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and bonuses also have been received. The leases usually required 

 that a well be drilled in from thirty to sixty days, but sometimes, 

 especially in the least promising territory, six months were allowed. 

 That the field was a monopoly for no one is shown by the fol- 

 lowing list, which includes the chief operators of the district: 



Corning Oil Company. 



Denman & Thompson. 



O'Connel Oil Company. 



Brooks Oil Company. 



Caldron & Snyder. 



Sunday Creek Oil & Gas Company. 



Perry County Oil Company. 



W. B. Barker & Company. 



Cleveland Oil Company. 



Keystone Oil Company. 



W. E. Detlor. 



William Rosier. 



J. H. Van Wormer. 



Northeast Oil Company. 



Becker Oil Company. 



Allen, Sternberg & Company. 



Bolivar Oil Company. 



William McMullen. 



A. Bulger & Company. 



Corning Natural Gas Company. 



L. D. Langmade. 



Harrington Brothers. 



Oliio Oil Company. 



Cliurch Oil Company. 



Monroe Oil & Gas Company. 



Weaver Brothers. 



W. B. Irwin & Company. 



George Best & Comj^any. 



Foster & Moran. 



Fallen Rock Company. 



Ohlviler & Chambers. 



Mill Oil Company. 



Hemlock Oil Company. 



John Holden. 



Wells & Foraker. 



Longfellow & Stevens. 



Russell Metzger. 



McGee & Stewart, 



Stratton & Mark. 



National Oil Company. 



