1 well received extensive media coverage and was the subject of daily radio reports by NBC's Floyd Gibbons and newsreels that were shown in movie theaters.
1 well was developed by the Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company on the property of Vincent and Mary Sudik.
[1][2] According to the well completion report, it produced 15,441 barrels of oil in a test run for 13 hours and 15 minutes.
The American Iron and Machine Company was engaged to cap the well, led by superintendent H. M.
[1][2][5] The Sudiks were Czech immigrants[5] who moved to Oklahoma from Nebraska in 1904 to buy their 160-acre (65 ha) dairy farm.
Mary Valish Sudik, a modest woman, was offered roles in a vaudeville tour and a movie.