WV-065 Maxon Sand

Marker text: MAXON SAND
The clean massive Droop Sandstone in the road cut is the "Maxon Sand" of the driller. The "Maxon Sand" yields oil and natural gas at depths of over 1000 feet in southern and central West Virginia.
The W. VA. Centennial Committee of the Oil and Natural Gas Industry, West Virginia Historic Commission, 1963

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Location: Just north of Pocahontas border, US 219, 0.1 miles north of Beartown State Park Rd. (secondary route 219/11), Pocahontas County, West Virginia

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