The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-03-25
Oil

tAaSttHh y hui1ptr w Oh men ~
vicinity These, as arale, pny
devoted court tolhe silent well. in.
ientupon the solution ofilssilenee.
Investigation, 50 ilr knows. has
been without results Interviews
with several well known Oh people
ftiledto adduce new facts These,
people, being apparently as much
in the dark concerning the mystic
we'll aftsr investigation AZ before,
The opinion thasethete Is some
thing % conceal in the we'll in
questionis unanimous; andthatitis
successfully concealed Is an openly
acknowledged matterof regret.
This fact, far from discouraging
the oil hunter, simply stimulates
him tcsearchth The more, Oneofthe
effects Of this everlasting seatch lie
seen in the changed appearance Of
President Green and his4ble lieu.
tenant, whom constant question
ing on a single subject have con.
yerted 10 walking, Irving exclamd.
ton points. The management Of
ibis we'll has proven the gentle.
men connected whit capable cf
greater things 10 this directions.
But all their vigilance and tati-
Iurnity will not efglchn oil unless
it be SO nominated In tue rock.
Astogas in remuneratiye guam.
tity, the prevailing belief among
prastical men IS that the expert
melt lisa failure. The chances for
developing yapor by further drill.
ing aretoo remote for practical con.
Sideration. Gas, il is true, has been
found in large quantity in the sub
salt rocks, but i. is the general be.
az.
lief that these rocks have been
penetrated to a sufficient depth to
determine their value in this di.
rection. The one question troub.
ling the experienced and inexper.
fenced aliksis the motive for main.
tanning a strict "police" suryeil
ance over the well at all times if
their be "nothing to hidsI' 1.-THE
Clifton we'll has no gas, what yalu,
able substance has i!got2 What is
now hidden will be made plain
when that celebrated iron,oil.judi.
clio combination, which for several
weeks past has been striving to
.monopolize all the lands in Mason
and Meigs counties, have succeeded
in their scheme Of monopoliaation.
Just now Clifton holds the key to
the situation, and has it within its
own power to maintain a discreet
and mysterious silence with regard
to the we'll, divnlge the awful Sc.
ctel in its possession.
The advantage will be short,liv.
ed, as other oil diggets are here
with the expressed determination
to dig, mine, bore and explore for
the unclious fluid 60 the necessary
dspth, providing enough lands for
their protection can be found un.
incumbered by the mystic combi-
nation. Hon. s. H. Bradley, of
New York, an operator Of ample
means and large experience, is
looking over the Geld with a view
to engaging III its development.
The Brady Oil Company has been
represented here by SIR. PC. Boyle,
who has been actively engaged for
the past two weeks locating oil
lands on Thomas Fork and yicin.
lily. This concern proposes to
set the drill to work in q short
time, with The provisions allowed
named. Mr.. A. Murray, Of Ports.
mouth, who is no stranger 10 the
patrons Of the Mosquito, has sue
ceeded in interesting Pennsylvania
capital in the development of the
gas resources of Meigs county, and
to this end is locating territory
where in his opinion the chances
are most favorable. This gentle.
man was prominently identified
With the development of Butler,
Bullion and Allegheny oil fields,
closing q successful career Of ten
years of oil region experience In
1882. Ho has since employed his
capital and time in the develop.
ment Of the gas resources of the
Ohio Valley, The gentlemen in.
terested with him are prominent
oil men Of Bradford, Pennsylvania.
By this it will be seen that Clifton
does not enjoy a monopoly Of pros.
pectiye development ifit has got a
dark and bloodless mystery to be.
gin housekeeping WITH Mosquito.
SoLrrdav Mrs M,a.s loI,, :.