The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1861-03-06
About OH

At time when . man who refuses to
manifest an interest 10 oil is regarded as
lacking enterprise and proper regard
for his family, everything>in relation to
that subject will prove interesting. The
earth Is being bored on all sides of US
The rage for speculation never ran Sc
high. Even the California gold excite.
nfent scarcely equaled the state of things
|existing in many parts of this section of
country; and it is not much wonder, for
there has been more money made on the
Little Kanawha recently in one week by
.streak of luck, than was ever made in
California in two. Still the boring goes
on Merchants who have heretofore dealt
in fancy articles, and handled tape, are
found digging away in greasy bitches.
Doctors, lawyers. judges, mechanics and
farmers are head over heels in the bust.
.ness. If the thing keeps on the earth
will be like vast manysfued locomotive
boiler.
A day O. two ago German named
Rossntholl struck vein at Smiths Ferry.
on the Ohio above this city. Nothing
but pure water came mp for au hour AZ
ter that thirty lone barrels of oil were pro.
duced in nine hours. Since that time the
well has produced at the rate of one bar
rel Of pure oil every eighteen inmates
The we'll is I 3 feet deep. A Mr.: Thomp-
son struck q vein in the same place at
depth of 10 feet, and in the Grst sixty
two minutes obtained three barrels of oil.
1t has cent nued to fow regularly ever
since.
Some 35 years ago, well was sunk on
what Is now known as the Browning farm
above this city, on the Virginia side.
which at the time failed to give = supply
of water, but did give indications of OIL
A company has been formed in Sseuben-
vile with the design of sinking shaft in
the Same well, with the expectation of
striking good vein of the oil which at
tracts so much speculative attention Just
now. The company have reached depth
of lsT feet, and within day or two, ex-
pect to reach the depth to which the well
was formerly sunk ~ .
A great many reports have come up
from the Little Kanawha. which sound so
mach like Munchauseuism that We have
been afraid to risk our veracity in the
publishing Of them; they will have to be
believed some time or other, ard our
readers may as we'll commence realizing
the truth now. The Camden well, on the
4 Little Kanawhs, spouss oil periodically
-four or Eve times every day. In one ol
these spouts, . few days since. hundred
barrels Of pure oil were thrown out in
thirty minutes. Shortly after this the
well spouted for an hour and q half. filing
1.-The yats in q few minutes. The workmer
4 finding it impossible to barrel the oil a
I fast as it came out got couple of ia
: boats, about 6fty feet long, which wer,
placed in the river, directly opposite th
we'll. and trough placed at the mouth 0
the we'll 90 as to run the oil into the boats
in which way the two boats we're Gllet
with oil. The exact amount thas secure,
was not accurately ascertained, but mus
have been three or four hundred barrels
Between the lows the well is pumpe,
. with the.aid of the sweep used in boring
| as fast as the men can fill the barrels
: when any can be had. ..s.3,aka
Il The Lewellen well has produced an
, will produce fourteen hundred aud fort
!, barrels every twenty-four hoass, while
) will sell in New York for $2o,160.s Thi
lquantity flows. says the Parkersbur
. Neps, whose editor saw the well, an
z knows all about it, from very small ap
|. erture. If the whole aperture were lei
!. open. and vats large enough and barrel
t sufficient could be had. it would certaiul
. yield fve or six times as much oil fro,
q the full size of the hole as now flows frol
Q the one eighth of an inch on the outsid
:. of the hole, making the possible yield {
. the well as high rs one hundred Mousan
dollars seorM Of pure oil in twenty. .for
Ihours. This 10 not only said to be tru
bot The possible estimate here made