:02:11
Mornin', ella.
:02:12
Can you spare
a minute?
:02:14
Come in.
:02:16
This here's virge hoverton,
the banker, frank.
:02:20
Guess you know
about frank athearn.
:02:22
Good morning, miss connors, athearn.
:02:25
Pleasure to meet you,
mr. Athearn.
:02:28
This is neil atkinson.
:02:30
I'm sure you've heard
of atko oil.
:02:32
Uh, and this is, uh,
:02:33
george bascomb,
his geologist.
:02:36
Heard you've been
doin' pretty good.
:02:38
Still got a ways
to go though, huh?
:02:40
I don't guess you come up
here to talk about that.
:02:42
You got somethin'
to say,
:02:43
why don't you
just say it?
:02:47
You know,
miss connors,
:02:48
the characteristics
of this valley
:02:50
are almost identical
to what we found
:02:52
in other parts
of this state
:02:54
where there are already substantial
oil fields in production.
:02:57
Why, there could be
a lot of wealth in here.
:02:59
Unfortunately, we can't
really pinpoint
:03:01
the exact location
of that structure
:03:03
without a more complete
seismic record.
:03:05
What he means, ella,
:03:07
is they want
to test for oil.
:03:10
I'm not stupid, virge.
:03:12
I also ain't interested.
:03:13
You ought to know
that by now.
:03:15
Well, i
understand that.
:03:16
But have you given any
thought to what this means?
:03:19
Uh, hell.
:03:21
Hell, i imagine
it means
:03:23
you gonna tear
the earth apart.
:03:27
You know,
ella,
:03:29
i admire you.
:03:32
I've watched you
and your father
:03:35
give everything you had
to this piece of land.
:03:38
Now is your chance
to make it pay.
:03:40
I seen places where
they drill for oil.
:03:46
You better include my partner
over there in these dealings.
:03:48
He's got a mind
of his own.
:03:50
It's not just a question of a
piece of land or an oil company.
:03:53
The war is going
to be over soon,
:03:55
and we're going to have a lot of
building to do. We're going to need
:03:57
more energy than we've
ever needed before.
:03:59
When it comes to the land
over the needs of the people,