The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1861-03-21

A visit 60 the Oh. Regions.
Eer thf Putter Jonrn.

| Ibh Nh-tcS .--lid!i iUs Ilii jb>t FSf NFll'
ed from the oil region of 1idiuutc, shor,
account of it may. perhaps, be Interesting
10 at least some of your readers.
! Tidioutr Is situated in the South west
crn part If Warren county, on Tie west
ern bank of the Allegheny river, whicI
there runs nearly South-Me> and is Z
town that measures two miles in length
aud forty three feet five inches. { | like tt
be exact,) in width; it is divided into
| Upper and Lower Tidioutc, and bv the
inhabitants is thought to be remarkable
p,ace-to use their now comuon EXPIRE; 8
ION, a B." thing"
On the eastern bank Of The river
counted within the two miles linpty TIVE
wells; of that number. twenty are punT.
ing oil at depths rat"iEg from one nun.
drrd to two hundred feet : sixty one ave
being steadily drilled, some Of them night
AID day; ami six partly down, that have
been carefully covered over and left till
the owners can raise means To carry on
the work such eases are called "eu>pcn
sim" The word abandoned is n, {
10 be found in any oily" dictionary. On
the western bank of the river counted
seventy,two wells; Of those. twenty are
pumpu" oil at depths ranging from one
hundred and twenty 70 two hundred and
fifty feet tiIiy-unc are being d.iicd, most
of them night and day; and ore "s,is-
pension" made d.Ii2ent inquiry. but
could not hear # single we'll hat had
failed to produce uil Il; a reasonable rlepth.
OF the one hundred and seventeen that
were being snrk willie | WIS there, sou 4
Of them in all probability will prove fail,
urcs but that. Time alone can determine.
II takes from three 10 six n.rnth> to >ink
Il BeII ihIee hundred feet, the strata #
rock differing very uulh in different To-
caltleS sometimes wolktucn will diill
several feet III a 1ay, al another time the,
will not drill mere than Two or three
inches Ofihe priuci; le wells will give
yOu the most reliable nfnrn alton | could
gain respecting them On the eastern
side Of the river. and opposite Upper
Tidlonte. is the Upper EcJnrmite" well.
one hundred and thir;v.scyen fee, in
depth, and yielding an average quan,t,
Of fifteen barrels o: oil per day of twenty
four hours. About thirty reds down
>tr,am is the famous SpouIing" we'll
ninety-nine feet il depth. the oil and salt
water being forced up by the gas, in
continuous stream, and conveyed hy pipes
o the vat "f the lower Ecnnon.ne
we'll about fifty feet below. and which l.
one hundr, d and thirty feet in depth.
The two wells together Weld flum twenty
n c ~ fifty barrels of oil per day. Hail
"A mI!e further down The river. is the
= Hequenboureh well. one h ,ndr, d and
twenty SIX feet in depth. and averages
sixteen barrels of oil per dav. On tls
western side Of the river and in Lower
Tidloutc, may be seen Ike Gel, bra:,d
'' Bust well, owrcd bv con panv in
Bust, State Of New YORK. and under lle
careful aud economical management OF
tbs able and gentIe,nanIy Mr.. Button
its Ii,ll is about forty barrels of oil per
day. Close by is the =" philadelt tlIia :
well, which, | was informed by lir. W.
Z. Salisbury, who OWLS an interest IN it.
yielded, the day nrevicns tn our arrival,
fifty barrels Of OIL and is considered
one of the best wells there. Besides
those | have mentioned, there are the
" Jennings, the king & Ferris" the
=" Garden" and the - Salt Water" wells.
all remarkable wellss and with the cxcep.