Editing Upton County, Texas (section)

===Oil===

Wildcatter George McCamey's Baker No. 1 in September 1925 opened up the McCamey Oil Field, established the town of [[McCamey, Texas|McCamey]] and brought the subsequent oil boom to Upton County.<ref>{{cite book|last=Warner|first=C A|title=Texas Oil & Gas Since 1543|year=2007|publisher=Copano Bay Press |isbn=978-0-9767799-5-7|author2=Thompson, Ernest O |page=292}}</ref>  The [[Yates Oil Field]] in [[Crockett County, Texas|Crockett]] and [[Pecos County, Texas|Pecos]] Counties resulted in a financial boon for the town of [[Rankin, Texas|Rankin]], which served as a supply and service center. The resulting financial windfall benefitted infrastructure in Rankin.<ref>Hyne, Norman J. ''Nontechnical Guide to Petroleum Geology, Exploration, Drilling, and Production, 2nd edition.'' PennWell Books, 2001.  {{ISBN|0-87814-823-X}}, {{ISBN|0-87814-823-X}} p. 105.</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=University of Texas Oil Connections|url=http://www.utwatch.org/utimco/oilfields.html|publisher=UT Watch|access-date=December 15, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101213050505/http://www.utwatch.org/utimco/oilfields.html|archive-date=December 13, 2010}}</ref> In 1946, [[Michael Late Benedum|Mike Benedum]] began wildcatting in Upton County and opened up what would become known as the Benedum Oil Field.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Murphy|first=Charles J W|title=Old Mike's Big Strike|magazine=Life|date=February 16, 1948|pages=51, 52, 54, 56, 58}}</ref>   The Weir No. 1 gushed in 1961 and enabled Upton County to continue as an outstanding Texas production area.<ref>{{cite web|title=Weir No. 1 Oil Well - Rankin, Upton County, Texas|url=http://www.9key.com/markers/marker_detail.asp?atlas_number=5461000016|work=Texas Historical Markers|publisher=William Nienke, Sam Morrow|access-date=December 15, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301062049/http://www.9key.com/markers/marker_detail.asp?atlas_number=5461000016|archive-date=March 1, 2012}}</ref>