Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 62
shot, and responds with anotherbrief gush —and again stops. Packing is resortedto, but without success. Finally, pumping is tried,and our well, we will say, now yields a fair quantityof beautiful amber oil of the finest quality. But almost every well is more than an ordinaryoil-well, for a time; it… … If a new well proves to be a gusher, theprice of oil is lowered; if but a small pro-ducer or a dry hole, prices go up. So, bykeeping secret the character of a new well,those on the inside are able to take advan-tage of any changes that occur in the price ofoil through the rumors which immediately…
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