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Oil Creek Petroleum Company, Eureka, Humboldt County

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Stock & Bond - Mining Start Price:30.00 USD Estimated At:60.00 - 80.00 USD
Oil Creek Petroleum Company, Eureka, Humboldt County
SOLD
35.00USDto i*********1+ buyer's premium (8.75)
This item SOLD at 2018 Oct 20 @ 09:45UTC-7 : PDT/MST
SHIPPING & HANDLING: Shipping and Handling cannot be estimated prior to invoicing, based on the size and weight of your purchase. All shipping is subject to a minimum charge of $19.00. If additional shipping and handling costs are required, the buyer will be reinvoiced for the balance due. Items are not shipped until the invoice is completely paid. Many buyers purchase a number of lots. Every effort will be made to include all lots in a single shipping charge calculated to cover the weight and size of the package(s). NOTE: Some shipments (of unusual size, dimension, or weight) may require sp...
Bear River District! Unissued. Incorporated may 30, 1865. Near perfect. Oil field vignette. Smaller native American vignette on side. Listed in Humboldt County, Cala. Printed by Agnew and Deffebach. "We learn from a gentleman lately from the Oil Creek Petroleum Company's well, that their operations arc progressing satisfactorily, and that each day's work affords additional encouragement and greater promise of ultimate success They have now Hunk their well to the depth of 185 feet," and are passing through a strata of shale, in which oil is plainly and continually perceptible. The volume of gas coming from the well is large and increasing. The greatest confidence is entertained, not only by those interested in the company, but by others whose opinions are of value, that success will soon attend the operations of this company. [Sacramento Daily Union, October 9, 1865] Prag Collection. City: Eureka, Humboldt County State: California Date: 186- HWAC# 79709