Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-25
NAMES OF OIL TOWNS.
Let-Her-G Gallagher Is the Latest
On the List
WHY CASH UP WAS so CALLED.
Facts About Stand OF, Great Leather and
other Novel Titles.
FORTUNES WON AND LOST AT BULLION

uPHcrAL TELEoKAN TO ru1 DtsPArcH.t
OIL CITY, TY,Jan.A-Let-Her-G Gallagher
is the unique name that has been given to
the latest little town to spring up in the oil
regions. This "city" is located on Muddy
creek, in Brady township, Butler county.
Its prospects are not particularly brilliant,
as the wells which have called it into exist
ence are not Of the sensational character
which usually call for the immediate build
ing MP of a town in the oil country.
1t is likely, however, to take its place
among the coil cities" as the Butler county
territory is noted for its staying power. The
wells at Let-Her- Go Gallagher got their oil
from the 'bundred-foot" rock, q rock which
averages 100 feet in thickness and produces
oil in greater or less quantity from the top
found at depth of 200 feet below the sur
face.
Other Odd Names.
Let-Her-Go-G Gallagher suggests some odd
names under which oil towns have four
ished in this country. Among the first Gu
riousIy christened towns was Cash Up, few
miles from Pithole. 1t was one of the first
places to attract attention after Pithole. DR..
Shamburg. of Titusville, who bought some
land around Cash Up, has told the writer
how it came to be named.
When the first we'll was struck there DR..
Shamburg, who had recently come to the oil
country to make some investments, was
early on the ground. The we'll in question
was owned by three young men who had
spent all their money to get it drilled. 1t
was flowing oil in fine spray at the rate of
L TAa
satisfied with the result of their labor, and
when the doctor asked them to put price on
it they held consultation lasting about two
minutes and informed him he could take the
well for $50, 200. He asked what kind Of
payments they would require, and they as
promptly decided that it would have to be
"cash up."
Cash Up Paid Big.
They could not be moved from this de-
cision. and the doctor finally paid them
$50, 600, cash in hand. and took their we'll.
The we'll was located ON a fve-acre lease,
and DR.. Shamburg ct once set out to buy
this. The price on the lease was $32 600,
and when be began to talk about payments
he was informed that it must be "cash-up,"
or nothing. So ''cash-up" it was, and the
doctor took the lease. A farmer owned
strip of land alongside OF him which he
wanted, and the best terms he could make
on this was $50, 900, "cash-up." He took it,
paying the money in hand, as he had done
IN the other purchases, and these conditions
which seemed to obtain with everybody in
that vicinity who had anything to sell 30
impressed him that when town began to
develop around his well he named it Cash
Up.
This we'll proved to be bonanza. The
doctor drilled it deeper into the reck and its
production increased to 800 barrels day.
It paid back the purchase money OF $92, 900
in the first month, and ultimately netted
him over $3.50, 900. Hundreds of wells were
drilled in that neighborhood, and the town
Of Cash Up fourished ior several years.
An Oil Town That Lasted.
A little town that grew up In the same
section, in contradistinctiou to Cash Up,
was called Stand OF. Both Of these towns
were in Venango county. Not far away
were the towns Of Red Hot and Gas City,
and on the other side of Pithole was Ball
Town. This latter place continues to exist,
while all the others, like Pithole, have
passed away. The Ball Town Oil Company
Is still operating in the vicinity and has .
large number Of small wells, from which the
members of the company have made great
deal of money.
fetf0loum Oeuter ID y ihmhlinI hemc ~ Oll
annals. Ben Hogan, the ex-prize fighter and
present evangelist, who kept q gambling
house there, says 1t was the wickedest town
in the world. At the zenith OF its pros
perity it had population of about 5000.
About so people live there at present. The
town is seven miles above Oil City, on the
bank of Oil creek. "Coal Oil Johnny"
Aourished in this neighborhood, his old
home being at McClintockvilIs, three miles
further down the creek. Vensngo oounty
also developed Big Intun, called sftsr big
we'll Of that name. This town was soon re-
ciiristened Bullion, and under this title it
became a place OF importance, with . popu-
latiou Of about 5000. There is not now .
single board left OF the town.
Operations of the Phillipses.
Thomas W. Phillips, OF New Castle. Pa,
elected to Congress at the late election, made
and lost large fortune in this field. He
and his brother were the owners of some Of
the largest wells opened mp in the tsrritory.
one OF two Of the number flowing e much
~ 1000 barrels Of oil day. The Phillips