The Portland daily press., 1865-03-27
PROPERTY OF THE COMPANY.

The following is description of the Company and
the operations now cling on upon 1t. =
No lconsists Of eighty four acres iR fee, on Fast
Oh Cie-k, about two miles from rtusviIIe. ON this
we nave Two wells going down, new engines, m 3.
chlnery, So. One well is now down about three
nave come to The surface, lowing read " over the
top Of the wei. Thi,is the surfacs second ran
rock oil which indicates large deposits beneath
Great results are exps ct Fl ON this well which will
probably be complsted in the course Of thrty day
Forty acres of this of the best boring ter
ritory. I3E t8 lBai bIs os 881-s8
& No. 2. Ten acres in fee. All boring territory,
nearly opposite No /, being . part of the same
tract, bus ying the orth SIDE Of the cret K and
one-half mile nearer 1itusvile Ibis ia one of the
most eiig bic tracts for oil purposes ON the whole
creek; well 10 be sunk IN this place Immediately
No. g. One acre in fee on oil creek one half mil
below Titu vile, surrounded by paying wells; this
Is all the best boring land. Two wells going down
VIII ch, from esent indications, promi-e to be at
least twenty barrel wells. although much better
sults are expected Il ON at least of Them as al
most every well in this vicinity has been good one
No, T. Perpetual lease of two l2) acres fan oring
te,riory,) giving one halt royalty, the celebra
ted George tickets farm on Cherry Run, lying at
the mouth of Uit Run, small, stream emptying in
to Cherry Run, and deriving its name from the
large quantities of oilconstanily floating its sur
lace. NC better oil land can be round dying from
surface Indications the that ali wells In this
vicinity are large pumping or flowing wells. 1t is
wer on Oh rry Run, there has not as yet, been one
failure to obtain oil at reaching the Gil depth.
This Company have re son to expect larecreturns
going down wit all dispatch possible. !,
No. 5. Perpetual lease OF ten tle) aires ne-half
royalty, all boring territory, on the Turner and
Anderson farm Cherry Bnn, opposite and adj lining
the eeiehrated Humboldt property. Two wells going
down with the best indica ons On this &C there
oil IN FIXING out gas and
short d. taLce above the ',Great heed. = WADE"
and Granger" wells. and many other flowing and
No 8. Fnty acres IN fee west branch Pit-HoIe
oreek adjoining the United States Company prop.
erty. and only one-half mile from heir great flow.
ing WELL This tract is arly all good bOrny terri
tory being inter by several small runs empty
ing into Pit Hoe. each aforling ample room for
Tois tIact is the most valuable OF any II Compa-
ny own: Twas prFe based some time since; and
the recent developments Of property in its immedi
ate vicinity has advanced its value more than
three told above cost 70 the mpanv. Two
wells going down on this. with much cert ainty of
success as there can possibly be any land in tie
Tins rracr lies directly between the "Great Noble
and Empire" wells on Oil Greek, and the great
a56. % stsss vel Pt i1 bell that
quality OF the oil found is of striking similarity
pcing the light oil tina indicates the largest wells
\ No Z. PERPETUAL lease of fifteen (l5j acres (siy.
ing one-feurth r0ysltE.) middle BIZ aneh Fit Hole
and l1y one-fourth milo from United states Com
pays well; all fat land; two wells going down
qualts Of this tract would emily be repeating whal
issaid regardi5 tract No 8, although its market
yaue much greater from the fact 81 its iyin enc.
No. 8: Five acrss l5) 81 .tte all fat on main
branch Pit Hole forty rods below the great well and
adjoining ten acres belonging to J. w. Sherman of
the great fisherman Wei on Oil Greek. Two wells
going down on this with ali possible dispatch; and
at their present depth sho Indications fIarge de-
posits.
No 8 Perpetual lease of FIVE (5) a,res, one-fourth
royalty aojoni tract Nc 81: all boring territory
ard ofequal vaiue with the above The small royalty
gigen ms kes this lease most valuable as fee-sim-
pie: Two wells going down on this with same indi-
cations as on Nos.
Wi h these advanta e.. superior in the judgment
Of men experienced IN the oil business to those OF
any other company the Directors feel assured that
they are offering the best opportunities for in
vestment ever presented to the public. tt
For further Information, Maps and Prespectuses
apply to N
J. H. cLAPP 4 co, Bankers, 81 State Street. BOs-
lon. aANAAa HNE1lF
AFFORD DYER, Esq. No 1l5 Middle st, Portland,
Maine.
L, ROBERTS, of L. Roberts Co, South Street,
New York. 80
J. N BURLEIGH. Treasurer, 2l4 State Street,
Boston, p .it 3i4a isAl Fl leHi 70
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