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_ After month* of ceaseless *Sort the officers of Tbe Oeorgla Petroleum Company aroablo to aaboance that the drilling 'ot the first nU'well In Georgia has started. TheaaJKttbllu&of drilling'tools. machinery and thousand! of feet of heavy pipe has been
yn.ii task, but at last we have all material on our properties and our crew of drillers are now at work alhklng.our first fwtfll.toths oil formation, and base.reached a depth Of *00.feet. Every hour now pute us nearer tbe oil formation and makes the . stock of
tfcnwtny more yafuable. ■ — 1 . — 1
While we fblly expect to encounter this oil formation at a depth of about 1.3W feet, we hare-provided'sufficient pipe to-elnk the well something over 1.600 feet, thns Insuring a thorough test of the property In any event.
With the drilling of Its flrst well now under way. The Georgia Petroleum Company, assumes a pre-eminent position among tbe larxe and prosperous Industries of the South. When our drill taps the-storage vaults of nature and releases therefrom the prs-
dows oil which has made more millionaires and mnltlmtlltonaires than any other product or nature, and when .this golden flood,of-wealth shall-burst forth, as an oil gushsr. The Georgia Petroleum Company will atand head and shoulders above any other similar
enterprise of the South With 13000 acres of laud under lease and being In control Of 100,0011 additional• acres,' this company Is destined to become the largest Independent oil company IQ the United.States. , No .other Independeot compshy has so vagt a property
uot“sobrtgbt a foturs- No other tadependeat eompany has the markets of the world at lts.doora saw* ham. Operating a* we do within ninety- miles of Savannah. H-wfll be Impossible for the Standard Oil monopoly or anx other trust to control ui.' -
At soon as «ur.development work baa progressed to the point where we have our product lu marketable shape, the stock or The Georgia Petroleum Company will asaumo a place In the financial world similar to that occupied by the stock of the Standard
OT o0 Tb«^l wtU’gTasn* Ms opportamt^ofMeeting a small amount of money In this company's stock while ft can be secured at rock bottom figure*, stand to win small fortune* In a few months' time. The history of theoU industry shows more - fortunes
made quickly than does the history of. any other Industry of this country. TTiIrls your opportonlly lo get In on the grounjl llooir of an enterprise which will la the next few weeks make history In Georgia. The opportunity Is limited. You must act quickly.
Stock to Advance to 35c
Feb. 1.
The board of directors of the Oeorgla Petroleum Company, at tka)r
meeting held Janusry It. decided to offer to.peo shares of tbe treasury
stock of this company at 35 cents per shays' All 35 cent stock, 1» to be
taken off the market as soon as this,email block hks been Mid. hot lb any
event the price of stock will be Increased to 35 cenle per ehsre at midnight
Tou are, therefore, offered, for a'Vsry limited time; the oppor
tunity of a lifetime to secure stock 'nthls company at 35 esnte par share
(par value 11.00), which, upon tbe completion of our first oil wall In .the
next three weeke, will Jump by bounds to 33, 51, 15 and 15 per share.
Never before were Georgians offered the opportunity which la now
offered them of participating In the development of an enterprise which
not only meane the making of many personal fortunes, but which also
means more to the state fhtn anything else that has ever been underta
ken In ft.
You ran net act too quickly in sending In your order for stock In this
great enterprise. Remember, ws have only 10,00* shares available at tht
present price. Remember, yon Invest your mousy In this company’s stock
warns* rorr
SPECIAL NOTICE!
It will be Impossible for me to see the many Atlanta parties who are Interested In this grsat
proposition, as I have but a very limited number of shares of this stock which can bo sold at the pres
ent tow price, 35 cents per share, and a vary limited time In which to get around. Any parties Interested
Yi taking thomatterupwlthme ehould drop me a note In care of the company, making arrangements for
a time when I can seothem or by call up Bell phone Main 4100.
It. O. FOARD, General Agent.
. now.wlth the knowledge that you have but Tht** - weeks
making a turn on tt and that a few hundred dollars Invested In this stock
at this time may mein a small fortune for you Inside of the next month.
By the flrst of February, at which time the price of stock will ad-
vanoe, oar flrat well will be nearing the oil formation. 'The closer we get
to tbe oil formation the more valuable dees our stock become.
Immediately upon tapping the oil reeervolr all stock will be taken off
the market and none of It can be secured at any price, except by stock
holders of record on that date. Your opportunity, therefore, of getting
In on the ground floor of this company Is very limited. You must uct
quickly If you desire to participate In tho development of this Georgia
oil Held. :
Conclusive Evidences
of Oil.
Crew of Drillers Drilling the First Georgia Oil Well
Nine-tenths of the great oil fields of the country have been discovered "
by reason of oil springs from which crude oil was found tu be flowing.
