Leidy Natural Gas Boom

Leidy Natural Gas Boom is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Leidy, Clinton County, dedicated 1995.

Kettle Creek Rd. (SR 4001) just W of the Leidy Bridge over Kettle Creek (Spice Wood Run Rd.), Leidy

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Against expert advice, Dorcie Calhoun drilled Leidy Township's first successful deep gas well about a quarter-mile south of here. On January 8, 1950, the well hit natural gas at a depth of 5,659 feet, and for a time it brought up an estimated 15 million cubic feet per day. This news attracted national attention, and within months more than 30 companies and independents were drilling here before production ceased.

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1903 · Pennsylvania. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1924 · Pennsylvania, Western Section. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1927 · Pennsylvania (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1946 · Hammersley Fork, Pennsylvania (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1948 · Hammersley Fork, Pennsylvania (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Pennsylvania, 1927, covering the location of Leidy Natural Gas Boom, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Pennsylvania, 1927, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Leidy Natural Gas Boom

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