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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-21
THE ORIGINAL DRAKE WELL.

These were the three leaders among the
large wells at this date; of the smaller
wells there were several hundred. For
lack of storage and shipping facilities an
immense quantity of oil was wasted. In
1862 a small lake of petroleum was kept
between the Fountain and Empire wells,
and many a boatlOad was procured from
it at 10 cents q barrel
At this period shipping and refining
facilities began TO multiply more rapidly
and thereby TO increase the value of
the product. An ice gorge contributed to
this advance by breaking loose in Decem-
Der at the mouth OF the creek and re-
ducing the visible supply of petroleum.
1t smashed into $50 boatloads of oil lying
in the Allegheny river, causing loss
estimated at S350,OO0 Smaller wrecks OF
this kind were of frequent occurrence,
both on the creek and river.
AT HIGH TIDE.
The three years following were the
high-tide years of the business. On May
20. 1863, the Noble & Delamater well, on
the Farrell farm. began flowing at the
rate OF 1900 barrels day, and in a little
more than two months there was sold
from it 1854 .OOo worth of oil. The CaId-
well well. which was deemed TO be in
terfering with its production. was bought
for $4,000 and plugged. The sales of
oil from the Noble & Delamater well
during the next six months brought the
amount received for ITS production to that
date up to more than Sl.000.000. The whole
IcSiOtlS were iloW with llUfIlplfe1
activities. Everybody either was rich
or expecting to become rich Immediately.
The Oil Creek valley for practically its
whole length, with Titusvilie at one ex-
IRENE and Oil City at the other was a
concave forest OF derricks, where a great
army of fortune hunters had encamped
Every oil farm along the creek was a
town, and made the whole valley we'll
nigh continuous city. In point of rest
and quietude there was no night. Work
went on by night as well as by day. and
the sound of the hammer and saw. the
cfeaking walking-beam and pulley and
the various other noises of that char
acter were heard at all hours. 1t is left
to the imagination to pictWe in what
ways and TO what limits the revelries and
orgies of the tougher elements contributed
toward making night as wakeful as the
day. All the roads. old and new
were simply a series of mudholes, muck
and ruts. Caravans were wallowing
through them all the time. and the sides
of the roads were strewn with the wrecks
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-21
STOCKHOLDERS, MEETING.

