The Portland daily press., 1865-04-06
PROPERTY OF THE COMPANY.

The following Is description of the Company and
the operations now going on upon It, 9d3 al
No consists of eighty four acres tn fee, on East
Oh Creek, about miles from ritusvile. On this
chinery. az. One well is now down about three
hundred feet; ana aiieady large quantities OF oil
nave come to The surface, flowing read ly over the
top of the well. Thisis The surface second
sss oil Thsa RsnS M
probably be coml in the course Of thirty days
Forty of this tract are Of the best boring ter
Nu2. Ten acres in fee. All boring territory,
nearly opposite No. /, being part OF the same
oneshalf mile nearer Iitusvile. This IL one Of the
most elig Bile tracts for oil purposes on the whole
creek: well 10 b. sunk ON thus place Immediately
below ritu vile, surrounded by paying wells; this
Is all the best boring land. Two wells going down
which. from p. esent indications. promie to be at
least twenty barrel wells. although much better re-
sulIs are expected rom atlea-t one of them as al
most every we'll in this vicinity has beefa good ONE
No.4 Perpetual lease of two t2) acres tan soring
ted George sicket's farm on Cherry Run. lying at
the mouth of Oil Run, small stream emptYing in.
to Cherry Run, and deriving it's name from the
large quantities of Oil constantly floating its
s ao ell BE-
vicinity are large pumping or flowing wells. 1t is
sa t. bea fact. mat out OF the several hundred
wells on Oh rry Run, there has not as yet. been one
failure to obtain oil aft or reaching the oil depth.
Inc Company have re son to expect large returns
from this small TRACT. and have already TWO wells
No. S. Perpetual lease Of ten tltt (cne-haIf
royalty ali boring territory. on the Turner and
the celebrated Humboldt property. Two wells going
down with the best ndcat ons. On this tract there
Isl noted 0sp5ng out gas and
short di tar &c above the .Great Heed. Wade"
and "Granger' wells, and many otter flowing and
pumping wells above and below q satfM
No 8. FIFTY acres IN fee on west branch Pit-Hole
Creek, adjoining the United States Company prep.
erty ana on,y one-half milo from their great flow
we'll This arlV all pOOd hnrinr Terri.
tory, being inter- ed by several small runs empty
ing into Pit Hoie each afording ample room for
This tract is the most vaubala OF any the Compa-
ny own. Itwas purchased some time since; and
ats vicinity has advanced its value mare than
three ,old above 8 cost TO the ,mpanv. Two
wells going down on this with as much certainty of
success a. there can possibly BIS on any land in tie
n Tins fracs lies directly bstweeu the "Great Noble
Unted sses we'll on PIT /. an Bell th tbat
tends 10 the Alleahany River, and in which the
quality of the oil found is Of striking similarity,
psng the light oil thai indicates the lar gest wells.
No.7. Perresuat lease Of fifteen l15J acres (giv-
ing one-foufth royalty, middle bI anch Pit Hole,
and 2iy one-fourth mile from United States Com,
pays well; all fat land; two wells going down
with the bsst of show. To particularize the extra
Qualits of this tract would emily he repeating wha.
i much greater from the fact of Its lyin one
fourth mile nearer tbs great well. y ,ii d q
No, No., g. FIVE acrss t6) IN Zee, al fat, on main
adjoining ten acres belonging to j. w. Sherman Of
the great Sherman Wei" on Oil Creek. Two wells
going down ON this with all possible dispatch; and
at their present depth. sho indications flarge de.
posts. 1lB
Noe Perpetual lease Of five (5) acres, one fourth
royalty, tract No s.: ali boring territory
and ofequatvane with the above. The small royalty
given mikes this lease Almost valuable fee-sm-
pie: Two wells going down ON this with same indi-
cations on No !. Ut. lQ HtilhJ1tf aass9tQ 5rr
Wi hthese adyanta1e O., superior in the judgment
of men experienced In the Gil business, to those Of
snv other COMPANY the Directors feel assured that
they are Offering of the best opportunities for
vestment ever presented to the pubic. 7ss61
D. For further information, Maps and Pfsspectuses,
apply to .-..r. 4...'i -
J. 81. CLAPP CO, Bankers. 81 State Street, Bos-
ton. 80 /
AFFORD DYER, Esq, No ll5 Middle st, Portland,
50 Malne 500 sgs1saf &ls96 ai