BATTERY 34 On this site, in August 1948, Royalite Oil Company of Turner Valley pioneered the water injection technique for the enhancement of oil recovery through the raising of underground pressure in old or otherwise weak producing pools.
BLAKEMAN'S STORE Blakeman's Store, the oldest original building in Black Diamond, is still operated by the family that took it over in 1921.
CHRIST CHURCH MILLARVILLE Christ Church was constructed in 1896 at the instigation of the Reverend Webb-Peploe, the first Anglican minister in the Millarville area.
DIGMAN WELL NO. 1 "DISCOVERY WELL" Popular interest in Turner Valley's gas reserves was evident as early as 1911 when the City of Calgary attempted to stake a claim to subsurface gas and petroleum.
GAS SEEPAGE AND FLARE ROYALITE NO. 2 "Royalite No. 14" blew in on Easter Sunday, 1929. Geologically, it was the highest well in the Turner Valley field, and it produced some of the "driest" gas.
JOHN WARE CAIRN John Ware was one of Alberta's popular and famous cowboys.
MILLARVILLE STORE AND POST OFFICE The first Millarville store and post office were located in Malcolm Millar's ranch house on his homestead about eight kilometres east of the present site.
ROYALITE NO. 4 In September 1922, Royalite No. 4, later known as the “Wonder Well”, was “spudded in.”
THE BLACK DIAMOND HOTEL When the discovery of gas and oil in the area boosted the population in 1929, the decision was made to build a hotel to accommodate the newcomers.
THE BLACK DIAMOND MINE The history of western Canada's geographical explorations is studded with the exploits of the Geological and Land Surveyors who were sent out by the Dominion during the 1870s and 1880s.
