The Portland daily press., 1865-03-22
PROPERTY OF THE COMPANY.

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ths operaticnsnow DING on upon it. ~ $685.
No. lconsists of eighty four acres in fee on sat
Oil Creek, about two miles from rtusville. On this
we have Two wells going. down, new engines, ma.
chinery, &c. One well IL now down about three
hundred feet; and Already large quantities OF oil
have come to The surface, flowing read ly over the
rock oil which indicates large deposits beneath
Great results expo cted fl this we'll which will
probably be completed in the of thirty days
Forty of this tract of the best boring ter
ritory.
No.2. Ten acres in fee. All boring territory,
nearly opposite No. l, being o part OF the same
tract. bu lying on the Dorth SIDE of the creek and,
half mile Titusville. Ibis If one of the
most eig Bile tracts for oil purposes on the whole
creek: well to be sunk on this place immediately.
No. g. One acre in fee oil creek, half mil e
below Fitu yille surrounded by paying wells; this
y all the bcst boring land. Two wells going down
VIII ch. FROM esenf indicat ons, promi Q t. be at
least twenty-barrel wells although much better re-
sul.s are expected from at least one of them as al
most every well in this vicinity has been good one
No 4 Perpetual lease Of two ~ acres tall ooring
ted Georee Ricketts, farm on Cherry Run, lying at
the mouth of oil Rum a small stream emptying in
large quantities Of oilconstanly floating on its
face No better oil land can be found j@dging from
surface indications and the TACT that ali wells in this
90 d to be q fact. that out of the several hundred
;s;nre - oht tsan there has not as yet been one
The Company have re son to expect large returns
from TINS small tract, and have already TWO wells
gong uOWn VIII all dispatch possible.
NO. s.. Perpetual lease OF ten no. acres fane-half
royalty, all boring territory. ON the Turner and
anderson farm Cherry bnn, opposite and adj dining
down with the best indicat ons On this tract there
Is noted offspring constantly giving out gas and
oil in considerable quantities. THIS Is also but
snort al tar ce above the sGreat Reed sWade. .
ana Granger" wells, and many other flowing and
pumping yeile above and below.
Greek adjoining the United States Company's pron
erty, and only one-half mile from their great flow
ing we'll This tract Is ne arly all good boring terri
tory, being interseced by small runs empty
ing Into Pit Hoe each afor ling ample room for
IF y wells.
This tract is the most valuable Of any IL Compa
ny own. TWAS purehased some time since; and
n2recent Developments of property in its immedi-
ate vicinity has advanced its value more than
Wss r sSa above above t SSst e the Tive
success as there can possibly be on any land in tie
This tract lies directly between the "Great Noble
and Empire" wells on Oil Creek and The great
UNITED States' well on Pit Doe, iu belt that cx.
tends TO the Allexhany River, and in which the
quality OF the oil found is of striking similarity
psing the light oil thai indicates the largest wells
No. z. PERPETUAL lease of fifteen (I5j acres (yiy.
ing one-fourfh royalty, on middle b. anch 1t Hole,
pays well; all fiat !and; two wells 20 ng down
with The bat of show. To particularize the extra
qualities OF this tract would emily he repeating wha;
is said regarding tract No. 6, although its market
value 10 much greater from the fcs of its lyin one.
fourth mile nearer the great well.
NO. o. rive acres (5) tn FEE, all fiat ON main
branch Pit Hole forty rods below the great well and
adjoining ten acres belonging to j. w. Sherman of
the great Sherman Well, on Oil Creek. Two wells
going down on this with all possible dispatch; and
at their present DEPTH show indications flarge de-
posts. Hftl-f9i3 el79777 ~ ~, \ -
No g. Perpetual lease of five (5l acres, one-fourth
royalty, aolcni tract No b. all boring Territory
aud Of equaIyalue with the above The small royalty
given me- kes this lease most valuable as fee-sim-
pie; Two wells going down ON this with same indi-
cations as on No 5.
90 WI these sdvanta e.; superior in the Judgment
OF men experiencedin the Gil business to those of
any other company, the Directors feel assured that
they are Offering one the best oppc rtunites for in
vestment ever presented TO the public 81
FOR further information, Maps and Prespectnses,
J. Il. cLAPP 4 co, Bankers. 81 State Street, Bos.
ton. Mon 777 77'-'l' NJ = - :.
Afford DYER, Esq. No li5 Middle st, Portland,
L, ROBERTS, Of L. Roberts & Co, South street,
J. N BURLEIGH, Treasurer. 2l4 State Street,
Boston, y
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