It was made by Alten's of Lancaster, Ohio. This side view of the preceding rig shows that a rubber tire was used for friction drive. This front view shows the cased hole that the portable machine was working on. The lease rig was operated by a gasoline engine seen here. The lease rig used several thin drive belts, the tracks for which can be seen on the pulleys.
Gasoline engine is at left foreground.
Broken pipe wagon on lease near rig. Coil of wire rope at left. Geologist Carl Burgchardt from Warren, Pa., stands by an old, abandoned rig in Oil Creek State Park. Faded red paint still lingers on these wheels. This is the same rig in Oil Creek State Park as was pictured above.