[2] The Drumright-Cushing field would go on to produce 310,000 barrels of oil a day at its peak in May 1917.

[5] The well was financed by Charles B. Shaffer of Chicago, who hired Slick to drill wells at the Frank Wheeler farm using cable tool drilling techniques, which could not prevent gushers or blowouts.

Because no mechanism existed to control the flow, the oil was diverted into pits for collection and storage.

[2] Slick attempted to keep the strike secret, hiring armed guards,[6] but eventually revealed the well's success in April 1912.

A 2-inch (5.1 cm) pipeline connects the well to an oil-water separating unit about 2,500 feet (760 m) away, then to storage tanks.