The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1903-01-22
Prospectus Of the Fremont Co.
Oil. Gas & Coal Go. of
st. Anthony.
tical and experienced oil man.

tical and experienced oil man.
Directors.
David Breckenridge, Haden, Idaho,
well TODD cattleman and ranchman and
an old resident of the Basin,
Daniel T. Gilmore, Haden Idaho,
cattleman and resident OF the Basin
j. r. King. st. Anthony, idaho. is Il
prominent attorney of eastern Idaho
He is councillor at-law for the company
A. w Piel Parker, Idaho well-to-do
farmer, formerly interested in several
Colorado oil enterprises.
The Fremont County Oil IiaS x Coal
Company, Limited, is in no sense a
stock lobbinS or speculative company.
1t has leased 1000 acres Of oil lands
under the advice Of experts, and consid
ers them to be as productive us any
other oil fields The directors who
hold 900, 900 shares Of stock intend by
thorough and extensive development to
put the company on "A dividend basis as
soon AS possible No salaries will be
paid except to field manager until the
company is On dividend basis, and
then the expels, of the company will
be kept as small as possible
Applications for shares. accompanied
by check may he made t. ANY Of the
following officers W. T.. Mcdonald,
J. R. King, A. " piel +. Dixon Nor
ris, st. Anthony Idaho The company,
however. reserves the right to with
draw the stock from market AT any
time.
Chances of success
First Is the oil there
Our Answer Conservative oil men
say, YES. in great quantities.
Second Can the Fremont County
Oil Gas 4 Coal Company. Limited
raise sufficient money to sink wells
Our Answer. So confident are the
Directors that the oil is there, that they
will purchase a derrick and begin boring
az soon as practicable
Third. Has the company good and
sufficient right 70 possession of their oil
lands
Our answer Legal counsel has passed
upon the leases we hold and they are
good for thirty years,
Fourth. Is the management honest
! and competent
Our Answer We refer you to any
bank or business house in st An
thony, Idaho, as to the standing Of oul
officers and Directors.
Money in Oil Stock
| The stock of the keystone we'll ot
Boulder. Colorado, is selling at -,
/ sin, and / 500. 600 shares.
The Union Oil Company. of Califor
MIA stock, par value 81 per share. i
now quoted al 81 800 per share and til,
value of their product per barrel is no
one third as much as the Boulder oil
A few years ago that companvs pros
poets for large producing wells We're no
better than our companys are today
Many illustrations of the enormous val
ues of oil stock may be found by referlin.
to published quotations Of the Lo
! Angeles, Beaumont Hruston and New
Orleans Oil Exchanges
oil as Substitute For Coal
In dlscu ssing the various donesti
substitutes for hard coal The Scientific
American October 25 disnlsses elec
triclty as too costly, gas rs unreliable
because its production is itself depend
ent on the coal supply, and soft coal a
objectionable in many WAYS to those VIII
have been accustomed to the use of an
thracite. Oil however, it concludes
meets all requirements Recently in
vented oil burners obviate most of tn
objections TO the old fashioned '.oil
stove and enable this convenient fue
to be used TO the greatest advantage
Col Thomas Hamer, who has mad
large investments in Fremont County
is one of the first to purchase a larg
block of stock in the Fremont Count
Oil. Gas & Coal Company. Limited