The oil well became a California State Historical Landmark No.

The well is located on Mocal Road, Fellows, California.

[1] Fellows is a small town 33 miles west of Bakersfield, California.

First worked for Fred C. Ripley was working for Santa Fe Railway coast lines as the assistant manager of oil properties.

He changed job and in 1904 became the manager the Chanslor-Canfield Midway Oil Company till 1947.