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN TO THE
stockholders of. the Geyser Mining Com
pany. corporation, that a SD ecial meet
on February %. 1897. at the hour OF .
O'Clock pm. of said day at it's Office.
rooms Sc and 67 Commercial Block. Salt
Lake City. Utah, for the following pur-
poses. to-wit:
First-To ratify the action of the board
of directors in compromising the litiga-
ton between said company and the Mar
said directors in deciding the property of
the Geyser Mining Company TO the Gey-
ser-Marion Gold Mining Company in pur-
suance of said compromise.
For such other further business as may
lawfully come before IT,
Dated this 18th day of February. 1897.
S. b. MILNER,
Secretary Geyser Mining Company
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of the achievements associated with
them An idea of the magnitude of the
oil business of the whole country VIII
be conveyed by the statement that since
its inception there has been received for
exported petroleum and its products
alone. an aggregated amount exceeding
the present total money wealth of the
United States. in gold and silver. as
shown in the latest summary of the lat
ter in the treasury reports.
Colonel Drake was born at Greenville,
Greene county, New York. March %,
1919, and died at Bethlehem, Pa, No
vember 9. 1881. He acquired comfort
able fortune through his strike, but sub
sequently met with financial misfortune.
and became broken in health. eventually
becoming an invalid. Old friends rem
dered him financial assistance in a modest
wav. and in 1878 the Pennsylvania legis-
lature granted him a pension of $1.500 n
Z, L, AII-R 2 a Y
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juncture Mr.. Bissell happened to notice
in the window OF a New York drug store
a circular description of a bottled DreDa-
ration called "Kier's Petroleum. which
came from salt wells at Tarentum. Pa.
and had been put up by S. NJ. Kier.
Pittsburg refiner. The circular set forth
that the fluid was found at a depth of
several hundred feet in sinking the salt
wells. 1t had been encountered in other
regions in the drilling of salt wells. but.
as its real value was not then recognized,
II was considered nuisance to be gotten
rid of in the best available way without
spelling the salt wells. just as the strik-
ing of salt water subsequently in the
drilling of oil wells became a similar
annoyance
OIL AT LAST.
This incident suggested to Mr.. Bissell
the idea of drilling into the rock for oil.
me other stockholders were favorabiy
Impressed with the suggestion. and on
Nav I. 1858. the company sent to Titus
vile. to take charge Of its work, Colonel
Edwin l. Drake. who had d, been a rali-
road conductor AT New Haven. Conn,
and was small investor in the oil stock:
His salary was to be $1,000 a year. and
the company had provided him with
81 Oa0 with which TO go ahead with the
work of sinking a we'll The little village
afforded but few OF the necessary equip
ments for the work. and the nearest rail-
road station, Erie. Pa. was 10 miles away
Presently his funds were exhausted,
and the company. losing faith in the en-
terprise. and becoming indifferent, failed
TO advance him more money. II was
then that Colonel brakes troubles began.
THE drillers he had engaged failed to
appear. This was due in part to the re-
Dort spread over the region that Drake
was crazy in believing that oil would
be fond by drilling into the rock. But
his faith on this point was unshsk ken.
after his study of the salt wells and other
Investigations. Ridicule, COUPLED with
Limitations of insanity. only served TO
Intensity his determination 10 demon
.strate that the theory was correct Dur
ing that summer and the succeeding fail.
winter and spring his experience was like
that of many another experience before
and since OF moneyless clstodians of an
idea derided at the time. but destined
subsequently, to become famous.
It was not until the middle OF June,
1859 that ne was able TO proceed with
the we'll He was enabled to do so then.
not through any aid rendered by the
company but through the sympathetic
personal assistance of R. c. Fletcher
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of vehicles and all kinds of overland
freight, thrown off TO tighten the loads.
EBB TIDE
In the years 1864 and 1865 the climax
period was reached. 1t was in the lat
ter year that the famous Pithole, which
was located a Few miles east OF the Oh
creek developments, sprang into existence.
Within a few months il acquired all the
conveniences of an interior city and had
a resident and transient population,
which caused the business of its post
Office to rank third among Pennsylvan.a
postoffices, Philadelphia standing first and
Pittsburg second. Che city vanished as
rapidly as it appeared. and the site of it
has long been serving the unmetropoli-
tan purpose of a sheep pasture 1t was
in 1865 also that the stock company craze
in which many millions of dollars were
drawn from people in all walks of life.
in every quarter of the country, and in
other countries as well. reached its great
est imitation and caused the speculative
bubble TO burst.
All that now remains of what were
formerly lively oil towns are grass-grown
excavations, like those of old battle
fields, and suggestive like them of the
waste of energies in the accomplishment
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LEGAL NOTICE.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS.-ESTA
of Samuel ]. Nathan. deceased. Notice
is hereby given by the undersigned. Israel
Harvey, executor of the last Will and
testament of Samuel ]. Nathan, deceased.
to the creditors of. and all persons hav-
ing claims against the said deceased. to
exhibit them with the necessary vouch-
ers, within ten months after the first
publication of this notice. TO the said Is
rael Harvey, executor. at his office, No.
165 South Main street. in Salt Lake City,
in the county of Salt Lake. Utah.
ISRAEL HARVEY,
Executor of the last will and testament
of Samuel ]. Nathan. deceased.
Dated January BIRD. 1897.
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Special Stockholders Meeting.

PURSUANT TO LAW AND A RESO-
luton of the board of directors passed
January 18th. 1897. notice is hereby given
that a special meeting of the stockhold-
ers of the Ellerbeck. Morris &, Snow COM
pany. corporation organized and exist
ing under the laws of Utah, will be held
at the Office of said company in Salt Lake
City on the End day of March. 1897. at II
o'clock m, for the purpose of adopting
proposed amendments to and amending
the articles of Incorporation of said COM
pany. by changing the name of said COM
pany from its present name TO that of the
Utah Coal company" and by striking
out of article one of the articles of in
corporation the words. 'Ellerbeck. Nor
ris & Snow company" and inserting in
lieu thereof, Utah Coal company"
e T. r ELLERBECK. Vice President.
e GEORGE w. SNOW. Secretary.
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Samuel Lover and His Mother.

