Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-02-22
!. Oil Department..

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sa.is Is Oil Department.
It would be, strange, indeed, if til,
Telegraph should appear to the public
at.this stime without a reference to this
all7absofbipg topic-a0il" We seldom
hear anything else spoken of in CONVEX
sation, and but little else is doing than
securing claims, and preparing to bore
for the oleaginous substance; and it is
mot confined exclusively to our own i'm
mediate neighborhood, as leases are be-
ing made In the vicinity Of Harrison
willie, Pagetown: and We understand that
boring isactually going. on in different
localities in the eastern part of the
county: 'Thesexcitement has been con-
siderably increased by persons from
abroad d--s.who know something about
it'-Aavisiting our place with view of
procuring claims, and, in some instances,
offering fair prices for leases that have
been secured. a
As yet, there is nothing known, as to
the quantity which may, exist. At the
wells alluded to last. week, in Middle
port, belongiLg to Mr.. Woodbrid ge, of
Marietta, oil has been procured. but
pumping has not yet been commenced.
The oil was struck one day last week,
and while the proprietor has been await
ing the arrival Of the necessary ma
chinery to pump it, the we'll filled up,
and on Saturday last, we understand, the
oil commenced running out. The pump
will be put in within fen days, aud the
pro6tableness of the we'll tested.
At well in the vicinity Of the above,
designated as aNerle5's We'll, 1they are
making fae progress d6,oa,oard
At the sHaasop and Gates veil, also
close to the others, the. prospects are
deemed good.
The "Wilson Welg" in Coalport, is
said sebe anear the place, IF not just
the "spot," for a suceesssE
On the Highland place, mile and
half back Of Pomeroy, theerre. are two
wells being bored: one by the .Rutland
Oil Company" which is about sixty feet
& ~ rs
deep, and indications good They are
very sanguine. The other enc is being
sunk by the aIndependent Oil Com
pany,@@ qf fPoneroy The pit is Dear
twenty feet deep, and from the time they
were fTesfeef from Ntle surface the Oil
has been thrown cut in small quantities
by thegassth sthatenrits frombelow.sl They
speak Of their prospects with viii much p con-
hdence-e s-g 4ssg gs-z p zsrg
The ANaylor Run Company" is Wig
oreusly prosecuting the work; and will
test the matter in that locally in short
time. IIIfl HIT r
We clip some. items ,fromqour ex-
changes. relative to, the business IN other
sections .szae aa.l ,-sts $ -s4es5 /.
On LANDS LEASED FOR 500, ,060.-
The Parkersburgh Gazette gives us
some idea of; the Immensely. increased
value of lands in Western. Virginia, ,ges-
pecially IN the ceiebrated KanaWha On
region. Itsays til 4.
We understand that Mr.. j. C.. Rath
bone has sold or contracted to sell to
judges eamden and Jackson, aud seven
others, his individual title to fifteen, and
one-haf of a two, thirds interests in two
hundred acres of land, with, the profits
of one ninth of all the leases taken
upon it, for one hundred thousand dol
lars; five thousand in hand, ten thon-
saRdiR sir, ,sand the residue IN twelve
months. This property is in the yiein-
ity of the Burning Springs, Vert
county, ande supposed, to be the best
portion of the oil region. - So =
Before the discovery ofioif, this land
could have been bought for about SIC
per acre, orsthe. whole for $500. NarS;.
eta Republican. =
More aIIE.''-s4N. Cox, Of Harmar
we learna has .Hpped the. olcaginous
vein" up Duck Greek, and has made a
good thing of it. We also hear that
within the last few days another prolific
well has been sunk near Button s.-jNu.
riettq Rep'sbtftesa lFyllf z f4eTr ;gr,% . e.
Oil On!! 0Lt!!-It is will,
pleasure that we record the success that
has attended the labors of the Moon.
nelsVille Ol Company. On last Satur.
day the contract for sinking well wa.
let. On Monday the work was com
mcnced. Every day shows increased
omens of success. There is now ne
doubt in the minds of any that have ex
amined the place. All agree that ther,
is oil there. What was Imaginative il
now reality; and we expect soon, per
haps by the next issue, to report goot