The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-04
|,1rARD OIL FINER
90 LONG OF INDIANA lT'''

Bsi''' n M the Water w
- ,.eersop, Ind. iives,man
prwp AZ ~' famous because of D. un,
b. DO. n'I uredyction as to the i1 tSSa~,th.
rius Bans ii, the bowels OF tne~ the
'lIs sne Is Jacob Long. He dos 'A'
~ witt with fOaked stick; =, ,.sjs his
IweT Tong Was sought after ann
Fln'' Va h was known as waterYv ssas'
ear hS ,o ~sS ss)wmill or place res.
p paw VIVA, was selected it was :; ipi Es ,
len.v vas called upon to see II !. Nan aasans
O1 u s, "ss provision for water byn aS;cb
ad ma sn't pa tick, one prong Of when
ala in each hand, with the l npS Ss'
. heid noi IN upward, Long would p q
fop ~ search for the vein Of wa'sr :, n ns
in bis ss" over the vein the forked SUCK
Topld turn in his hano' "
downward Short 90 years ago, while Long
once ap S;uo Cor water his fOrked
| ssS limb performed suCn a1''O When
'a "u tba diviner was amazed WI
ven .n0 20 locate water, the stick al,
eeAins srruod outward from him anu
Fays , down, but only when STANDING
. U over the vein OF water anu
lrsO.'' the strange power when 1t was
osing 'D DIT on this occasion the peach
iwh turped both inward and outyalu
nd on any place within a several S''0
hact o than I,onp
This phenomenon was more ,nan n.Ds
~. La comprehend. He studied about ~
o U weeks and finally went to ;. d.
ca,rs,l man of learning, and inqur'
= what else could be found in the earth
newell after enumerating many natu'
- rroducts. stated that in some pal~
; the country oil and gas were also
ouud Long then announced 70 DIS ru.
~ rs;gbbors that under their farms Lay
ss, reservoirs of gas and oil. So absurd
IA This seem that he was laughed az
nd suspicions cast upon his sanity. be
;od to induce some of his acquaint-
Dces to aid in proving his assertions
n without success. BY hard work ne
a secured a little farm. and when
Infronted by financial difficulties he
odod il 10 a brother, who subsequent
refused to deed it back. Long natu-
|ly resented this injustico, and after
horny interview with his brother he
Iided to try his fortunes in another
lie. He went to Crawford county, y.
During his stay there the county ex-
kisnced an oil boom, in which Jake
his forked stick cut quite a figure.
\. hiding few who would believe in his
hinge power and having no money OF
own, he gave his services for little
nothing He worked hard to accumu-
money to put down we'll for him
fortune was reluctant to smile
In. He claims now to possess the
ii q pool of oil three miles wide
: tile over mile long in the Ohio
hich he hopes some time to test
which he has told no one the 10
lie in Ohio he learned that hi
ion made to a neighbor in Clin
bnty 20 years ago had been veri
bid he returned to jefferson. Hi
ions since then have been accu
I'D precise, and he is now begin
10 enjoy the local fame he has 81
bught.
the Kamer well, drilled ON tn,
adbury lease, mile east of Jeffer
be grizzled old oil wizard said Their,
be no oil, and he was right, not
banding two small oil producing
in the immediate vicinity, and OF
confidently predicted that this par
lr well would be a gusher.
the Harry Carroll farm, a mil
half west, the wizard located
for the Manhattan Oil company
Pugh there was not an oil we'll in
ps of several miles from there, an
las situated in wildcat territory
not only said it would be goo
but stated the exact depth tina
would be encountered and within
inches the thickness Of the oil beal
fock or sand. He positively state
this well is on the edge of grea
pool, which Is little to the south
bis wildcat we'll located is no,
ing 100 barrels day, and the sam
pany Is putting two more wells O
ming leases, and other companie
pelng attracted to the field, which
believed, is destined to outriv,
famous Peru field. The faith Long
ner friends now have in him
wn by their eagerness to drill q
nooned well 200 feet deeper, as d
ed by the wizard.
ne Manhattan Oil company drilled
On the Knox farm, four miles mort
'enerson, near the " yards hom
predicted that its production woul
greater than any we'll in the stat
company experienced great difficu
~ puttlni down the we'll and final
nuoned after reaching the regul
y depth, when it was strong gasse
ming stopped 900 feet short of II
ards required limit. and now
/" 'snent Is ON foot to drill the we
y leet deeper, as Long strenuous
u =, snt his followers believe
II result as he predicts On mar
's wells no has gratuitously volu
..eo his predictions with great AGO
Long ia 60 vaau. Ia