Hammond-Brown Oil Well Site in Artesia, New Mexico

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Hammond-Brown Oil Well Site

Artesia, NM, USA

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This artesian well drilled in 1909 showed signs of oil. After the water was cased off, the Hammond-Brown Well produced 25-50 barrels of oil a day until it was plugged in 1932. The potential of this discovery kept speculators interested in Artesia's oil field until 1924, when the Illinois #3 sparked the oil boom.

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