'Recollections of Samuel Lover" by
his daughter, Fanny Schmid in the
February Century: Samuel Lover was
born in Dublin, Feb. "a. 1897. His father
was a man of business, and as the eld-
est son, Samuel was able, at 16 years
of age, to fulfil the duties of head clerk
(for he was as clever at correspondence
and figures as he was at everything
else), and so save much expense to the
firm. 1t was natural to wish that he
should remain in it. Ny father, how
ever, possessed such strong artistic
talents that business was distasteful
to him, and he longed to follow another
path in life. He had had the misfor-
tune to lose his mother when he was a
boy of Il. She would probably have
understood and forwarded his aspira-
tions; for the tenderest affection had
existed between them, and throughout
life he revered the memory of his
mother as the sweetest and best of
women. His talents he probably in
herited in part from her, as well as his
amiable and lovable character
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-21

IN THE DISTRICT COURT. PRO
bate division. Third judicial district. in
and for Salt Lake County. State of Utah
In the matter of the estate of Sarah E
Groo. deceased: notice Notice is hereby
given that Byron Groo. administrator.
with the will annexed of the estate of
Sarah E. Groo. deceased, has rendered
for settlement. and filed in said court his
final account of his administration OF
said estate and petition for final distri-
button of the residue of said estate among
the persons entitled thereto. and that
Wednesday. the 9th day of February,
A. D. 1897. at $3.50 o'clock am. at the court
room of said court, in the county court
house, Salt Lake City and County. Utah.
has been duly appointed by the judge of
said court for the settlement of said &C
count and hearing said petition for dis
tribution, at which time and place any
person interested in said estate may ap-
pear and show cause. if any there be.
why said account should not be settled
and approved and final distribution made
as prayed for.
Dated Jan. %, 1897.
David c. DUNBAR.
Clerk.
By GEO. E. BLAIR.
Deputy Clerk.
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DIVIDEND NO. II.

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
the DAILY Mining company have declared
dividend No n. of twenty-five cents per
share upon the capital stock of the COM
pany. payable March l. 1897. at the Of
fee of the company. No. l64 West Temple
street Salt Lake City, Utah; and at the
San Francisco. Cal; and at the office of
the transfer agents. Messrs. Lounsbery &
Co. Mills building. No. Is Broad street.
New York City, n. Y. Transfers to close
Feb. o. 1897.
R. c. CHAMBERS, President
Salt Lake City. Utah. Feb. Is. 1897.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-21
RECEIVERS SALE.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF SALT
Lake county, Utah. IN chancery: yieyser
Mining Co.. ct al, plaintiffs. vs.. the
Bank of Salt Lake, the First Bank OF
Mercur and James II. Bacon ct al, de-
PENDANTS. and NJ. Il. Mulvey ct al, inter-
venors. Public notice is hereby given that
in pursuance of an order and decree made
and entered by said court in the above
entitled cause. on the 30th day of jan
uary. 1897, that Frank Knox and c. II.
Jacobs. receivers of the property and as
sets of the Bank of Salt Lake and the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-21
NOTICE.

A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE
stockholders of the Marion Gold Mining
company will be held at the company's Of
fee. POI Mccormick Block. Tuesday Feb
%. 1897, at II o'clock am. for the purpose
of rStifying the action of the board of di-
rectors in the matter of compromising
the suits now pending between this COM
pany and the Geyser Mining company
:. T. PEARSON. Secretary.
Salt Lake. Utah. Jan. so. 1897.
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NOTICE.


TO THE STOCKHOLDERS OF THE
Bullion-Beck and Champion Mining COM
panieS, a corpOration.-You are hereby
notified that the regular annual meeting
of the stockholders of said corporation
Will be neld at the Office of the company,
room 405 Mccormick Bank building, Salt
Lake City. Utah. on Monday. the first
day of March proximo. at the hour of 3
p. m, for the purpose of electing officers
for the ensuing year, and for the trans
action of such other business as may
properly come before the meeting. BY or
der of the board of directors.
w. ]. BEATIE, Secretary.
Salt Lake City. February 5 1897.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-21
ONE HONEST MAN

