The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-21
OIL SCOUTS WILL
USEAERORLbNEIN
SOUTH AMERICA 4
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Seventeen American Oil Men
VIII Go Up River
Magdalena.
PRIVATEIRA!NAIND'YAG
Trip VIII Require About
Two Months And Starts
From Pittsburgh.

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PITTSBURGH, Jan. 21.-seventeen
American otlgmen, seven Of them Pitts
bnrghers. win penetrate the far in
land recessess of Columbia for the pur.
noses 81 Oil exploration. They will
81 accompanied by one Colombian and
me MEXICAN and will start from Pitts-
6,irRh IL q private train on TUESDAY.
4 win he the first trip of the KIND
aver made! 30 far as known, by Am
ericaf OH men. "a great hydroplahe,
which VIII carry the party nearly avn
mics nj the River Magdalena through
tiarkest Columbia, will be waiting
al an n tie port of Barranquilla. Al
Ter m exploration OF the rich oil fields
81 ffiat country the party will 80 on
ia RoEota. thence pursue its way over
lie rsmainder Of its itinerary, which
il vefyS extensive! With the Oil men
S5iIi ia Chancellor Samuel Black NC
tsormick Of the University OF PITTS
h,fra1h andaDr! u. w. Swope OF Pitts
hnrsii. Who will be the official physi-
.s;aii +nakinglnine Pittsburghers In all.
Nnt only viii the oil fields OF CO.
.lwS6iSia bsSexplored, but the Mexican
OH holdings ofs "a: Z: Beneapm 4, = r r.
srrees. q. 3: Crawford ana Nj. az. ~.
preat Pittaburghers, and the a NM
three ofFwhom will be In the party WI
be inspected. When asked yesier.
day concerning the danger OF g9lhs
into Mexico at this time Mr.. Beneo liI1
said ne did not elieyel the party W ISat
be running any great risk, put, mat nay
al any rate. sthe trip has to be MADE,
and that isSall there is to It.
with the party as special legaI 1,, aI-
WISER viii 80 Attorney John .: Mei-
Ter. HeEWiIIs the up-to'aate
a III as far as Bogota, Column
Iii. where he will attend to legal de,
fasis bearing on the acquisition OF
ffe Columbian oil fields. The mem
hers 81 The party were jubilant yes.
ferday over the results which they ap,
nearsd to BE a unit in believing Wouia
sle private train will take the par
ri from Pittsburgh to New Orleans
In. There the private yacht Diana,
97s Rect long, manned by crew OF
* VIII carry them to the Gulf ports
~ Mexico. the Carib bean Sea ports OF
panaIna columb iat and Venezuela, otn-
~ South American seaports, the ISL
anda aflirffnid lad Z Jamaica, Porto Rco'
.e'T,1a and Nassau. The Diana Is the
5riSfe yacfit OF Ledyard Blair, presi-
dent of Blair e. Co., New York bank
'srs and brokers, railway magnate. !,
stSIessrs Benedum, Trees, Crawford
and Treat have large oil interests IN
fhe states OF Tamaulipas and vera
G,s,5 Mexico. lid Mr.. Weller yester-
say with the chief loading station
Il sTnxnafn where vessels a mile out
N dc euifS are loaded at the rate OF
4nnl9flll barrelsfa day. They are inter
esfed M Penn Mex. Fuel company,
SsIfth has now afnumber of producing
wells. the largest of which has a pro-
dn ,s,i capacity of $4,000 barrels a
dav. ME OH feld DIS of Columbia, which
<ys sfnoigs those we, shall explore, con-
esst a 5000 square miles, all covered
lsy q concession granted by the gov
einmenf 81 Columbia to Roberto De
Mares IN March, 1906"
Il Il Significant that in the party to
make the trip will be Roberto ae
Mares 81 co1umb ia, the man who Oh:
fo5nei the concessions from the 20.
,,,I,sanF government. tits understood
TetaSis vim be closed by the Pitts.
fnrrh oil men and Mr.: de Mares anu
that oSeratio will be started within
three months: :.
aThere arayast surface seepages OF
nil ia Inc fields Of Columbia" con-
fined ME- Weller, varying in grade
rom rom, t6e iiighi GRANTEES down to the
eneI al erayitie les, These oil fields are
< ,eia reach ofl the Magdalena River
and that isFwhy;we have to $50 up tnat
III 81 10 make our explo ttonG our
5,ydroplane has a speed OF DO 70 6o
~ nile lses m hour. (which will be some
EyF6s FromSsurface indications these
SeIds are believed to be the largest
IN me world. When we are through
in eoinnffSia we shall go on to Yene'
z n aud Costa Rica and thence over
7he remaihder OF our itinerary.
Tine trim will REQUIRE about Two
,nonths. Those in the party Will be
III. &. Benedum, Claude Benedum, J.
r. rflrees. Graham Trees, George w.
rasgford. "a! nj Crawford, Mr.. Weller,
pr. SwopeE and Chanc ellor McC ormick,
AZ Pittsbdrgh; u 3: Crawford OF OIL
city. Pa; Fay Harrington OF Titus
vile. Pa. Don leonard and John w.
i,eonard Of washington, Pa; n. e.
cfaham OF East Brady, Pa; w. G..
coles and D. Restrepo Of New York;
II. Heasley Of Tulsa, Okla; Mr.. do
Mares ofsGolumb ia, and William Woo
hatz of Mexico City, Mexico.
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