Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-02-15

Exciting ReWB from the Kanawha OIL Re-
Eion-.-The Greatest Discoveries yet---
Wells Yielding from Fifly to Four Hum
dred Barrels per dHys--Great advance In
the vnIEe Of Property, &c.
-Wo---i1rtfvUrg1 % the courtesy nf a friend
for the following highly exciting and inter
esting details OF the oil operations now in
PROCESS on the KanaWha. The writer is on
the ground himself, and as be is q gentleman
Of the highest integrity and Tespeetabiliy,
his statements, however extraordinary they
may appear, may be relied upon as correct.
Writing US from the "Rathbsne Farm" on
the KanaRha, under date of the eighth, he
describes the journey, from which, by the
way, be seems to have suffered the most ex-
cessive fatigue, and then says;
Just IS We decended the bill and struck
the river, We came to well No. l. owned by
J. G. Rathbone. This well is pumping two
hundred and ffty barrels every tWenty-foui
hours. We then went up some fifty feet to
well No. owned BY Camden, Burns B Co.
have been all through the Allegheny oil
district, and seen many good wells there, but
this takes down anything that has ever come
under my notice. 1t is a flowing well, and
yields in this way two hundred barrels every
| tWenty-four hours. / stood by it fifteen
minutes this evening, and the oil came out in
| such body from the well that it seemed too
| small to admit of its free exit. It came out
| in a solid stream four inches thick, and 50
| steadily that six men were occupied in bar
| .eling it. During the fifteen minutes l re-
mained. ten barrels were filled, and when
started to leave the oil was flowing over and
] into the river. ! returned in about an hour
and counted forty-seven barrels which had
been filed, and the well was even then run
ming SO fast that the men had to plug it TO
stop her from running. This you may deem
an exaggerated statement, but pledge you
uaywurd and honor that every word Of it is
correct.
The next well 1 visited is known as No. 3.
It is owned by Messrs. MackeoWn 4 Gil6llen,
the first named a resident OF Pittsburgh
Their well is almost ready to pump, and
promises 70 be q good one. They have tried
/ her and feel assured that she will yield at
least one hundred barrels per day. Well No.
4 is owned by J. B. Neal & Co. 1t is eighty
two feet down. and presents tip-.op show.
No. 5 is owned by Rogers & Co. II is down
one hundred feet and the indications are e1-
cellent. They can pump fifty barrels day
now, bat they intend going fifty feet deeper,
believing they will strike a much better
vein. Well No. is owned by the Nessrs
Karnes. It yields forty barrels every tWen-
ty-four hours. stopped TO see her work
about o'clock, and she was then throwing &
stream as thick as my wrist. Well No. il
7 owned by Turlen & Co. and is the well OF the
district. It is flowing well, and some day
three to four hundred barrels are filed from
it. This is true beyond doubt or caVil, anC
may be relied on as correct It seems diff
cult for one who has not seen it to cOmpre
bend how q well can yield 50 much, but thl
fact that it does yield as have stated, il
none the less true, nevertheless and you
!. readers may rely omit Well No. is eWne'
10y Keeder & Rathbone, and yields twenty
Eve barrels per day. All these wells are 10
Gated on the Rathbone farm, and lie within
a adistance Of three-quarters Of mile. On
mile further up the river, on The same farm
there are over twenty-five wells going down
and for twenty miles further up, and lik
distance down the stream, wells are beinl
sunk.
The Rathbones made sale to-day. ] saw
the papers. IN fact they were made out Of
the desk on which indite you this letter.
The old man Rathbone owned one-thifd Q
8 two hundred and ninety acres, and his son th
: remaining tFo-thirds. The latter sold Jne o
, his shares 70 three men from Psrkersbufg, re
ceiving for It 100000, fifty thousand Q
t which was in cash, With noies for the balance
I at three and six months. The whole tWl
, hundred and ninety acres would, at this rate
bring nearly three hundred thousand dollars
The Rsthbones own, altogether, six hRndre
: and ffty acres Of oil lands, and have, besides
twenty thousand acres in Western Yirgiui1
This sale saw effected this evening, and ss
1 write two Of the parties purchasing are Sit
) ting near me. Oil leases can be had her
E now for 81, 900 each and ons-;hird Of the oi
{ But am wearied, and my letter has alread
j / extended over the ordinary limits Of q neWI
: paper communication. VIII leave for Elil
9 abethtoWn tomorrow, and may probAbl
3 write you again from taat Placs. @
II FHERuARY, 10th, IL A. NJ have iul
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