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in u»« thin was conaidered very fast work. A» Cotond Drake never mad. a practice of working on Sunday, the well wa« t !lt;» cd down from Snhirday to Monday, Juat before quitting work on Saturday afternoon the todt* we?*» noticed dropping into aarrmll lt;revive or ih ? ut . , lift*. no further in -vi sflgntirjn was m.»(U and it wa# M hour# thertf #*t* before the m that dJacOVery wamade that petroleum. the, lo*t£-«'%»4ghtfluid, had b#tu n.iMd 4 In paying quuiiU-turned over to the Sanac# OH i ornpany—un evidence of bounty \n the fact #f what ton hi not by viewed other wUm* ftma an treachery. y*b:SBmApplet omiirer Urn dlfDeuHy In difjh'taintf of the oil from ht» veil, y’olorw?! Drake made arrangement* with HaniuH #$» Kief anti Oeo: e«- Mowbray- to d'a* me of hlhpr* luebon. {•■ • ; .r* iliu# in lh** nuareat ofthe Hen*re oil rotnpurty. hi# sen aw of j»«. Me#* impel’ ng «u ilt; action ae h« 1 matingwould b._ to the prottt of hie par*n*r», atilt t rod I ti off them with the beat 01 motive*. Colonel Drake undoubtedly might have act out and aoeured valuable tract# of land—1 i •»vliHn* In could hlt;* vae^'urod the to lt;:•##«■ mt.r fund*, widrh wag a* t r#-me! y likely, tig his fro mlf* multiplied a ma singly a* soona*' h* in-id **# truck oil —but. a* Is oftentko east, f.dh«re reaped the benefit ot Idadl. oo\f*r a in: h* afterward a utter *4 tb#afcvt rcbt hardship* and bitter poverty. -^ - ;hhr was to re* eive a salary of $1 «* perv. or a promUe that w»# like many othersmade by the grt^ln* promoters, never kept and whhh would never have bent a f t* 1 w jit I, m entbw *■1 d. if lt;o bmtl Dr n It e It adnot mice* **ded in making his* great dlacoe* try. To the tieneca OH eowtfMHty a greatshare of credit for t hl» ttlgrogggy baa beenaceonbd but a # b *r i-erult;al of the fact** prove* that the principal trait of the pro -motors of thla 4NH*tgMMS?f was Nms# ingratbtude, .1 r» l to any m.»n lacking the Indomlt-abb* wHt and prt'sevyranre of CuHhhI Ikt* win. I* Drake tb#ir faktd feievvhreti an ituHmnoum.ible ataasbtitig block.••stisat t** tha4i«d #tmit I'rw-!t*m» lt;fw§crik## and%rg*.atas4 uftd# %ite *h*ii har* airiwtljng to ftcan- d in «at4‘Art. 1 E»* t# t«t“ ta ht# n#n * 01 efteh »t‘ A n s Th * aev -l e si ted n* ©f New !* ■*• :- ■'«| Tbit* war f*•*my**-»« d t o| * if * 0 : - - ?*-fbef to liteww attic if*, m t*» r of *tw»*i#slHi*I ?*?•--. k of jsa?d €*rfvlt;.»»ha- tw«»*ydSvlt;? dv'dart a#f; fat$*^?i b ***t«t hiifhed,.if Hew Maven* «-ouftty in *lt;f OpiiWNPti »bo eofitpftiH' tbttt Hfl|t trakr to vtrit thr oil t brer ugh t ht* dieugrtv--rn. ev sdei) I d* ^irt of - .iilradva.nt.'tge of tdh-r 1 xm$ wh 1 ti cdife rart e r *g ye*#*r. finally gave ? I rtempahf . nr*d« r the oi«n#l Druke m tde hi#f* ■ *# ts ?*# W*- «f * r *■** *4* ft UVI Dlt;b| |*4 •*, |fffffrf.'J8afetS .*.rc- • */ c irfel 41 . • • -U so * r ? r ^ • *, ...The oxfdtrment furroundlng the «3l«cov* rry gttvo H#lt;* to any number of con dieting atorfe*. but the motH generally accepted \ t jlon is that Mr. indth, upon pay I tig a vigit to 1H* w * il Hu re hiy «f term mm* saw an oily ffuk! ri^sng In the hole and by rr$i an*of a phsm4 of tin tiktrtfsH fsM a lt;|iiiintityof wliat proved to bt. petroleum to Urn at 1 rf ace.The in iva of t!»r dLs*‘overy spread with ftstofbsddng rapidity-• every Utah within awide radtrif? flocked to the site of the well, Iand then began iht ruah ff^r territory I whlfh trihjht Ik* lt;xpe ted to produce oil. The- wi t! was put to punipiiu; and started with a phodurUon of alndJt J* 1 hla, pet day, ‘fhrnhg toward the clows of tin yea? to r hbia.Within a short firne after the well was Ir ompletad* on October ath. a lire waa started ttum « 1’gfHt-d