[Rig crew and family at Abrams No. 1]
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Undated image of four men and two children posing outside of wooden derrick and rig. Pipe casing is seen on the right side with one man sitting on it. PBPM 79-039.045.03
Inscription (on back): Abrams (Texas & Pacfic) No. 1 (Bob Thomson sitting on pipe) discovery well Westbrook Field, Mitchell County, Texas.
Scene at the old Underwriters Producing & Refining Company's Abrams (Texas & Pacific Railway Land Trust) Well No. 1, discovery well in the Westbrook, Mitchell County, Texas Field (1919-1920) and 1st paying producer in the entire Permian Basin. L-R Dan Lewis, driller; Thomson Child; ?; ?; W. W. (Billy Thomson, Jr. -- not really since his father's initials were W. J.) and R. G. "Bob" Thomson, tooldresser (seated on joint of casing or pipe).
Note: Bill Thomson was the head driller on and of the Underwriters Producing & Refining Company's Abrams (Texas & Pacific Railway Co. Land Trust) Well No. 1 which was the first paying producer of oil in the entire Permian Basin, spudded in 1919 and completed in 1920.
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