000 total acres had been leased by Texaco and smaller independent oil…

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