The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-05-25
ON TUES AY,


June g. A. D. 1871 at 10 O'Clock noon, at the Pha-
All that certain tract of land, now known as the
"Cornpanttr Tract, situated Ia Cornplanter town
ship, Venango county, State of Pennsylvania,
bounded and described as follows, viz .
Beginning at a white oak, the westerly corner,
McClintock Oil Company north s9A degrees, east
173 $40 perehes to post; thence south fifteen de-
grees east Ito $40 perches to white oak; thence
east 100 5-1O perches to hickory thence south 81
perches to posi- thence by land OF Thomas An
no1 % @ west s aso to
post; thence 42 degrees east Sc perches to a white
oak, the place of beginning containing 22O acres,
more or less, and being the same land now owned
by the "Cornpanter on Company" The sale will
be made subject to any and all existing leases Of any
part OF the sac premises OF which the following is
Lease to f. w. Andrews, covering about IS acres
Leases to John Munhall and others, covering
about ID acres more or less.
Lease to H. NJ. Good and others, covering about
Lease to Mechng, Moore & Sutton, covering
about acres more or less.
Lease to Metz a. Whitcomb, covering about acre
more or less
Lease to William Leckey and others, covering
about acres more or less.
Lease to Tarbell * Hess, covering about acres
more or less.
ing about acres more or less
All existing leases provide for royalty of 25 per
cent. of the product 60 be paid to the land interest
and in some cases an increased percentage, should
wells be found to yield than Is barrels per day.
Also all the following named personal property,
viz. :One iron tank of about $500 barrels capacity
Two iron tanks of about 200 barrels each. One
steam suction and force pump, used for forcing
water from the creek TO the high portions OF the
tract for the supply of engines, and for collecting
oil from the various wells through underground
ppes and delivering thesame in tank, near railroad,
for shipment.
Nine steam engines and boilers H of engine
and boiler from 10 to 15-horse power OF 800 feet
of 2-inCh tubing and sucker rods; OF 2l6 feet of
52snch casing; 3l00 feet tubing in wells; S25 feet
aud 8A inch casing in wells 160 feet 5}S Inch casing
in wells; 2S9 feet 51 Inch casing not in wells.
About 1000 feet 2L inch tubing used for oil and
water pipe; about 1000 feet inch tubing used for
oil and water pipe; about 300 feet IL inch pipe used
for steam and gas; about 87b feet ~ incn tunlng
not in wells,
The personal property is In good working order
and most of the engines and boilers are nearly new
The Oil Greek and Allegheny Railroad passes
through the tract. The producing wells on the pro-
perty are connected by pipe lines with one central
Iron tank, from which point the OIL is thrown by
steam pump into the large iron tank near and above
the railroad track where 1t can be readily ladened
on the cars.
The land interest is in receipt OF about 12 barrels
of Oil per day. barrels of which are from wells ope-
rated by the company, and received as royalty
from leases.
There are eight small tenant houses, blacksmith
shop cooper shop, carpenter shop, STABLE etc., upon
the tract, and lot OF blacksmith and carpenter
teols The whole real estate and personal property
will be sold together, thus Offering rare opportu-
nifty those desiring to control large tract OF land,
with nrst-cass facilities for developments, as about
100 acres OF the property remain to be tested.
Any additional Information can be had by address,
ing the office of the "Oornplanter Company" No.
524 Walnut street, Philadelphia, Pa.
BY direction OF the Stockholders and order OF the
Board. HIRAM BROWER, Secretary.
M. THOMAS IL SONS Auctloneers,
8 25 thstu6t Nos. 139 and 14l 8. FOURTH Street.