Henrico County oil field prospect sparks southern wealth hopes
The Henrico Virginia oil field near Richmond shows amber oil seeping from hundreds of spots along anticlines. The Eastern Oil Company plans drilling and declares strong prospects based on geologist analyses and prior oil success stories across the country.
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Chickahominy River
Richmond
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Charleston
Eastern Oil Company
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Eastern Oil Company stock touted by multiple investors
Letters from Wilmington to Richmond and Lynchburg praise the Eastern Oil Company, recounting visits to fields near Richmond and Highland Springs Virginia. They describe oil indications, gravel deposits, and strong profits. investors report buying large stock blocks and predicting major fortunes as US oil use expands with automobiles.
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Andrew Carnegie
Rockefeller
W.S. Musselman
Gipsy Oil Co
Develiut
Henrico County
Eastern Oil Company, Inc
Richmond
Virginia
North Carolina
Ardmore, Okla
Wilmington
N .C
Kulp & Oden
The
Eastern Oil Co., Inc
American Nat. Bank
J. H. Baugh
Texas
Eastern Oil Company
Highland Springs
Eastern Oil Co
Lynchburg
Edwards N. Newman
People’s Nat. Bank Bldg
Fastern Oil Company
Dil
United States
John D. Rockefeller
H. H. Rogers
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