Cat Creek Oil Field

[1] The geologist defined the boundary of the many anticlines that extended from Judith Mountains to the east and the Porcupine Dome.

[2] Petroleum find from the area was visualized and Lupton established the Frantz Corporation and obtained lease rights for the entire stretch of the anticline which he and his associates had mapped.

On 18 February 1920 at the southeast corner of the county, the first drill test at Cat Creek was carried out.

In the second effort undertaken at West Dome, initial yield was 350 barrels daily up to August 1920.

Then the drill hole was cleaned up which resulted in increased oil production of 2000 barrels per day.

[2] Apart from the anticline, the first Cat Creek Sand area also produced substantial oil from 131 wells.

[2] A pipeline was constructed from Cat Creek Oil Field and became a major source of employment in a sparsely populated county.