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Newspaper
Kane Leader
Location
Kane, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1886
Page
3
Kane and Smethport items show busy spring trade, new post office, local fires and social events. Meetings, balls, fairs, and a court case in Smethport frame a bustling oil country town week.
The field shows twelve producing wells with an average daily yield near 800 barrels. Kane Oil Co well on lot 426 is about 200 barrels daily. several new rigs rise north of Kane as interest grows. Dealers and locals report drilling progress, with prospects for a larger field if Andrews & Co. strike oil. Moonlight and town notices follow, including post resolutions for a deceased comrade.
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