Salt Lake Tribune | 1896-08-31 | Page 1 | New Oil Fields

NEW OIL FIELDS tennessee and kentucky wells giving largo large yields cincinnati aug alls SO 0 in the new neur oil ell fields of 0 tennessee and ana southern kentucky the standard oil company during the past wk completed two urge large age afre tanks ranks on oil the obey river albirty ive five miles nest cst ot of rugby station on an the queen crescent railroad which will hold bold nearly barrels oil lines abc laid to wells within n a few ew miles ot of the tanks lanka which include the boba ear bar well w holcli opened up the neld by making a low flow ot of a barrel a minute of 0 oil worth 1 15 per binel barrel tile the other wells are the lacy icicy the rock hock honse Tr inise bolles arld stones nos Os I 1 arld and I 1 the field has its center at the junction ot of and overton counties and runs run across the kentucky line hue into wayne county kentucky Rent lickY and adjoin ill ing counties the standard oil 01 company operating under the names of the forest oil company and the south th pennsylvania 0 oil if company leased acres of 0 land and JIBS lit fee it lias has nun eyed a pipe line from tills odd field to the west lines line the cudallas Cu dallys and the henry oil company of chicago Clile aiM are largely interested also duke and appleby ol of dukes conter center pa li C corbin colbin of findlay and other oil men