Dies From White Plague

Louisa, Ky., July 6 - The wife of County Clerk Mont Holt died at this place of consumption. Her age was thirty-two. Three small children survive.
[Lexington Herald, July 7, 1909]

Location of Deep Oilwells in Lawrence County in 1909

Mouth of Blaine Creek, Lawrence County.

Horseford Creek, Lawrence County.

New Domain Oil and Gas Company, Jason Boggs farm, Canes (Cains) Creek, 6 miles northwest of Blaine, Lawrence County.

New Domain Oil and Gas Company, John Boggs farm, Canes (Cains) Creek, 4 miles northwest of Blaine, Lawrence County.

New Domain Oil and Gas Company, J. P. Cooper farm, Lick Fork of Cherokee Creek, 5 miles northwest of Blaine, Lawrence County.

New Domain Oil and Gas Company, J. A. Young farm, Cherokee Creek, Lawrence County.

Laurel or Broas well, Lower Laurel Creek, Lawrence County.

New Domain Oil and Gas Company, H. H. Gambrill (Gambill) farm, Big Blaine Creek, 1 mile west of Blaine, Lawrence County.

Berry well, mouth of Cane (Cains) Creek, Lawrence County.

New Domain Oil and Gas Company, A. M. Holbrook farm, one-fourth mile northeast of Blaine, Lawrence County.

Griffith Creek, 7 miles southeast of Louisa, Lawrence County.

Frank Crank, Yatesville.

George Carter, near Yatesville.

Hannah Lackey, near Yatesville.

Land & Carter, near Yatesville. (2 wells)

Keffer well, Upper Stinson Creek.


[Economic Geology of the Kenova Quadrangle, Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia, by William Clifton Phalen; Published by Govt. Print. Off., 1909, p. 139]