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STRUCK OIL
The Provincial Natural Gas Company Finds Oil in Humberstone
[Welland Telegraph. 11 December 1891]
Food for a new boom has been discovered in the township of Humberstone. Several weeks ago the Provincial Gas Company struck oil at a well on Peter Storm’s farm at the depth of 887 feet, but the matter was kept very quiet until all the property that could be obtained in the vicinity was leased.
The oil is said to be a first-class sample of petroleum, equal if not superior to the Pennsylvania product. Another well is now being put down in the marsh of Mrs. Troup’s property, just north of where the find was made, and if this should pan out good oil there will likely be a boom.
Arrangements are being made, and some of the appliances are already on the ground for pumping, but the capacity of the well cannot be determined until the pump is started.
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