The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-12
THE MANHATTAN
OIL. & GAS co.

This is another of the Topeka peg
pies enterprises. Its officers are:
f. L. Dimick, president.
j. ]. O'Rourke, secretary.
G. F. Morrow, vice president.
w. H. Dildine. treasurer.
The company is capitalized for ST.
100000 at 81 per share, fully paid ana
asseSSa BILE
The Manhattan Oil and Gas company
was organized under the laws of ARR
IONA, with a million dollar capitaliza-
ton, to develop lease holdings of 518
acres in the Kansas oil field, and to
produce and market oil therefrom upon
q legitimate business basis.
The Manhattan company'S holdings
comprise 518 acres in section 81. 26. IL
Woodson county, Kansas, located In a
direct line with what is known as the
west trend of the Chanute field. and
two miles north from a nest of over 60
wells. The west trend has never yet
produced a dry hole. and is so well
are proven to come within it's lines
Among the nearest producing proper
ties on the east of the Manhattan
holdings is the Mckinley property. five
miles away, pumping ten wells, and
one of the best propositions of the field.
The location of the company's prop
erty with relation to developed tracts
and established trends is such as to
insure profitable production on the
Manhattan, but promoters have fur
Their proven the land by drilling the
first well there. This well, at a depth
of s65 feet yielded 4e feet of oil sand
with AZ feet of it producing. It is a
well of good capacity, stands full of oil
all the time and will pump close to 40
barrels a day. The quality of the oil
is far superior to the product east of
there. and keeps up the average of the
oil peculiar to the west trend" 1t
tests go per cent gravity, with an
illuminating product of IS per cent. It
is practically the very best in the field
and is the highest class in this grading.
Development around the Manhattan
| is such as to further prove I'D the
property. Every acre of surrounding
| territory is under lease and most of the
leases have immediate drilling stipu-
lations.
shares of stock in the treasury for de-
velopment purposes and will sell in the
first block offered on the market 100,-
600 shares at 10 cents a share.
The officers and directors in this COM
pany are actively engaged in oil pro-
| ducing, each owning and operating
other plants, and are thoroughly ia
| miliar with the oil business and the re-
| Quirements necessary to place COM
pany upon sound, dividend paying
basis. The money spent in developing
will bring the company almost imme-
date returns, for the Standard Oil
company is pushing its line north
| toward it's holdings as fast as possible,
and will reach their tanks and take
| their oil just as soon as they have a
production to offer them
Col. J. F. Warmer is the company s
special agent in Topeka. The colonel
| is a genial gentleman and has always
been successful promoter. having
| been connected with some of the best
enterprises in Mexico and southern Cal
ifornia. Without a doubt this stock will
go I'D rapidly and in a short time be
double its value Colonel Warmer
says that he will dispose of the stock
before sixty days. His Topeka Office
is at the National hotel.