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McClure Oil Company postpones Beaver Island drilling (1960)

Also 1960 Beaver Island oil drilling postponement

Draft — sources verified, prose evolving

TypeEvent
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era

Summary

McClure Oil Company postponed its Beaver Island drilling operations from 1960 until early spring, according to the September Beaver Beacon.

Evidence and limits

The notice records a planned postponement, not a completed spring operation or an explanation for the delay.

Open questions

  • Did drilling resume in spring 1961, and which well logs or permits document the result?

See also

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, September 1960, oil-drilling notice.
    Reports that McClure Oil Company postponed drilling operations until early spring. It does not establish whether drilling resumed, the reason for delay, or the well result.