Just as a water spring Is an evidence of an underground supply of water
so Is an oil spring conclusive evidence of su underground deposit of oil.
Not only he* this company numerous oil springs on Its properties from
which high-grade petroleum Is flowing, but there are many other evidences
of a deposit of ell on and around our properties. Water wells have had
to be abandoned because of tbe presence of oil In the water. Artesian
wells have been drilled st great cost, only to be abandoned because the
water was made unfit for use by the breaking through of oil.
These and many other evidence! of the existence of an oil field have
been Investigated carefully by the offleers of this company, with the result
that we are prepared to say that the Georgia l'eiroleum Company has
•very Indication of the existence of an oil Held that any other company
has had before wells were sunk to the source of supply.
Conclusive Geological
Indications.
Not only hsythe Georgia Petroleum Company the advantage of the
existence of numerous ell springs throughout the territory on which we
shall operate, but we have the further advantage of the assurance of em
inent geologists anil sclrntlata that vast beds of cretaceous formations
underlie our properties. The three essential conditions for the accumula
tion of crude petroleum In commercial quantities are as follows: First,
a source of oil, which may be deeply buried animal or vegetable matter.
Second, a porous rock, acting as a reservoir. Third, an Impervious cover-
Idg. We quote herewith 'extracts from the report of Professor 8. W. Me-
Callle, assistant state geologist of Georglk.' Who has made a thorough ex
amination of our properties and has given us an exhaustive report, which
ahows that the above conditions are all present on our properties: First,
“That there nre deeply burled beds of cretaceous rocks underlying the
regions here under consideration, containing organic material, can not be
doubted." Second, "The second condition shove given as essential to the
occurrence of oil In commercial qqantltles also probably occurs In the cre
taceous aeries of rocks underlying all or much of Jefferson county."
Third. "The third condition Is found In the heavy beds of cretaceous
clays, aa well as In the thick stratum of tertiary marls. All of the es
sential conditions for tlie occurrence of oil In commercial quantities,
si above pointed out. appear to be present In the locallt^Mehere oil has
been found near Louisville." That Is what Profeasor Mrf^QUe says.
Dr Edgar Everhart, A M Pli T>. chemist, to the Geological Survey of
Georgia, has made an analysis of the all obtained from our properties,
which shows that It Is high-grade crude |>elmleum, excelling sny other
crude oil produced In this colratry In every particular.
The above Is a reproduction of a photograph of the floor
of our mammoth 85-foot derrick showing the crew ot
drillers at work In sinking our flrst well. These men
are experts In their line of business, having had from
fifteen to twenty-five years' experience In drilling oil
walla In the Northern fields. They were brogght to
Oeorgla by this company ax enormous expense,-from the
oil fields of Illinois, the most recent addition to the oil
Helds ot the country and the most productive. The Illi
nois oil field wsh opened up on the strength of a water
well dug to a depth of some seventy feet on which a
mere scum of oil was noticed. A woH was drilled on the
farm near this water well to a depth of same 1.300 feet
two years ago. Today Illinois produces mure oil than
any other state In the Union.
The properties nnd surrounding* W The Georgia Pe
troleum Company ligvc not one butrrtwtnty-more pro
nounced evidences of oil than existed In Illinois. Not
only can we show you wells which have been aban
doned because of the presence of * II. hut we esn »how
C >u springs from which there la a constant flow of oh.
hlch analysis shows to be of very much higher grade
than that produced hy Illinois.
Enormous Dividends
Soon in Sight
We believe, therefore, that we have absolutely, proven beyond any
reasonable doubt, that beneath our properties there exists a deposit of
crude petroleum 'of such magnitude as to make the Georgia Petroleum
Company one of the most wonderful dividend payers and distributors of
wealth ever organised In tbe B'Ulh. # .
Ws are confident that the drilling of our flrst well Into this Crs-
taceour OU-betrlng rock' will cans* a flow of the precious crude oil which
will mean the revolution of tha entire business fabric of Eastern Giorgio.
We believe that this company Hands on the threshold of an Industry
such as ths South has svsr known. . We believe that when this first
wen, which we ere drilling, taps the oil rock, there Win flow from the
bowels ot ths rarth s supply of crude petroleum which will place In cir
culation In the South mtlltonm and millions of new wealth and wtU pay to
the fortunate stockholders of the company millions of dollars of returns
In the next decade. Such at least hus been the history of other oil fields,
the evidence of whose existence was not nearly so stroag as Is ths evi
dence of'the existence of this Oeorgla oil field.
