6/12/2004
6/12/2004
Landmark information
- Location:
On Round Mountain Rd, 0.7 mi E of China Grade Loop, 7 mi NE of Bakersfield - Plaque:
Other Plaque - Site:
Existing - Date First Visited:
5/22/1997 - Date Most Recently Visited:
6/12/2004 - GPS Coordinates:
N 35 25.696, W 118 57.307
About this landmark
Plaque text:
Discovery Well
Kern River Field
Oil was discovered here at 70 feet in 1899 when Tom Means persuaded Roe Elwood and Frank Wiseman to dig for oil, aided by Jonathan, Bert Jud, Ken Elwood, George Wiseman, and John Marlowe.
June 1, 1899, 400 feet north, Horace and Milton McWhorter drilled the first commercial well.