Show the oil industry TO BORE IN washington butte copper age spokane wash twenty five thousand dollars has been placed in the custody of waldo G paine general passenger traffic agent of the spokane inland empire electric railway company as trustee by a syndicate of sixty three business men of spokane and vicinity headed by W J frank an oil expert to prospect for oil on the hench farm near lennox wash south of spokane the contract awarded to jerrard rider caudle provides for sinking a well thirteen inches in diameter and feet deep or feet below sea level the altitude is 2650 feet or feet higher than the city of spokane work has been started with an 82 foot derrick the drill being sunk twenty five feet the first seven hours among those interested in the syndicate which has leased acres of land surrounding rounding t the hench farm are jay P graves manager of the granby smelter A D jones li M davenport H L lilienthal former united states senator george turner A S king james H lewis george kronenberg W J C wakefield fred B grinnell AT oppenheimer F phair george H martin L W hutton J H spear A L white ames graham george H doerr and R insinger of spokane henry W collins of rockford and J K mccormick of palouse Pa louse |