Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1905-06-10
LIFETIME OF POVERTY
THEN A WINDFALL
sporty meeane FAILURES AND YEARS or
WANT DISCOVERS An OIL WELL woRTH MILLIONS

Butler Pa June 0.-"spotiy' Nc.
bride the oil prospeciur. had a career
Of poverty mighty hard work ana the
limit Of bad luck Nov he has wealth
even beyond the dreams taat kent him
hopeful and Industrious through an
the wears. hn has been enriched by
eh' ~ the greatest Strikes" In the
history ~ The famous Pennsylvania
oH Fields. Nothing Ike the Mcbride
wcil has thrilled the Oh REGIONS for
twenty years. 4 D. called The Marie.
Y le only request that "Suouy" mndo
~ hla partners was that che we'll
mlahi De- named iu honor nf his nine.
yraroid daughter She had sfcadfast
faith IN hc father When faiiuraa
accumulated and the future leaked
hlHctesi she had childish confidence
that there was a good time coming
Ana when you do strike ble we'll
daddy You viii namc 81 for me. won't
youq' she said.
stalwar Mcbride. looking down IN
o. the eyes of the little optlmlst. a..
snfed her that the well should hear
her name. Though oppressed hy hard
inck no was inspired by her faith that
the strike elusive and Ions deferred
as % was. would yet be- made.
'snntty' q Isaac y. Mcbride. lie
got IN" nickname years ago because
oi The ireckles that dot his face.
IN telling nov Ot his experience
apniiy SAYS. II drilled twenty-five.
Wells n my time and uui nf the whole
Tot sold thirteen barrels of OH"
ln the Coyleavilie field he invested
sl4,unp without getting q barrel of oil.
AZ jefferson Center $1,000 Was sunk
in a year without results Iu an. men
who backed hls ventures lost s1OnOO
Every dollar that Mcbride could lay
DTS hands ou went the same way
siill ho pcrspycred
Back in 1850. C. u Angel ran an
of line from Wellshurg n. y. to Inc
Cali 0f Mexico. o. 10 known as Inc
io.dogrDo luo. Mcbride worked
along that line confident that hn
would gri oi, despite bis unhrokeu
snries 90 busters
This line led him to the Waldron
farm. al-0uf three miles from the court
house in this ciy O. was formerly
owned by J a Ehmer. who died eight
cen years ago IN bis last days
Elmer said 90 his sons You sink e
we'll hack of thc barn and sou will
hnd plenty of oll' The sons had NO
confidence iu the old man prediction.
They knew that there were number
Of worthless wells ln the ncighbor.
hood. 3is years ago ihey sold the
farm 10 Dr. o. X Waldron for 81 500.
Recently Mcbride came along aud
leased b tor oil prospecting purposes.
DR. Waldion was to gut one.eighth Of
tnc production
The test we'll would cost S. 200
Ncnride's friend Peter y. McCool of
Butler, offered to put up an the money.
Mcbride would NOT have Co. tie ala
nui want bis friend to risk 40 large
an amount % was finally arranged
that FuneEan a. HinchbeFger. Oh men
Of Pittsburg. should invest 81 zoo and
get half Interest McCOO contrib.
uted the balance aud g0t quarter
interest Mcbride a. driller and pros.
pcctOr was awarded quarter inter.
est They leased 300 acres nf land
around tho yell
Mcbride and his partners were
there to see the well come in At the
third sand there were signs of OIL
bat nothing 20 hrag about Mcbride
WAS hopeful His partners gave up
their money as lost They became
frivolous. They ioked Mcbride about
bis duster lie having worked for
two days and nights in his anxiety 10
see the result couldn't see the point
Of the Jokes. he said nothing. but