Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-06-23
new OIL WELL
NOW ASSURED
Meeting Of Stockholders De-
cides to Contract for Well
1000 Feet Deep
CONTRACT WITH BOCCS
Expert Oil Man from Okla
homa Agrees to Sink Well
in from 60 to 80 Days

The meeting of the stockholders Of
the Jefferson OIL Co. Friday night
has done much to revive the hope of
a big oil field on the Hob river. The
assurance of we'll driven 1000 feet
if necessary leads all who are familiar
with the district to believe a how-
ing we'll will be found.
To insure this we'll, syndicate of
citizens consisting of w. J. Patter-
son. Alex Poison, Cliff M. Weather
wax, A. w. Middleton, E. X. Wood,
J. B. Bridges, Robt Durney, f. C.
Miller, Neil Cooney and Eugene
France, guaranteed a sum OF $500,
which Is sufficient to do the work.
w. J. Patterson has been appointed
general manager and things will now
progress upon firm business basis
A contract has been entered into
with c. A. Boggs of Oklahoma to
sink the we'll 1000 feet for a consid-
GRAFTON of $4,000, using the present
machinery of the company and bor-
ing about so feet from the present
hole. Additional tools to cost $500
and supplies to the amount of $1,000
will have to be purchased, thus max
ing the sum of $500 to thoroughly
test the field.
Mr.. Boggs left Oklahoma with his
drillers last Thursday and will be
here the first of the week. He knows
his business and his father, o. P.
Boggs, now on the ground, says the
we'll will be sunk to a depth of 1000
feet within 60 or 80 days, and it may
be oil will be found at a much less
depth in much less time.
The meeting Friday night was
largely attended and was presided
over by Jay D. Crary, president of
the Jefferson OIL company. Mr.. ..
p. Boggs, an oil expert, was called
upon and spoke in glowing terms of
the oil prospects in this field. He
is here in the interest Of the Foster
company, a big oil and gas concern,
and stated that his company would
undoubtedly put down test wells, but
at a much less distance from Aber-
deem than the Hob river.
Mr.. Boggs spent some weeks in the
Hob and he says he never saw bet
ter indications of oil in any of the
numerous fields in which he has op-
Grated. He says this field is 100 miles
long and 20 miles wide and there are
some good prospects anywhere in that
strip. He considered the Hob espe-
cially promising because of the oil
seepages, the oil sand and gas en-
countered and the plain anticlinal. In
Oklahoma 80 per cent Of wells bored
are successful and this field is as
good II not better than that. w.,
Mr.. Boggs said there were usually
three stratas of oil sands encountered,
One had been penetrated and the 9th.
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probably the drill was within Is or
20 feet Of oil when it broke through
the rock cap and released the gas
which stuck the drilling tools.
w. J. Patterson said he had lost
interest in the oil matter until the
report of Mr. Boggs. and that now he
felt 1t was good gamble that oil
would be found on the Jefferson prop
erty and he was willing to back the
Boggs proposition. All promotion.
stock would be returned to the treas.
ury, and that those who had paid more
than 10 cents share would receive
additional stock, and those who paid
less would return stock enough to
have what they held cost 10 cents,
thus all would be in the company
upon equal footing.
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