Mobil Oil CompanyDID YOU KNOW?
It was in Titusville, Pennsylvania, in 1859,
that a man named Edwin Drake drilled the
world's first oil well. George Bissel, hoping
to find a way to extract large amounts of oil
out of the ground to make Kerosese for lamps,
noticed an ad for rock oil medicine which
was illustrated by a picture of a salt boring
drilling derrick. The rock oil for the medicine
had been obtained as a by-product of drilling
for salt. Could salt drilling technology be
adapted to drill for oil, he wondered? Bissel
hired a man named Edwin Drake to try drilling
a well near Titusville, PA. where seeping of
oil was known to exist. The drilling rig consisted of a steam engine
and wood-fired boiler housed in a wooden
structure that was attached to the wooden
oil derrick. Jeers turned to astonishment
when Drake brought in the well after drilling
only 69 1/2 feet. What is so ironic, Drake
left the oil belt which he discovered, only to
suffer a debilitating sickness and to die a
pauper. Still, the booming oil industry owes
its beginnings to Drake and his oil well.
Framed in hardwood, the picture measures
16 1/4 x 15 3/4 inches. Three different mat
colors add to the picture's appearance. Included
in this picture is an art print of a Mobil
station, a Mobil patch and a special issue
envelope commemorating the 140th anniversary
of the petroleum industry and 4 cent petroleum industry
stamp which is 41 years old (August 27, 1959).Our Price: $56.00
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