t-Meh eitrrird tonrear 11 tut k if oii I, the di db r and the ».b * rfek, pump hcuif c and tankage w 1* «le-wtrnyed Af this time but Huie wus known of the eowdltinns #urrounding th# produc* twtt of of), und when vow* highly nmigina*itvo ajpectatof suggested that possibly ihe |entire #urrennding *erritlt;*r.v was over asea of ml a ml gas* ami that an nxplrmtOft was liable to retsuh in wtikljmda Mjdd#*u c«aodu* from the vieiruty it • uited, The fire Wwaily burned Itmif OWt ami soon another «k*rru k was vonr true led, this* taster being often refrirtd to as the Oriyinal Drake Well*', though la error. The DU*nd tf* Oil Creek wiyi'tr the well waa located s an object of curtos.lt,y to truvouu* and at he present day a thriving pine tree stands idoso? to th# e pot where Colo net Disha^s affortg were fewartied.Thus lt;;d f’olonel Drake reveal to theworld t ii» 1pos*fbtltt'b's of petroU iirnI .title did h* fmnglno the c*?rnt to whichthe v,v«d ir.dn-dfv wudtd lm carried ‘bit,furiu-sihiug ¥Hf the p« «p!e of til)ttes and lh every cl! ft a? the greatest II* lumirpitpt cv*:T Icno #ti; it* hi tea ting th# «m •• chi*!* ry of mataifi ctnrti- and f ranrpoi tn.-tlon in every Nat utg adding untoai mil-lioi 3 to the wc«Ub of the ctvdlfhed world, and »yp#rlill\ to /m*tka; furnishing * m-ldoyn*ent in vast numbcT* of wos kni*eiand withal* giving evldenc* of a bounteful ! *r«\ tdene* which places at the lt;i is postil of irmnktml tbe most wonderful pr^NttiOia of patsUrft*. icdviag to the tngenuity andp#i ?f- \ erabre of .•***tnc genius the task ofplnrdtig ItM qualities and usHfulni *► in »ucii ; hapc that we may apprccigt# its ad* yapt^fpe#.Hueh h efrj to have U ' n the life-workoutlined for C©!ok#I K*iw m I, brakt. Hot without a hitler struggle was it to he catpmtn mu I cd, but he proved #lt;tua! to thw ta^k and to him .‘tlon* cut! Impartial hl«-t'Cjry accord the praise end credit due to th* dDeuve rfsf uf pctruieiini.a itft* #*rDRAKE ON THE SCENE« cn.,i; C?-4 ■*■'- 1*4 tlpu^ *• €UU v ^Ul'fgt#^Jf jJ« III$11 Wbfirst Planned to Sink a Pit Search of the Oleaginous Flulsi.GETTiNG TO WORKDRAKE IN POVERTY* ti* *;M* *»i;' far •-4wiS *f t*« * je--* 5d397lPKi! I^b $* id! '*'*{4 li»i«»riTlt;#•» i*i tpgtf 1 # *«;? i r»M at HP'* ts* *«».;.a- *# *eanfi V« *t Wa«a *• ; *-*■ / MM'-'akt1*, I • f»w a* .** . * *- . • «Colonel Drake Employed to ConductOperations For tho Soneca Oil Company,Tho Courageous Assistance of His Loving and Tonder Wife. Relief Appears.« * S J u Uft t-i44a#»t f-tif IxClitUl* W «*J Cf«iU u OftftN «g |tp« vl»ifit 4* !?.* #f 1 • SatA ftjsf-Wy Ud*» ♦ ,M'*« •■*4 »lt;H*» UUI (HI f*«# t:-# i#’* 4*4 »v • |«h|' t-t■-* % * »-*- l. * *f t?» ta#t *f #M t/CM **Mk t*r*Ijdj ft*i a« a * t? i • •* act*- * a»*♦•** *- * 1 « ;■*:»*••» , t- f-v..* u« »lt;#* ItM* nl i»« **it tf*«!**♦.* %lt;*• * »-« t» 4r4 ttlt; b\i4« IM a*? *t U U****r4 m *%. * p*gplfH#lng lt;IcHcd limtlr# of th# inTitu*- vliU. durd -lt; thr y#*nr b»d. Co^on#! Ln.iks* McMttf d a ?.v- H inrom«, and from I urchitMi: of o;l on com mi HtHlofi fot Schelf-fiiln Brtr.?., wftft able to uugm#nt thl# until, in lhd. di^jMJ**':d of th# pmpertf imhad ft t umularci for jirobabiy fliyofi*) or i and, broi * n in Mtn by hi* yrgra of never# hard*Hipi be left th* oil cotm-ti v i * tak« i-y hr.- tv iC.cn, *• in Now York.Tho «mftii p‘#ce of property w hic h he hadarlt;|u$r#lt;lt rome 25 acres, W'lt;n erteumbatwd With a mortgage su-.d tNiJaivT Drake wgg compelled to oli it for $lh.*»Oithe pur-i-fia?