...Dear Editor: Please Inform your readers that
II written to conhdentially will mail in q sealed
letter the plan pursued by which 1 was per-
manently restored 10 health and manly. vigor
sitter wears of suffering from Nervous Weakness,
night losses, and weak, shrunken parts.
4 have no scheme to extort money from any
one. was robbed and swindlcd by quac<s until
nearly lost faith in mankind, but thank heaven,
am now well. vigorous and strong, and anxious
to mas this certain means of cure known TO all
Having nothing to sell or send c. o. D., wan
10 IDoneY. Address, JAMES A HARRIS,
Box 2iI DeiTav- Aich
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THE STRIKING OF OIL {

GRAPHIC STORY OF TIE BEGINNINGS GREAT PETRo-
LEUM INDUSTRIAL DRAMATIC AMERICAN
HISToRY-CoLoNEL BILLY" Smith, MEN
WHO MADE FAMOUS PITHOLE, WHICH
PosToFFIcEs, A PASTURE
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-21

Be 10y al and use high grade Three
Crown Baking Powder. No purer or
better made.
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FIRST BANK OF MERCUR.

Also all and singular the following de-
scribed realty and personality scheduled
as the assets of the First Bank OF Mercur:
Peal estate-All the surface ground of
lots s and of block g. situated in the
township of Mercur, Utah, together with
the bank building thereon Designated
Surface ground of the June Bug and
Rahv Elephant mining claims, mines and
minerals reserved -
Bills receivable lace Ndiue dDouI ~
sOS Gysr drafts. about $4,000.
Enrniture and fixtures, consisting one
time lock safe, desk, counters steer cages.
Ali of the foregoing property is to be
I'D al A price not less than that esti-
mated and appraised IN me sssregate Tor
~ receivers in their report of August
i5tb a D. 1896 which said report with the
lists of the items embraced within the
scbedules herein referred to. Will be open
- resurrection between the hours of 10 a.
NJ and 8 D. m every day. except Sun
DAYS. until the day of sale at the office
~ the receivers, at No. z32 South Main
etreet. Salt Lake City
Esch bidder shall accompany his bid
,-i+b a certified check or cash deposit for
~ mn per cent of the amount of his
s 20 receivers, at the time of making
the bids Sale or sales TO De made sub
iect to the approval OF the undersigned
&c RECEIVERS and the confirmation of said
curt And upon the approval and con-
6rmation by said court. each bidder Will
he required TO forthwith pay to the IN
5ersigned as receivers, the balance of the
SnoiInt of his bid in cash. and upon fall
Tro so to do will forfeit the ten 90 per
cent deposited by him as aforesaid.
Notice is also given that sealed bids for
the purchase at private sale of all or
any part of the aforesaid property will
he received by the undersie ned receivers
IN to twelve QO O'Clock noon on Mon
day. the fifteenth Q5th) day OF February,
A D. 1891.
Each bid to be accompanied by cash or
certified check for ten C0) per cent of the
amount thereof. and said bids to be re-
ceived subject TO the approval of the
undersigned receivers and the confirma-
ton of the said court
Upon the confirmation of the court the
bidder is to pay the remaining portion of
his bid in cash or forfeit the amount so
deposited with the receivers as aforesaid
FRANK KNOX,
C. Il. JACOBS.
Receivers.
Dated at Salt Lake City. Utah, Feb
ruary End. 1897.
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Dated at Salt Lake City. Utah, Feb
ruary End. 1897.
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of vehicles and all kinds of overland
freight, thrown off 10 tighten the loads.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-08-21
The Fourth at Kingsmill.

II has been the custom for
the Northern people to meet
to celebrate and talk over
and compare notes once "A
wear This vcar Can't John
Dahn sent ont one hundred
and fifty eight personal let
t.rS to- heads OF that many
Northern families to meet at
kino,mill on S1turda,- Jnlv
3d to- celebrate Between 200
and BOO camr II vos, r.o.-
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-08-21
&. II B0VEE.
CCldwater, Mich.
Stop OF And See us

We want everybody who
comes To this section To- stop of
and see MS. No matter whether
you are land seekers or not the
more people that come and
look This country over, the
more il will be talked about
ana the faster we shall grow.
All we ask j. for you 10 come
and see-that will settle it. BE
sure and stop at Williamsburg,
Va, and inquire for John Dlhn,
General Land Agent. who will
ttke pleasure in showing you
around over the country.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-08-21
ONE VINO WAS THERE.
Come on the Next Excur-
son.

