The Burnett No. 2, located on the 6666 Ranch in Carson County and owned by Burk Burnett, was the first oil well drilled in the Panhandle Field. The ranch had been purchased by the White Deer Lands in 1903. Excitement spread through Gray County, and in 1925 the first oil well there was brought in five miles south of Pampa on the Combs Worley Ranch, land also formerly part of the White Deer Lands. Pampa was growing rapidly by 1926, and the 1930 census showed Gray County's population at 10,000, up from about 950. In 1927 Godfrey L. Cabot moved his manufacturing interests to Gray County, and the following year Cabot Carbon Co. was created. Two large plants were immediately built, the Bowers Plant eight miles south of Pampa and the Kingsmill Plant five miles west of Pampa. Growth during World War II resulted in the Research and Development Division. The Cabot Shops were established in 1928 to construct all of the Cabot plants in the Southwest for the next 25 years. Cabot produced pumping units, portable drilling rigs, and well servicing equipment, and later began forging gun tubes for the U.S. Army. The Panhandle Field and Cabot Corporation became a monumental presence and influence in the growth and development of Pampa and Gray County.