* r being Dr. A drnr I) Atkinson, whoto,.;k th 1 properly wbh Up* und» rstttndingthat if at n«y 11 m# within tho twetv#-matfth faliowlrg Dntkv could find g pur-ch:ir- = • i wUUfig to give more, the ditfrrenc*would revert to hint- ft I# recorded thatmadi a man w found, but or po#kfl#d the diifcr- nr# c f i rid both OolongI--1---iff »vl Dr, Atkbicon wtr# dtreHru ttt th# tti nractlOTi.With bln eavlnga Colon*1? Drake r«-l n I to N w York who r hr entered IntophVtfiM'Hltlp with H wifi ntnot btok#r «nd• i i A.-rlt;! it t ri 11 !y ah no pop-* ‘ ! in an unfortunnt** #p®t uliiikm inktucks. '• ’ h. .WAS IN I HUE HT It AITS.Subject to an liine^g wblc h at any time mi^rht pro-va aeri^asi an i p^sibly fatal, t'oionri Dfak« now expertttmlng tho I rttcr dreg# of poverty, and it w*« in Ihti, th* time * f hi# greal offUrtlon, that tho im abb* try ting charaj tvr of hi# noble wi'* n#»»erte«l itirif Uith but a Kiuati atitt w ch fdwi had rawbdget! to i^ve, Mr*. Dmke took her en fabled h ms bum) and family of four children to their old homo in Vrrtn mt, I»oplng agnhv-i hup* that inert' ho mirht roraiperat# and be tptrtdthe suffering from th« dreadful malady*t*tar ilglc affact.ion of the ispin#, which had sailed ppcm him Such tender devotSoB a#waa dDpht * lt;-I by Mr* Drak • for thebig ho#! piakv-iittun^d to ib# rigtjrg of providing aupport tor her children, *hotook up the work of providing for their ma» rite nahce with th# great rat courage, and fortitude, *-king out a precarious exteitm # bv rn-ourv to the duties of a yeanigtrtea,m- anwhih* administering tenderly to lb#wants of !*^r wtrivken epouec*.*n •• oh ft* . o having advised a changevl i-'caticm o that tin patient might hgv#.j m if4'# *h+4 %##» •? df E*4 .*♦ ### EJ#41# isr»* Unlf Is ni*i f*tt•- ** ’ 4 *# I*'*’ - «U '1 O* V* IV fl U* ti/*- gfl • W 1*7 ./ ♦t^gl hfl U ffttt .tM* It4ft| 4*1 f» -*« WU%W*'«WI* -: •«* *1 * *111#%?# U4 4,'- »• »f *-*a *f * lO’CH, I MtHlW h Mil *1*1 51* »w'i m *• rlt;$« « tr *-v»n t * eg** it u.* im f*r w ou »#• aemin tv*, *%*'■■*.. r.a*S*«%,)% *#81 ?•»*,«» *f . i - - * . » # *»;. *f - I iwg ftp*.. I*.* '* wt r i« t |V* *t- s M m ii 4 is a*4 ,s m #m» *t||i i* y*» ti/ av til h/r inn riuii.COPY OF DEED CEMETERY LOTIII#**, Mmrtifi by name, to com# up andit down hta well. Colon#! Drake *#tuna*din Tarrntum t Tito-tVllU and eet loink dBoniiiueUtig the «l#fillk, as hr hud »*i* thors? built In the lower country. r*1 i 11 diii Id, nn « x|m rt bitsibrrmnii,Be errur d to build the derrick, th# for which were morticed together, id In u letter written on th# bUli of Au-iat, t 'Qtrmml Drake writ re that he wa* sen Meriting ready to build the pumpN im.Rapid Work in Developing the Ter rltory. Who Profited From Drake’s Labors.Hie report# to th# company at that tltti# all with the urgent n#c**#!t.y of!fur ward mg flimnHgl ftsriMtunv#. in th#lettrt »*f Au.4Ut i$ he wrote that h* mu ' Have $tc»*u by the loth oi Sept* mlwr, ;*«money war vrTyvftOiire and conditl«ru »w the fieighborhood aurh thftt It writ* ulmoet | irnpOr*ibb* ti» **cuf# funds. The roiuguif’a|ggre#'ivi#ft with Drake hud provided furlthe payment of a yearly Mlary ot jsrad I* like- hirchiiH for egja#iift#»* but U D- \ doubtful if due*quarter thl# amount oflumm wa# ever forwftfded. tkitain it. U, ] that dyrtug Hie fgll of 11^ Colonel Draik* jwu* i'uoi|»'lh-»l to #elt; k ftihoui Til.usylilv f*»r |fund#, a fid in hb dilemma culled upon ft. JD. tddcher ttti) Cvtei W the former;-♦ R|#rrhaflt gt-d the totter ti d» uaairtt fiotttw'honr he Reriifvd art #ndor*eti|rti*tt of hi# note for tsan. which wm paid at Dkk'Sbauk Its Mead vide.ft ic*If -r* «i» *# F’^ %' 9k t i e\ i* ^ 'i I4« tft Ir? H IColonel Drake, j?the junction of MW;Mb ■lt;m*m rHd-vVTHvBATUBDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 5, 1901-DRAKE MEMORIAL SUPPLEMENT.-ft3
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Oil City Derrick
Oil City, Pennsylvania, US
Sat, Oct 05, 1901
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