Show MOUNT PLEASANT BOOM People in That Thriving Sanpote Community Have Oil on tho Brain The oil boom of Mount Pleasant Is on the eve of consummation The machinery ma-chinery with which the work Is to be carried on arrived at the depot yesterday yester-day morning and will be unloaded today to-day The machinery consists of l drill and a large stationary engine The work will be commenced on the elevations eleva-tions about two hiiles southwest of the city and If necessary the boring will bo carried to n depth of about 2000 feet The export who examined the field < several weeks ago Is confident that oil abounds and he reports all the indications indica-tions as being most favorable The machinery ma-chinery baa been on the road from Ohio about two months and during that time the Inhabitants have thought of nothing noth-ing else and talked of nothing else When the train with the machinery pulled into the depot yesterday morning morn-Ing there van the greatest Interest and the early excitement over the prospect was revived People who hold some of the stock < of the company would not part with It now at any price although up to this morning they considered It merely In the light of a wild speculation The sight o the machinery has stimulated Inter emit In the venture to tho fever point and the stockholders fancy they can almost sec the oil gushing from the ground Oil is the one subject of their dreams and conversation and they are confident that I Pleasant will be the center of the greatest oil fields of the West WestI Is not certain when the boring will commence but the men behind the yen ture are not losing a moment I wi take tome time to haul the machinery to the ground and there Is consldorabi to buy yet In the way of smaller sup 1 plica before the grat engine can be I operated Everything I however la ready for the start The engineer fireman fire-man and the other employees who will operate the drill have bten engaged and no time will be lost getting to work |