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Show SIGNIFICANT BET ON OIL AT PROMONTORY A bet of $20 was placed by a local oil man yesterday that In twenty-four hours ho could report with twenty gallons gal-lons of oil from the field at Promontory and Immediately he was headed for the locality. The gentleman, without any attempt ! o mislead tho specta tore confessed con-fessed that his wager had reference to theasphaltlc discharge fromthc bor0 on the property of the Promontory Oil and Asphalt company. This has been thin-nlng thin-nlng out very rapidly an depth has been attained, it was aubBcqucnUyrn tircuinpruv- uu 1 lsWv .lonuns Bcawwiffcaruxday, and will, It Is said, classify only as an oil. To the disinterested It looks as if the gentleman who volunteered the wager wa-ger would draw down the money. Meanwhile the flow from tho well Is becoming quite significant and not a Icy,' experts recognize ltj as positive assurance as-surance that the ultra-article will be found below. In the Union company's field lumber for equipment l now arriving, while Mr. Mann, who is to construct the derrick. der-rick. Is upon the ground prepared to rush the work. |