The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-01-24
ANOTHER TOWN
TAKES A HAND
In Drilling Southern Kansas
Full of Holes
IN SEARCH FOR GAS
Ell Dorado Company Organizes
and Is Granted a Franchise.

Ell Dorado is going to take hand in
the gas and oil hunting business. a
company has been organized, composed
| of the principal business men of the
! city, with a capital stock of s., 900, and
| a charter has been applied for. The city
| council has granted the company permits
sion to construct a pipe line through the
| streets and alleys, and furnish gas to the
citizens. The company has applied for
| a charter under the name Of the FL Do
RADIO Developing company, and the entire
stock of the company has been sub
scribed. The directors selected for the
first year are j. l.. Thayer. W. F. Benson.
VIM. Shriver. Geo. Ellis, John Ellis.
and A. j. HolCerman.
All the details of the organization have
been perfected and the company expects
to get to work in a short time. Two
members of the company have been sent
to the gas fields in the southeast part OF
the state to get facts concerning gas
and oil prospecting, and also to make
arrangements with gas and oil expert
to come to Ell Dorado and superintend
the work at that point.
The plans of the Augusta Gas, Oil, Min
ing and Developing company are working
out nicely and the application for char
ter has been granted by the state board.
Every detail of the company's business
has been arranged and the company is
now considering propositions from sew
eral drilling companies to drill near the
town. The company has made number
of leases near Augusta. and as soon as
a contract can be closed work on the
first well will begin.
The first inSfallment on the stock sub
scribed has been called and So per cent
of this has been paid. The company has
ample funds in the treasury to pay for
the drilling of at least two wells. AS
soon as the charter is received the con-
tracts with drillers will be signed and
active operations will begin within twen-
ty days.
over the country about Augusta. and he
has given as his opinion that a good
flow of gas will be found at no great
depth. He is also sanguine in his belief
that oil will be found.
Many of the farmers around Augusta
have experienced some trouble in getting
water that is fit to use, owing to the oil
that comes into the wells, even those
that are down less than Il hundred feet.
The work of the committee OF citizens
to get subscriptions TO the stock OF the
Wich.ta Mining and Prospecting COM
pany has been delayed somewhat because
many of the citizens who have shown a
deep interest in this proposition have
been out of the city the past few days.
Several members of the committee are
also absent
Most of these persons will reach Wich-
tia today or Sunday, and it is expected
that Mayor Mclean will call meeting
of the committee early in the week 70
take up the subscriptions. 1t is planned
that the city is to be made into districts
and the committee divided and each
member is to take a certain section or ,
the city and canvass it for subscriptions
to the stock.
1t is thought there will be no trouble In
getting the subscriptions. as many OF
the business men have announced that
they would purchase large blocks of
stock. 1t is believed that the entire stock
will be subscribed before the end of next
week. 1t is planned to call meeting OF
the stockholders and formally elect the
directors and make APPLICATION for CHAR
ter before another week passes.
Mrs. w j. Frable of 73s South Emporia |
home from Wellington last even
ing. where she had been helping tai-e
care of her father.