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Show L-8769-6 ,','" Righto of way hnvo boon obtainod in all '•' known cdsoo, 300 foot on oithor side, and in ', . no inntanoe onn " find Information that the dip would be such an to oarry ti.o deposits W A -.;.' Y -o, outsido tho rights of way. Many of tho do- 7.7 7 pooits liave boen mined out. They usually -• • run about 600 feot into tho earth, when thoy "pinch out", or contain so many "horscn" . /;,-.*, (broken boulder or atone) that the mining is ./-",",. without profit. -: w ./' •A .;.: o'A One and oil agroo that the valuo of land A ;.•'.;...,; located Just outside tho right of way of known 3/3 *..:, deposits is in no way effocted by such do- 3i"7. • .'/Y, ••. pooite moro than land covcral milos away. From ,- yy'. 7..whence comes these dopoBita no ono knows, as .•*..•••: • no undor ground explorations have been made Y,Y ;•* bolow the earth finmvros. But aa no mininR* .,-.." . . interests hnvo thought it worth while to make » •;.'•' .' Y those explorations it would Deem unwise to hold up these sales by roaoon of possibil- , "•' "•• itioa. * Geologists have reported tho probable A presenco of oil or gas in thin r.erion of .33:' • .'•:.: the Btato. About 20 nilen ea3t of here aro • Yy .• ... three wollo now in process of being Bunk. • ;•:•"'•.• 3.3 Recently I talked at length with one of tho '"'' 3A... engineers, who seemed to bo a man of much '•.••• , oxporicnoe in difforent parts of tho United States. He invitod mo to visit hiB well, sey- • /;•' . ing I was welcome to inBpoot tho "log" of his woll. I was. unablo to go, rnd ho stated he WCB then down about 1260 foot with no ia- • •> 7 •. .•••".„•; dioations of either gas or oil. Ho seemed quito to doubt tho existence of such at /••'•• *' . ; that point. • : . Y..' / I wont to another well, said to bo down •.:•.. ' over 600 foot. Tho enginoor was not com- •.".•'-,- • ' • ••:" municativo, hut did nay he had no indication oo far. Tho third well I know nothing of, ;:: ... but that no discovories hr.Vc been mado. It io known there aro some anphalt do-fl'y. fl- '• posits in the mountains above this goncral ..;..."• region where oil is' suspected. Many be- 7 ... .'•' w lievo tho indications of oil oomo from ';,_•!• y '.eeapage from these deposits, I know nothing,' '.' . ..." '• , 7 myoolf, but fool tho delay in tho onion are ; A"/ •"•,;y'• •" bdpeoOniBonifgti Btg.er e".ta/ot•.e -•rc, o mei ofcrhoime ft htehsaon saunoyp eportoobda bldeo - '7 '.7 , |