New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-05-05

~" 0. When he struck oil il spouted from the hole,
several ~ diameter some 60 fee. higb and for
willie he says be bad IN on fountain. BY the help Of
bic Deigtbors, and trencfi6g the earth around ~ ne
saved $50 barrk Of oil the frst pgni, anu -ohe 80 to
20 barrels day thereafter. This friend was embar-
raised I'D sold bis well from necessity, haviog come
here without dollar TO help himself He has strog led
through bar1ships, but IL now independent The man
who bought him out did so by the help Of friends out
tite, he aso came here poor as church moue lsnd
much like church mice, for they are oot1 Ms'nod;s
parsons, and found poor picking In She pulpit, ana
now resping q rich harvest and VIII soon De = ncn
man from tie small share Of the proceeds Of TINS one
| well.
April 81 sauntered along the stream Yesterday,
and found the holes in the troupd scooped out some
three feet deep and about bree or four feet across
covering half an acre. where the Indians used gather
oil. Now the spot is grown ever with trees thirty iee'
high.
Oil oores out Of the mountain rocks everywhere IN
ANAL auanity but water shows IL in little dark gob-
ues or 10 the floating film that lives the brook spes,
ever changing colors it shifts position, I'LL oil the
| hues Of the rsiubov can be seen dancing along INC
wave OF the ripping brook. :,
1t il Indeed one Of God wtuderf, and well might
the inspired writer exclam, be STOOD on TINS son.
| and in these times, How wonderful are thy works,
| D, Lord, and Thy ways past finding out. How won
derfally has God seed 10 his great bsnk tmo'her
earthl such untold wealth Of gold, n yer, iron coal,
| and thousand other vluahes waiting only mans
check 10 draw them and the cleek OF the poor man on
|
man check has been honored here for large amounts
| Of this oil. M,
What now aud wondered phase IN our worlds
developments n this oil deposit, and the manner
and time Of its exit 10 dayhht TOR the use OF man.
II would astonish the sacsed writer as well as al that
bebold it here, aOd each day led TO exc aim how
wonderful yes unfa homabl. are thy works, ., Lord
There Is gas enough coming from the depths Of the
earth below, with the streams OF OIL to light the Wy
of New-York if il could be saved. Fire has taken
this gas and exploded like the report Of cannon, COM
nuDiching T. the oil tanks, barre and bui dngs.
TIE engines having in then the greatest vslae, they
being covered wdh buildngs in sections which can
he pulled outward in sections 70 the ground, thereby
saving the engines. Snow storms have been upon ns
for dave, and mud served up 20 us In every STYLE
| Now Gods sun shines agn, making the wilderness 10
sing with JOY by The clip of Thousands of little birds
Tis country IL like rst-rap, it IL squeezing bust
nees TO get in and harder 10 yet backthe best way IL
70 buy skf at Olean or other point and hoa down
the river then to get After your a. sools are
stepped well in oil You can Glide on down the rver the
same way TO Pittsburg, IA exceedingly difficult to
| take return track by the roads.
start in n few hOurs my return voyege over the
terrible Of roots and rock enough TO wreck the
strongest craft but 10 through | musi if come out
shattered. Your friend, THAD. 5. Sco'ILLE.
JAnEsrows N. Y, April 6, 1861.
Since writing the above have buifcted the roots,
rock and everlasting deeIs of mud, and am again ON
the rail- and il ever fellow felt thankful for DENY
! erance from wreck AM he.
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spontaneously and delivered 800 barrels Of oil before
| Il ceased 90 run over, when they pumped some MY
| barrels Ter day ever siDce One man pafreu WA
pumping by hand barrels Per day, bnt this IL not
| common, az engines are generally used. -,
| a gentleman who rode with me, outward bouno
said BE- received over 400 barrels from his well from the
natural flow, 1d has pumped $50 barrels wee. sin G.
| conld cite many more csse<, but have hot ume VI
room 10 record them. Tberc he's been universal success
TO those who have gone considerable depth while thore
whose wells but partly dug cannot ini the nave
the means 10 go deep, especially in favored loctiee
This want Of depth and haste OF the owners 10 begin
uururng on fair show Of oil J. the re-son oi the
average being on FIVE baIres per day come sssaft
| but of whien have knowledge, bat could dot find
than uires four wells in my travels that drew
only five, and my opinion IL that itoee will succeed by
going little deeper, esfe,illy where good wells sur
| round them, ~ they do Ia many eases.
re prsss state that twice Re capital has been
brought here thu, has been taken away. Til obJeo-
ton 10 my mind has force because not more ban
oue-1uarter Of tie amount brought here h yct aSsh'
BILE ia any form. Thousands are Just communicating and
tbousapds more ART iu process but unfinished Let II
also be- Understood that 1t takes money ana me 70 de
veop this thing, by Of which thr e-quAftrs VI
! the capital yet brought here Is unprodueiise
IT, then one-quarter producing has paid fcr It.
self and 100 yer cent then we may hope nj easI
for sIenty the other threequarters wien u II
brought bear. II obec,ors can crack this nut they
mav lind oil Miligns vi Ls ia~ss,ed aud Thousands
ai be engaged in IL, aud pis deposit In the great
bsuk of tie ruor Of all bsaks will be drawn c,.n
opl, say 10 the worb 10 md see for yourselves. No
man can tell you Inc eslaense 81 Il.S ano Ss'a
May men OF 10Y acquaintance, whom have Known
for years Who tego, who ar ncn OF bur,nesa,
reliability wealth, ana travel al uiite 10 hayiog that
never before were they Lost in the contemplation Of
| any phenomena thlt God IN bic wonders ever placed
before them. But ana iTsd writing, and say again,
good bye. 4. y. sCO'ILLt,