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Show AX OTHER SHIFT PUT TO WORK OX OIL PROPERTY Wurd has reached this city to the effect ef-fect that the second shift has been put to work on the drilling outfit of tho properly operated by M. II. 'Bullfrog" Clark. This drill is going down at the rate of 100 feet a day. and within a reasonable rea-sonable length of time It will be definitely known whether that section Is golnfr to produce the oil in paying quantities. Clark has amassed a fortune In the mining fields of N'-ada. and has shown his confidence con-fidence in the ability of that virgin country coun-try to eventually produce oil by placing a considerable amount of money Into i equipping some of the ground with a rig l and drilling outfit. I lie has Increased his operating oxpenso 1 and placed more men to work on the properly, with the view of ascertaining ! as quickly as possible whether or not the country has the oil stratums In quantities thnt will pay to pump. Possibly a gusher may be encountered at considerable depth, and should this one well come in jrood and stromr. some great things will happen hap-pen on short notlco down In the Virgin country. |