 Picture Courtesy of Jospeh K. Landis
 Picture Courtesy of Jospeh K. Landis
The first well in West Virginia drilled solely for petroleum was located near the mouth of Burning Springs Run. The well was drilled with a "spring pole" by the Rathbones and others from Parkersburg, begun in 1859, completed May, 1860. Produced at the rate of 100 barrels per day. In 1863, General Jones commanding Confederate forces set fire to the oil stored in tanks, barrels and boats, destroying in a day an estimated 300,000 barrels of oil.
WV 5 at Burning Springs Wirt County West Virginia
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