Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1861-04-26
OIL Wells In BuYmah.

! FIN the I" TrdreYsiH Soufh- E1stern Asia,
1885, by Rev DR.. Howard MALcoM, 10
an interesting account of . natural eurios.
l ity in Burmab, about 2S0 miles up the
/ lrrawady River, on its eastern side, in
about 81 North Lat, and 172 East Long.
We quite from page 81, Cincinnati edi.
ton
Before sunset, June %, came to for the
night at Yay-nangoung, = village impor-
tant ouly for its trade in petroleum. The
wells being bu. two miles from the vii.
lsge, l Immediately set cut to walk 70
them. The way was we'll beaten BY bull
lock carts, often crossing the bed Of the
torrent, (uow dry whence the village de-
rives its name. A more rugged and des-
olate region can scarcely be imagined.
The rocks are sandstone, puddingstoues
and pe,rifactiOns the soil, sand and blue
clay Small hills On every side rise ab-
rup,ly, Ike wares in choppiug sea, ster-
lie and uusigh,ly. One plant only SEEM
ed to find congenial soil: it resemblsd
prickly pear, growing to the height Of
thirty feet, with stem foot in diameter.
The wells are very numerous, said to bs
more than 400, occupying space Of about
II square miles. They are from 200 to
800 feet deep, of small calibre, and sus-
tanned By scau;liug. The temperature Of
the oil, when FRS. raised to the top, is S9'.
Men do no; go down, but an earthen pot
is lowered in and drawn up over beam
across the mouth, BY two men running Of
with q rope. The pot is emp,ied into
little pool, and the oil is drawn of pure.
l, is exported in ear,hep jars, containing
abou. 80 pounds. The price now, inclu-
ding the potz, is about tical for 2i viss,
or about so cents for ten pounds. A we'll
yields abOu. 400 or 500 viss per day, and
IS worked BY three or four men. Some
times 700 are obsained. The amount de-
pends on the quantity Of water drawn up
with ,hs oil. A duty Of one twentieth is
paid to government. This mos: useful oil
is verJ extensively used for lamps aud
torches, and is exported to all parts Of the
, empire whittier i. can be taken BY water.
1t is also used for preserving wood, mas
: partitions, palm-leaf books, &c, from in
see:s and from the weather, and is N Cd
mirable article for these purposes. Even
thswhits ants will no. attack wood which
has been brushed with it.
EAn exchange speaks Of "pumping
coal oil on. Of the ear.h' This is . slighs
mistake There are but two kinds Of
mineral oiI-Coal oil and Carbon oil.
Coal oil is distilled 10 crude state from
camel coal, and afterwards refined for
Use. 1t is known BY the names Of coal oil
or "kerosene." Carbon oil 10 . natural
product that flows from or is pumped out
: of the earth, in a crude state and after
wards refined. 1t is called Crock OIL"
'Seneca OIL" or petroleum" Carbon oil
Of the right grade, when properly refined
and not sdulteratsd by an admi1ture with
coal OIL, eamphene or other inferior sub
stances, is much the better of the two.
The mast Of the carbon oil used in this Vi
cini,y, hss been procured from a distance,
and was either badly refined or greatly
adultsrated, go that no one could really
tell what good Seneca oil was like. Re.
Gently, our citizens have had chance to
use Oil refined in the viciuitJ-properly
refined, and known to be entirely free from
coal oil, camphene, or injurious chemicals.
Those who have used it assure US that it
has more body, lasts longer, and gives .
very brilliant but much softer light, not
trying to the eyes. The oil is different
from and every way better than the by
birds heretofore on sale. With fair play
and fair trial, Seneca oil is bound to So
percede all others. The march of the sea.
sons is not more certain.-Eranklia Ra.)
Citizen.
Job says, in (Cbap. 90: g. ~ washed
my steps with butter, and the rocks pour
Ell out rirers Of OIL" Although strictly
fgurative perhaps, i. migh1 have been
literal description Of bis possessions.
OIL FEVER IN ESGLASp.-The Pitts
burg Chronicle says a company Of English
and Scotch men have leased seven acres in
Elizabeth township, Allegheny county,
and intend to make an immediate test
bore for OIL II successful they will oper-
ate largely, and they contemplate the erea-
ton of large refinery.
THE RELIGIOUS WELL.-Curtis &
HickOk's we'll on the Buchanan farm,
which for several weeks refused to fow on
Sunday, has fallen from grace. On Sun
day before last it commenced spouting OIL
in greater qualities than before, and ito
moral character is gOne.-frankliH Spso-
tator, april 10.
Coal On OF OLD.-Marco Polo, Who
wrote 10 1854, states that, in Armenis,
there was fountain Of oil which dischar.