Business Men Among Our
Stockholders
Is It any wonder, therefore, that many cf ths best business men oi
Savannah. Augusta, Atlanta and other localities of Georgia end ths South
are placing hundreds of dollars with this company In the purchase of
our stock while It can be secured at 35 rents on the dollar? Such well-
known and conservative business men as Mr. John Hunt*. senior mem
ber of the Arm of Hunter. Pearce A Battey, jnd Mr. Wright Hunter, of
Savannah; Dr. W. H. Doughty. Jr., ot Augusta, one of the South’s beet
known surgeons; Col. Charles H. Withrow, principal of Ihe Academy of
Richmond - county, - of—Augusta; E.—9-—Hook.- of—Augusta.
formerly editor ot the Augusta Chronicle end well known throughout the
state; Mr. R. o. Foaid. a well-known business man of Atlanta, and oth
ers, have personally Investigated all the elalns of this company and hare
c .onilm.d In a thorough manner our properties, with ihe result that
they have purchased largo blocks of our stock and have recommended us
tn ttietr friend* it* having tr proposition worthy of the support of every
Georgian and one whteh they believe will prove In a short time to be.one-
of the South's treatest Industries.
The direct .result of the above gentlemen's exsmlneUon and reeorn--
mcndatlor. hCs been the enrolling of over seventy of tho loading business
men of Savannah, over eighty or the most conservative business men of
Augusta, and scons if others among flur stockholders. We have letters
from a number of these gentlemen, copies of w hich we will be gled to
send you. i ■ ■
Mr. Wright Hunter, after attending a meeting of the directors lott
week, rays: "I w as both pi .-seed and surprised by what I saw. Ths
surface Indications are fine and f believe that oil In paying quantities
ran be found. All of the directors were In high hopes over the outlook."
This Is What Oil Means
to Georgia.
Board of Directors on Property—Ready for Work—Pipe in Foreground*
Derrick in Background.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
WRIGHT HUNTER .SAVANNAH
President Savannah Colton Exchange.
E”rTFARMER LOUISVILLE, OA.
Cashier, Bank of Louisville.
WM. P. LITTLE LOUISVILLE, QA.
Of tho Little & Clark Co,
JNO. R. PHILLIPS Louisville, Ga.
Of Phillips & Phillips, Attorneys.
JOHN P. GILMORE Brooklyn, N. Y.
Retired Wholesale Merchnnt.
HORACE E. FRAME ...Atlanta
OTTO G. TAOUE Atlanta
Oil Operator of Ohio and Pennsylvania.
OFFICERS:
OTTO 0. TAOUE President.
WM. P. LITTLE Vice President.
L. R. FARMER 'Secretary and Treasurer.
PHILLIPS A PHILLIPS General Counsel.
JAMES TAGUE Superintendent.
•t 12.50 will purehaxe 50 shares, par value t 50.00
25.00 will purchase 100 shares, par value 100.00
50.0() will purchase 200 shares, par value
75,1k) will purchase 300 shares, par value
100,00 will purchase 400 shores, par value
2IKMHI will purchase 800 shares, par value
■'100.00 will purclinse 1200 shares, par value
400.00 will purehase 1600 shares, par value
500.00 will purchase 2000 shares, par value
200.00
MOO.tkl
400.00
800.00
1200.00
1600.00
2000.00
ADDRESS:
THE GEORGIA PETROLEUM CO.
926-27 Candler Bldg.
PLEASE MENTIO
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a
Atlanta, Georgia.
THE GEORGIAN.
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INDIAN TERRITORY
AND COLORADO
RICH IN OIL
• ^ ,
Royalties Paid to Indians Run
Into Large Figures,
Annually.
ENORMOUS OUTPUT-
The development of the Tulsa. «-y-'r~,
Holdeavin*. KaUyvIU*. Brlstaw aaS CM,
sea district* Of me ladled Termer? Is
weadartuL A faw yasrs age nooeaaver hw-
atlaad that tha richaat ctl reservoirs of
U» Southwest x.ra to ta Aracovarad In
this wild couimyVrod.r tnata ar* huiT
drada of walla rlsUlfcs millions ef har
tal* or ell per annum, making the Indians
rich barond their tandast dr asms.' Is «n«
laauaca, a Util* (trl of twelve years ef
as* la neatvtag a royalty of tan hundrad
aa* twalra thouaoad dattais a roar from
tha output ef tha walls sa forty nans of
load loft bar hy her yaraota. In aaany
other I BO tames, what* oahr on* won has
hoan sunk, on a tarty er ops hoadrad aad
sixty acre taction. aa Income aqua] ta
that of a merchant crime* la dartvad by
tha Indian holding tho land sadar Oor-
arasnanl protection. Tha aatput cf aamw
C M walls ih the Tulsa dWtrtat Is auit-
Tha oil man down than think a
thou Band barrel* a day a poor showing,
ant watt yielding batwaaa thro* and toss
SsrWSKST SPL8NGP&Z
about *w*_ thousand .denary one can
natty aaa. tha Mtracttvssaro <3 Oil* Said
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