The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-05-17
The Pacific Coal, Oh & Gas
Co. Of Spokane, Wash.

GERS of the company are well-known
business men of Spokane, Wash
ington, and refer to any banker or
business man in Spokane. Immense
fortunes have recently been made
in the oil fields of California and
Texas, and the history of the Penn
sylvania, Ohio, Virginia and Indi-
ana fields are known to everyone.
The new fields in Eastern Washing~
ton give every promise of product
iveness. The Pacific Coal, Oil &
Gas Company hold under a 25-year
lease $40 acres of land. They re-
Gently employed Prof: Samuel Au-
ghey to visit the company's hold
ings. In this connection it may be
we'll to state that Prof. Aughey has
given years of his time to the study
of oil and gas lands, and is a recog-
nized authority upon these subjects.
A synopsis of his report can be OBJ
tanned from the company by any
one sending their name and post
office address written plainly on a
postal card.
We clip the following comments
concerning Prof. Aughey's visit to
the company's lands from the Spo-
kane Chronicle of April 25th:
IA new oil district has been found
at Palouse City, and it gives splen-
did showings of gas and oil. Spo-
kane parties have taken up the pro-
ject of sinking on land leased by
them in that section. The Pacific
Coal, Oil & Gas company of Spo-
kane has leased a large tract of land
in that vicinity, and will do the Gus
tomary exploring.
The discovery: of gas there was
made in most peculiar manner.
During the high water in the; Pa
louise river this spring the water
rose and overlooked the land on it's
banks. At one place near the bridge
the water backed up over piece\of
ground. Some railroad men were
going to work Of a morning, and as
they came to the place mentioned
they heard roaring and bubbling.
After time they noticed that it
came from the agitation of the wat
ers under the bridge, which was be-
ing tossed about, and large bubbles
appeared on the surface. The men
Immediately thought that it must
come from gas, and going down
and applying match the gas over
the water exploded with considera-
bic force, and good blaze resulted.
The men continued the fireworks
that day, and the Spokane parties
were told of the facts and have lcas-
ed a large tract of land.
THE REPORT.
Professor Aughey has prepared a
report upon the district and praises
it in most tlattering terms. He says:
"There are number of small
springs on John Calvert's place. In
the largest spring large quantity
of gas is set free and comes to the
surface. On lighting match to
the gas as it comes to the surface
the flashes of fire are sudden, and
some of them are several inches
high. At one place the flame was
to the height of foot and burned a
half minute. When the blaze was
out, by prodding the hole second
time the same result was obtained,
and on the third try we were again
successful. There are three pros
poets on the ranch and they are all
good. The gas can be lighted on
all of them and good blazes secured
There could be no question as to
the nature of the gas, as an excep-
tionally brilliant yellow flame
without any blue shade, showed
whenever the gas was ignited: The
gas when lighted also gives out a
large amount of heat. =
"At all points visited and exam
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floating On the water. 1t is my be
lief that somewhere beneath the
! surface in the cretaceous rock, gas
! or oil or both exist in Commercial
! quantities. This is not known for {
I certainty, but it is logically inferred
, from the facts. I have myself no
known such strong indications O.
\ gas and oil elsewhere to result il
I failure, if prospecting was properl,
done with drill
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rived from the Oil fields in Califor
MIA, we clip the following from al
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