Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-04-05
Oil Matters.

Its depth is about SIS feet, while there
are number of wells within 100 rod:
oft, none of which have found sufficient
oil at that depth to- justify pumping
There are, however, three wells in the
vicinity, which vary in depth frem 13C
to 200 feet that will prove to be good
wells. One belongs to the g Harmal
Co" which struck good vein on Tues
day last, at the depth, we believe, of 135
feet. Another is a we'll owned by
Messrs. Hudson, Gates, Parker, anG
others, which is about the same depth
and will probably produce good yield
The "Worley Well" is still deeper, with
a very fair prospect.
The "Donnally Well" on Saul's
place, struck vein Of oil and salt water
on Tuesday, at the depth of 322 feet
1t is still uncertain what amount of oil
they can procure.
The Sugar Run Co. have good in
dications at their we'll, short distance
from town, at the depth of about 16O
1 feet.
The "Naylor Run Co." have aban-
doned their we'll They were impeded
very much on account of their well
caving in.
We take from our exchanges the fol-
lowing items, in reference to the oil bus
mess in other localities:
aa the Marietta Home Ne1oS says:
The Smith well. on Duck Creek, next
above buttons, commenced pumping
with an engine on Tuesday. Nothing
but water was obtained for twenty four
hours. Then oil began to appear, and
for the following twenty four hours one
hundred barrels of oil was produced, and
the well continued to yield at the same
rate on Thursday.
The Jordan we'll is yielding fairly, but
| the amount per day we did not learn, :
This we'll, in which Messrs. Halls, Rid
nour, Best and Ogle have controlling
interest, is located about half mile
northwest of Macksburg.
The Newton we'll on Cow Run, struck
vein of oil and gas the fore part of the
week, the oil and water flowing over the
top of the tube. The oil is present in
sufficient quantities to induce the pro
prietors to put in pump immediately
We learn from reliable source that
the '.Pittsburg Company" have sunk a
we'll for oil on a branch Of Rawson S
Run, and found an abundant supply OF
oil Of beautiful straw color at the
depth of only 60 feet. 1t is thought
they have twenty barrel we'll The
machinery for pumping is now going up
None of the numerous wells on New
ellis Run have struck oil yet, though
some of them are down 240 feet All
have 'good show, and the diggers are
thus encouraged to persevere
The deepest oil we'll on French Greek,
near Franklin, Pals between 600 lnd
700 feet deep 1t is called the Sewick-
ley we'll 1t had been abandoned, when
one night the gas burst up caught fire,
burnt shanty, derrick and everything up,
and then commenced throwing up oil at
the rate Of 200 barrels day! Funny
we'll Courage, all you who are down
200 or 800 feet and no oil.
nm. The oil searchers of Scioto are
still at work with full vigor, and pros
ecute their operations with determined
energy and perseverance. The pros
poets are hattering, and if petroleum
exists in paying quantities here, we
have the satisfaction Of knowing that it
will not long remain undiscovered
There are gentleman from abroad en-
gagged in the. business here, who have
visited the noted oil lands of Virginia
and Pennsylvania; yet they consider the
indications in this region more promis-
ing than in any other. First, because.
they believe the yield will be greater,
and the quality vastly superior. It is
said that a ten barrel well in Scioto
would be fully equal to one of fifty bar
rels in the Kanawha oil lands.
Among the first wells bored in Scioto
was that on Bear Creek, by the Voor-
HES Rock Oil Company. 1t Is located
on the Ohio Canal twelve miles north
of Portsmouth The depth of it is 376
feet. Oil was struck, but the we'll was
not pumped.
The company left it for new location
in Adams county. Their new we'll there,
on Churn creek, is bored to the depth
of 352 feet. The prospects there are
most fattering, and the proprietors are
in high glee. Information from there
to one of them here says that on Friday
last hand pump was put into it, and
the yield in three hours was between
one half and barrel of oil. Two Of
the company left Immediately for the
''diggins Portsmouth Tribune.
From all accounts the population Of
Muskingum Valley will greatly increase
, the coming summer. Many reports from
the Duck Creek region show that there
: is large amount of capital being inves
ted there; and parties are rapidly leasing
and releasing. In some cases specula
tors are realizing quite handsomel y
:. Great difficulty is sometimes expert
enced in procuring pumps, some parties
being obliged to suspend operations
after striking oil on this account. Some
companies are running short Of funds
and will probably sell out to thos, more
able to prosecute their work. At Vol
Greek the excitement is rapidly increas
ing--ZaaesuIIe Courier.
: nsa- The PIT. Pleasant Re0ie0 says:
Various companies have organized t,
bore for Oil in the vicinity of our town
and if the judgments Of the many OF
prospectors who have for weeks pas
been looking into the matter through
out our County, be correct, the Littl
: Kanawha will be mere mention il
comparison to the oleaginous wealth o
Mason County. We hear of person
from MT