McKean County Early Wells
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Page 259, The Derrick's hand-book of petroleum:
a complete chronological and statistical review of petroleum developments
from 1859 to [1899] (Google eBook)
Derrick publishing company, 1900 - Technology & Engineering
http://books.google.com/books?id=UglFAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA263&ots=xBkAH4fGwS&dq=Bradford%20oil&pg=PA259#v=onepage&q&f=false8,845
History of the counties of McKean, Elk, and Forest, Pennsylvania,
http://books.google.com/books?id=bx4VAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA820&ots=AR_mxN9e6q&dq=abandoned%20well%2C%20pennsylvania&pg=PA65#v=onepage&q=wellls&f=false1887 and 1888 brought the number of wells in the area up by 3,224 wells according to (page 86) the History of the counties of McKean, Elk, and Forest, Pennsylvania. Link: http://books.google.com/books?id=bx4VAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA820&ots=AR_mxN9e6q&dq=abandoned%20well%2C%20pennsylvania&pg=PA86#v=onepage&q=wellls&f=false
683 wells added in 1889 on page 94 of the History of the counties of McKean, Elk, and Forest, Pennsylvania, http://books.google.com/books?id=bx4VAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA820&ots=AR_mxN9e6q&dq=abandoned%20well%2C%20pennsylvania&pg=PA94#v=onepage&q=wellls&f=false
10, 733 added between 1910-1920, according to the Manual for the oil and gas industry under the Revenue Act of 1918,
G.P.O., 1921 - 245 pages, the History of the counties of McKean, Elk, and Forest, Pennsylvania, 1920 , McKean County, Bradford area .
Page 203, http://books.google.com/books?id=svxVOV1kpJAC&lpg=PA234&ots=zyS_7Q4eoR&dq=sullivan%20County%2C%20pennsylvania%2C%20oil%20and%20gas&pg=PA203#v=onepage&q&f=false" About 35,000 wells in the field" Page 49 http://books.google.com/books?id=Q63kAAAAMAAJ&ots=HKky3KZw1a&dq=Bradford%20oil%20and%20gas&pg=PA49#v=onepage&q=Bradford%20&f=false
Dept. of Internal Affairs, Bureau of Topographic and Geological Survey, 1922