Homeseeker-' excursions will
be run TO Williamsburg and
other Virginia points on
Sept. eth and DIST,
Oct. 5th and 18th.
Nov. ID and 10th,
Dec. 7th and DIST,
at one fare, plus $500 for the
round trip. Good for u days.
II you are thinking Of making
a trip 10 Virginia, you will save
time and money by addressing
{. IL. BovEE.
Gen. Excursion Agt., c. X 9. Ry..
Coldwater, Mich,
Il. :. Remember that they
are personally conducted excur-
siOnS. Mr.. BOvee comes through
with each excursion, aud per
sOnally sees To the wants OF his
patrons, provides special rates
at hotels and boarding houses.
furnishes rigs To drive around
and see the country free of
charge-and in many other
ways will save you money. BE
sure your ticket reads via the
Chesapeake u Ohio Ry. the
only direct and most popular
line to Williamsburg. the Kings.
mill Colony, Newport News,
Richmond, Norfolk and other
Virginia points.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-08-21
Farms For Sale

Five hundred farms for
sale ON the Virginia PENN
Sula' at prices that range
from 5000 per acre and up
wards. Near the great mar
ketS, with good schools. good
soil, cheap ireightrateS, both
by rail and water: fine drink
ING water. Over 100 North
ern families for neighbors.
Send for Illustrated pam
phlet, giving prices. etc. Ad-
dress, c. ii. BOvee, COldwater.
Mich. or John Dahn. VII
liamsburg. Va.
(MentiOn this paper.)
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-08-21
About The Weather.

While the people at the North
and Northwest have been suf-
fering with the thermometer
up to 100 to JIG in the shade
and people dying in Chicago, st.
Louis, Cincinnati and other
points North by hundreds, we
have been quite colnforta ble
here. The warmest was 90 and
Only for a short time, with nice
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-08-21
Blessed With Good Crops.

Th,. section has hc.n h.c~-
sed this season with vrr,
large crops oi cv.rvth.ue-
small fu... berries of all
kinds. grain. etc. II -omc of
the Doubling Thoun-e~ oi
the North hal onlv beo1
l.,.-.s, aI,u+ Nav n,.
r .5
- % '' '
wheat. ""'-. lA'' ih.i''. '''-
YER. etr.- they would naN"
been Obliged to admit that
thi. section could rai-e~nme-
,l.;n.. ,.l ,.-,l,.,,+ .i.. ,,..,.s
.r' '.i'I''' ''N. LIS |'"'
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-08-21
A RARE OPPORTUNITY THIS.
Free sites still offered at
kingSmiDl on the James.

\ free site will be given to any
person who viii come and locate
a ~tave factory at king-miu.
There i any quantity OF good
timber oak, ash. gum, hick
ory etc. here. A good stave
factory Is just what this sec
tion needs. lt Will clean up
the land There is biz money
in the business, and tue person
who comes and .ocateS here Will
have q snap.
Neal9o need another -aw and
plAning-nill. The on We have
now can't begin 20 keep mp
with tne ord rs. and his TO turn
business away. La Michigan.
Ohio and other state are any
number o. idle mills, doing
nothing .or lack oi timber.
Kingsmill Will give a free site
t0 any one who Will come and
locate a first class, A NJ. |, saw
and planning mill, sbing.r mill,
sash, door and blind factory.
Ne need them badly, also fine
opening for spoke and hnb-
w0rkS-in fact for any wood
working tu-inesS. We want
manufacturers. Big money III
the business here. y free site
will Zoe given you. For full par
ticulars address,
&. II BovEE.
CCldWater. Mich
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-08-21
Save Trouble About Your
Mail.

To save YOU any trouble or
bother have your mail sent
in care OF Mr.. John Dahn.
Williamsburg, Va, and You
will get itpromptly, and save
YOU the bother of running to
the office after every mail.
Another thing-after you
leave Mr.. Dahn will have it
forwarded to you. You will
find this the best way
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-08-21
To II sure 4 Il ply.

IL i common courtesy when
writing 90 anyone for intor-
nation to enclose > cent stamp
for Il reply. Aie~SrS. Dlhn and
BoVee have hundreds of letters
OF inquiry from people all over
the country and To insure a
prompt leLly il i necessary to
enclose "a stamp One stamp
amounts % very little, but a
hundred costs one person $500.
So please reInem0 Der tie stamp.