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“The well is the centerpiece of the Drake Well Museum located 3 miles (5 km) south of Titusville. Drilled by Edwin Drake in 1859, along the banks of Oil Creek, it is the first commercial oil well in the United States”
Before they drilled that oil well, they did extensive aeromag surveys and even more extensive ground seismic
What is so unusual is the aeromag is what gave the Wright brothers the idea that planes, even though heavier than most air, could actually fly