Stairtown, TX, United States
Rafael Rios No. 1. (Located 0.8 Mi.N, on Farm Road 671) Discovery well of Luling Field, a major Texas oil area. Wildcatter E.B. Davis drilled on land owned by R. Rios. Well came in Aug. 10, 1922, after 3 dry holes had been drilled in same area. Magnolia (now Mobil) Oil Co. bought filed 1926. By 1969
, production was 135,000,000 barrels. Incise on back: Donated by Mobil Oil Corporation. #12654
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