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Show LOCAL PEOPLE WIN IN DRILLING OIL WELL NEAR VIRGIN HOLE DRILLED IN TWENTY DAYS HAS y GOOD OIL FLOW Word was received in Milford Tuesday, Tues-day, that A. G. Burnham, of the Burnham Oil company, had brought in a nice little oil well for the stockholders. stock-holders. This well is located a little over a mile from the village of Virgin, in Washington county. The interested inter-ested parties are all Milford people, Geo. Jefferson. D. A. Baxter, Sam Cline and Mr. Burnham. The well is estimated to be one of from 30 to 40 barrels a day. No steps have been taken as yet to shoot and enlarge the well. The concern, recently taking steps to incorporate, own 80 acres of land upon which the well is located. The men plan to put, about 50 wells on the land, or at least one to tbout every 300 feet- The present pre-sent well was their first try on the land, and the well was brought in only at about 550 feet after a brief twenty clays of drilling. James Oil Well No change has been reported in the status of the local well, known as the James oil well. Walter James was seen this week but as he had been away for about five days, he was not able to give out any further information informa-tion that which has been reported- |