Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1908-04-01
OIL EXCITEMENT AROUND THE
DEPOT.
trrom "Wednesday. Daily

Phoenix TO the effect that oil had been
struck in the well Of the Yavapai Oil
and Development CO., near Valley sta.
ton, twenty. seven miles from here,
caused an incipcnt riot among those
who caught the zip, cred hot OF the
wires,' in and around the y. r., +. q
=. depot, yesterday afternoon, in their
frantic efforts TO find some means of
conveyance to Valley station, that they
might take up all the available land in
the vicinity of the reported oh strike,
and in short time become second
John d. Rockefeller.
Always johnnie at the rat hole, A. u.
Taylor, assistant freight and passenger
agent, and II. u. Kohl, assistant 10 the
assistant freight and passenger agent,
were the first 90 get the tip and leave
for the scene Of tine reported strike.
Upon their return here last evening
they statcl they had stakcd out sec.
ton of land, hut as to the alleged oil
strike they "dcclincd 90 answer on tho
advice Of counsel" II was noted, how.
ever, that the olfactory nerves of those
with whom Taylor and Kohl came in
contact, upon their return, were not
assailed with the pungent odor of pet.
roleum. Wncn questioned directly, the
two prospective oil magnates smiled
knowingly, with an air that seemed Ia
intimate IL would he but short time
until Taylor bought the =. r., T.. a +.
and gave Railroad Attorney Burks a
job protecting him from paying s2o,
000, 900 fines.
Four other would.bc oil kings are re-
ported to have departed, under cover Of
darkness, last night, on handcar fol-
the scene, to get in on the ground floor
Of vacant sections of Chino Valley land
and the foothills adjacent TO the der
rick Of the oil company that is said "a
have encountered "A flow Of tdc stun
that makes the wheels go round NOR,
easily. Several others also left on q
late freight train for Valley Station
and il is expected that, unless n denia
of the rumor il forthcoming today
there will be a rush from this city anc
other places along the line of the =. +.
l.. 4 =. % the scene of the alleged OF
strike.
When questioned last evening by .
Journal Miner representative w. j
Mulvenon, "A heavy stakeholder in the
Yavapai Oil and Development company
refused to confirm or deny the rumor
as did others interested in the com
pany, some of whom professcd ignor
ancc Of the report.
Traced 20 its source by the ubiquitous
reporter, the rumor Of the oil strike wa,
found to have had rather peculiar orr
gin. A small boy, employed Mt th,
well, visited the Puntenny ranch, il
Chino valley, yesterday morning, fo
the purpose of purchasing eggs. While
there he informed Mr.. Puntenny tina
tho men at the oil well camp wcr'
greatly excited over the discovery of I
large flow of oil mixed with the waite
in the well. Mr.. Puntcnny immediate
~ hurried To the nearest telegraph of
fee and sent message, over the rail
road wires, ~ friend in the Capita
City, informing him that oil had beer
struck at the well. Telegraph opcrat
ors here and along the line heard tn'
message as IL went clicking over thu
wires. They, in turn. passed on tn
joyous news 10 their particular friends
and soon a genuine oil excitement wa
on, resulting in several parties goinI
~ the scene on the next train, anon,
whom, from this city, were Mcssrs
Taylor and Kohl.
The well il now down si5 feet AM
drilling, at last reports from the prop
erty, was progressing satisfactorily 4
the management, since the installation
Head, another prominent stockholde
in the company, who visited the proper
ty Sunday, reported that the signs 70
oil were proving better with every foo
of depth gained, but at that time a
excellent flow of water was about al
that had been encountered.