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Show I j j SOUTHERN- OIL FIELD. i i ,'anager of Mt. Pleasant Oil Bore Dis ) pit courses on the Zone. fijC Fred R Woodward, to whose ener-, ener-, h itlc and intelligent endeavor the pco-i pco-i jle of the State are indebted for an- hi ther organized effort to demonstrate IJipe presence of gas and oil In commer-J commer-J M'al quantity, came In from the camp ' jr the Ml. Pleasant Oil and Gas com-gny. com-gny. out of Mt. Pleasant, yesterday. ( r md over the result of his researches j date 13 quite exultant. A sample of n ie shale Into which the drill is now I VJinnAving Its way. Indeed, affords the ; ost pronounced evidence of the pres-I pres-I ce of gas at a depth of 000 feet In the It , "",co "tcoruing io data 'Jj, applied by the geological survey the y v should be found on top of the Da-' Da-' if, t?ta Bnalea which should be reached in 7 very short time. Of Its presence 'ong that horizon. Manager Wood-l Wood-l ard says everything through which Brio drill has passed affords conclusive I P t'idencc. The visitor says the uveragc 1 an- however much he may have the S terest of his commonwealth at heart V eta not grasped the real Importance of yxic Industry. In California 250,000 bar-! bar-! ihls. a.re beSnsr co"sumed each month as d .el by the railroads, the sugar fac-. fac-. t-lrics and stationary power plants J: one. To the San Pedro and other iLl ,Y'ayficlh '?cal ?,uBr plants, etc.. 'ijl in this State will, offer the same ,jv iel and Manager Woodward savs the JbYople of this State can well afford to ,1, :kc off their coats and encourage those J j ho are promoting developments. He C HI remain In the city several days p i inferring Avlth I1I3 associates. |