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Oil Wells of Western PENNSYLVANIA.
TITUsvILLE. Pa, April 10, 1860.

| 1ITUSVlLTE. Pa, April 10, 1860.
After a weeks journey along the whole Of
Oil Creek and portion Of the Allegheny river,
in that region of Western Pennsylvania,
where at this present time, there is so much
interest being felt regarding the recent dis
coveries Of oil, propose to briefly give you
some facts which have been an eye witness
of, and which your renders can rely upon.
AT Titusville are the BarnsdAle and Cross
| ley wells, the former | l6 feet deep, and Weld
ing an average of twenty barrels of oil per
day; and the latter 40 feet deep, ard yield
| ing an average of seventy barrels Of oil per
day. Blow Titusville, the next well we
come TO is The Stockpole well, lac feet deep,
| yielding fifteen barrels of oil per day. and
promising finer show. Three miles below
Titusville, the st. Clair. and the Donnelv &
Dalzelle wells have struck oil, the indications
are that-they will have good success. Next
to these wells. Messrs. Brown, Mitchell & Co.,
have just struck oil at depth of l25 feet,
which flows mp out Of thu top of the pipe
They will be pumping in a'tew days. From
the large flow OF oil now, the opinion is that
they will have a fine well of from twenty to
twenty-five barrels Of oil per day Eighty
rods below this is the Benedict well Of lO1
feet depth, reached oil on the ID, inst, which
rushed TO the top and passed of in streams
down the sides of the bank 1t is a complete
SUCCESS. Below this Is the McClintocks' well.
of 70 feet depth. They are pumping from
ten 20 twelve barrels of oil per day Next
we reach what is known as the " Hlbberd
! WELL" Of los feet depth. now worked by
Messrs. Kelley, Brewer K Co.. who are getting
one hundred barrels oil per week of super
Tor quality. Near the mouth of the creek is
the Graf. Kier & Co.. well, of lG0 feet depth,
and yielding from three to five barrels of oil
per day. On OIL Creek and its tributaries,
there are upwards OF one hundred and fifty
wells now being bored, which will be proved
up within the next sixty days.
On the Allegheny river, and near the mouth
of OIL Creek Messrs. Arnold Drum have
we'll of 406 feet depth. This well was pum-
ped fifteen days, yi,lding one barrel of oil per
day. They stopped pumping aud commenced
boring again say they will go two hundred
feet further, if necessary Near Faank lin,
on the river, the county scat Of Nenango
county. and seven miles below OIL Creek
is the Evans well of y feet depth is pun
ped by hand and is yielding some twenty
barrels of oil per day. If pumped by an
engine-as are all the wells on Oil Creek Its
| yield, o! course, would be considerably grea.
ter. Two miles below Franklin, Mr. James
p. Hover, has just reached oil at lis feet
deep, and commenced pumping, with a show
of twenty barrels per day. Philips well, on
the river above OH Greek, has reached an oil
vein within the last few days. The indica-
tons of this well are good for fine lot of oil.
There are thrifty wells now being bored from
the mouth Of Oil Creek to Plhole Creek
distance of eight miles three or four Of which
have struck oil. and have a good prospect of
doing well. The surface show along the
river for this distance is remarkably good.
| Near the mouth Of Pithole Creek ION the
river two wells, being bored for oil. struck
tend reins and the parties are prosecuting
them with much energy. Around franklin
there are some twenty wells under way for
boring while below franklin, to distance
of twenty-five miles, there are over thirty
companies making their arrangements for
boring.
These are facts, without any Imagination,
which have seen. There are many theories
respecting this rock oil whether its quantity
will diminish in time, what the nature of its
veins are, etc. | will not attempt to give an
opinion regarding it. Prof Silliman has made
an analysis of oil, and gives a very favorable
account of it. That at present there is
great deal of excitement arising from the
many and recent fatterng accounts of sue
cesstul wells. and that there is good deal of
speculation consequently from a II these things
cannot be denied; but that there are wells
daily realizing large quantities of oil, is true
is what have secn.-Cor. Cm. Gazette.