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Oil company leases Beaver Island sites for test wells (1960)

Also 1960 Beaver Island oil test wells

Draft — sources verified, prose evolving

TypeEvent
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era

Summary

An unnamed oil company leased several Beaver Island sites and planned three test wells in June 1960.

Evidence and limits

The newspaper gives no company name, parcel description, permit record, or drilling result.

Open questions

  • Which leases, permits, and drilling records identify the sites and outcome?

See also

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, June 1960, oil-company notice.
    Says an unnamed oil company leased several sites on the island and that three test wells would soon be sunk. It does not name the company, lessees, locations, or results.