Mont Leon Natural Gas Field Promises Ground Floor Wealth
Mont Leon Natural Gas Company forms with one million capital to develop the field near San Antonio. Investors are offered tract lots with stock, a 26 000 development fund, and staged returns from $35 to $160 investments. The plan promises ownership in land and potential large profits as gas development expands in the ridge area.
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America
San Antonio
Mont-Leon
Southwest
Mont Leon
Gas prospects near San Antonio cited in 1912 letters
Correspondence from San Antonio shows F W Cook and J H Savage affirm gas exists near the Frio Road and near Moore Building property with potential for profitable piping to the city. J H Kirkpatrick Co notes a principal well producing about 600 000 cubic feet daily and a likely market in southwest San Antonio.
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San Antonio
Tex
J. C. Bland
Moore Building
City
Cohen
Messrs. Hamilton and Swain
Frio Road
J. H. Savage
Jhk-M
J. H. Kirkpatrick
Gas well near San Antonio could supply city with profit
A 1912 letter from Van A Webster to Globe Fire Insurance outlines a gas well about 300 feet from land to be controlled. A gas expert tested the flow, gauge reaching roughly 300 pounds in fifteen minutes, suggesting the location could profitably supply San Antonio.
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San Antonio
Tex
J. C. Bland
Moore Building
Texas
van A. Webster
Land near San Antonio offered for factory town site
Guinn and McNeild Attorneys at Law report land eight miles southwest of San Antonio with two major railroads along its southeast boundary. The site features elevated topography, a potential lake east of the land, good water depth, and proximity to rail hubs ideal for manufacturing. Dam on Leon Creek suggested to create a larger lake, though sale prevented construction.
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Guinn & McNeild Attorneys-At-Law
San Antonio
Tex
Messrs
Hamilton
Leon Creek
IDG
J. J. D. Guinn
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Commonwealth Investment Co
Central Texas National Bank of
Waco Waco, Tex
F. FE. McLarty
SAN Antonio Drug Company Wholesale
van Webster
F. W. Cook
G. Bedeld Moore
Mer
J. H. Kirkpatrick CO
Globe Fire Insurance Company
Gibbe Building
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