Back around 1927, 28, and 29 an oil well was drilled on a mesa looking down into Jackson Hole. They tried it again in 58, 59, and 60. Not far from there are two more areas that were graded to drill but never did. There were a smattering of buildings and a lightning shelter.
They ran two phone lines with poles on top of tall rocks. The wood
stakes were carved out so you could wrap wire around it and put a glass
insulator on them. One line went to the river where the Pot Ash workers were brought out and taken across to work on the Pot Ash plant during it's construction and the other line went along the side of Jackson Butte and up on to the Amasa Back and up next to Jackson Ladder. Jax and I are hiking around that area on this day.
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