The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1860-02-09
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From ri Fi'asrilte Cratgtord Co., Pa, Gqzs1s
In accorlanee. 9Th our promise last
week, to give a statistical account Of ths
oil operations in this vicinity, we took q
"trip On Tuesday last, and visited ell the
works we could n company with cur
friend A dam Kerr who was kind enough
70 furnish a horse for us TO ride.
It is somcHhat difficult to get list OF
all'the wells in progress, with the precise
depth Of each one, as they are constantly
varying. But the following will be found
10 be nearly coueet: Bag.nnin. at the
ppser enc, two miles above town-on the
farm Of Mrs Nancy Curry. The Kerrs
9f Kerr's hill, have commenced one.
Three faulths cf mile below them,
5 Clair and Co have driven iron tubes to
{ depth Of about 60 feet, when the tube
broke near the lower end. Work sus-
pended until Spring O1e-half mile be-
low them, StelT & Short have driven pipe
b tween 70 and 80 feet
In the Borough, Moore, Chase & Co,
have reached tie depth Of 130 feet and
arc finding a new vein Of oil almost daily
and each one is larger than the one above
Their prospects are very catering and
there is no logger a doubt of their SUCCESS.
May they not reach the Lake mentioned
IN tie "-lmertcQu CItizea" Of last Week??1
Threc-fourths Of a mile below Moore, are
Barnsdail, Mead Rouse & Cos well near
400 feet, aud near them Williams, Tanner
& Co, about 10 feet The former h2s
Jumped several barrels CT oil, and with
GOOD pump tAi5 well will &c a paying in
stitution. rhey are about procuring one.
Williams has commenced pumping This
well produces strong salt water.
Next to these On the opposite side Of
the creek, Donaly, Kier Il Co. have brok-
en- tier pipe, after reaching a depth Of
80 feet and are abJut commencing anoth-
er. 0nefourth If a nile below thcu4
Allen & Johnston have found oil at the
depth Of I30 feet They have every pros
pect Of good veil
Nezt to this wilhin half mile is the
old Drake well with which the PUBLIC are
familiar Onc-fourth Of mile below the
latter, Croslcy, Sloan d Co., have a pIen-
did well lU6 feet deep, and opposite it On
the s;dc-hili Ujman 4 Co. have sunk
shaft @ a considerable depth, but were
driven qtt by the eas. There are one or
two similar shafts in progress on the same
NH, below this onc, but nothing certain
Is known about them.
At the lower NIL, mile below, Crcsley,
FLETCHER, Stackp'Ie q Co., have reached
Tue dePth OF ~ Ieet ana nave OH IN album
dance
- foas oeio" tIem' tsmtSon mas dFlV-
en- pipe ~ leet. Forty rods tnrther down,
Noble Y Dciam"ter have driven 90 or 6J
ieet one hunaFed Eo5s 2eIow tins, Mackey
q Co, Lave tuoed and bored 80 or. ~
ieet. 4 bout one hundred rods further,
" N. henderson mas tuned and bored )
leet J ana we hQsr r4moFs OF several 9th
CTS u a. have commenced, or soon will
commence operating N the vicinity Of the
abJVei bat we know of no more in active
operation until we reach Wash. n Gin.
tocks, where Kerr d Go. have an engine
and everything ready corporations.
One mile below W. NJ CIintock's, on
the lays farm, DaIzell, Living, & Wm, B.
Shugert are boring with az zpgine. They
have reached the depth OF 80 feet. Next
to them on farris' farm, Washington
Stewart y 90. are operating, but we could
not learn the particulars
heiogs y Co.'S well, about IL miles
below IIt"syiiie, IS magnificent thing.
Ihey have bored about 20 feet, and dip
OF iron one to two barrels per day, just
part OF the sand-pump. The hole IS At
Inches. They are still going deeper.
Messys. Allen, Chase 4 Co, about 800
feet below Kellogg q Co., are down about