Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-21
|DR|LuERS STRIKE OIL
Prospectors at Frederika Find Oil
at a Depth OF 200
Feet.
First slushine Of the Well Shows
Surprising and Gratifying
Results.
News Creates Intense Excite
ment in That Section OF
the State.
ecial to Times-Republican.

| Special to Times Republican.
Waverly, April 21.-The search fol
oil at Frederick, in this county. con-
Quoted by local capitalists, resulted III
considerable quantities peing found
Saturday at depth Of about 200 feet
The first evidence of petroleum was
noticed at about noon, and when q
slushing was made at midnight, prior
! to work being discontinued for Sun
day, numerous reports received here
are to the effect that the bucket con-
aglnous mixture, from which six gal
Ions of oil were separated. There is
intense excitement in Fredrika and in
the adjoining towns to which the news
has spread. There are those who are
expecting a gusher within the next few
days, but altfo the indications are
favorable, they would hardly warrant
such high hope.
The drilling is being carried on by
leading dril,er of Chicago. under
contract with the Pioneer Prospecting
Oil Company, the first company or
ganized to prospect at Frederick, and
which is composed of the whole popu-
lation, practically. of Tripoli, the rail-
road point for F'rederika, and also sew
eral capitalists at Waverly and else
where. Since this company began
drilling several other companies have
been organized at Nashua, New Hamp-
ton and elsewhere, and have acquired
considerable options. but as yet have
not engaged in actual operations for
the drilling OF a well. The we'll be
ing put down by the Pioneer com
pany, and which Is very close to the
three ordinary wells which have pro .
duced most of the Oil, about which
Frederika has been excited during the
past couple of years. The existence
of oil at Frederick has been known for
great many years, but the drilling
of the new wells during THE past year
or so and the continued presence O.
oil in them has awakened the spirit
OF investigation that may mean much
to Iowa and may DE OF infinite import
ance to that little community
The exceptional purity Of the oil thus
far found has been the occasion of
wonder and even skepticism on the
part of great many people. But the
strange and withal most significant
feature Of this is that without
single exception the practical oil men
who have visited Frederika from Cali
fornia. Texas and elsewhere, have
found in the peculiar. tho high char
acter Of the oil, an evidence of its
gcnuineness and a favorable indica-
lion. The presence Of substanc.
from which parafflne Is derived, like
wise, has been cited by some of these
experts as very strong indication OK
the existence Of oil in paying guam
titles In this connection. probably tho
most important opinion given was that
of Mr.. Haywood. MI. Haywood is one
of the brothers who are the principal
owners of the celebrated Haywood
gushers and other oil rights at Beau
mont and among the most valuable in
that territory. Mr.. Haywood spent
nearly a week of his valuable time in
looking over the prospects at Freder-
ika last fall, secured certain options
and expressed great confidence in the
prospects there. basing his opinion on
his actual experience both in Califor-
MIA and Texas. He is expected to be.
gin operations at F'rederika this spring