Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-10-28
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The Hetk az 1tulSuitie-CpoistIs 49,
Tie Burning Well Grand E-h1sif9q-
Sisgular Effect Of ths on on R0r't''
10 rns Enron or THE LEKnE.i AZ II
tusvilIe. Pa, l found several hundred wells
that had been commenced duTiag tAe past
vsar and abandoned, and many mere that
vsrs worked during the high price Of oil
and before any Of tho spouting Wells we're
found; but at present nearly sll Of the |
wells that have to bs pumped are standing |
s.ili, as the price Of oil has declined at
least ninety per cent. since the Sowing
wells have opened. On passing down Oil
Greek, found the banks lined with wells
in ell utAgsH Of completion.
seven miles below Titusville is the Arst
spOuting well, and from this Point to the
mouth ef the Greek there are acne twenty
spOutine wells varying In number Of bar
rels per day from seventy barrels to
eighteen hundred The Funck Well has
been running six months, ct about two
hundred barrels per day. The Buckeye
Well has been running two months, and is
nov throwing eight hundred barrels every
tWenty.four hours. The Empire Vel is .
monster, and throws ct least ffteen hum
dred barrels daily. At the Buckeye Well
the oil is elevated by the force Ct gas pass
j ing of with the oil, one hund-od and fifty
! feet, up q steep bluff, and at thia elevation
passes from two-inoh pipe wits as much
force as though driven by powder.
On the 18th inst, q spOuting we'll was
| opened on what is known ss the Blood
Farm, and as is the case with al Of The
spOuting wells, the gas ct first comes up
With great force; in the oass Of this well
the engineer failed to extingaish the FIRE
. in his engins-rOom as soon IS he should,
and as quick as lightning an explosion took
Dlsos. which was heard for miles, and the
stream Of oil being once on ars, there was
no means of stopping it and the grandest
sight I ever saw Wss that hissiag, roaring
mass fying full hundred feet into the
! air, and spreading some ftty feet at the
5 base, and gradually widening as it rose
until lost in q dense cloud Of smoke, which
. could be readily seen twenty-five miles.
9 AS the wind swept past, this massive col
umn Of fire would sway to and fro, and the
Kissing sound could be distinctly heard fOr
e over mile, and what to re vas very
i. singular feature, was that vhi!e drilling, 8
z pine tube had been inserted Q. the mouth
e Of the we'll for the ropes 0tteohed to the
s drill TO pass through, which projected abOv'
the surface Of the ground some two feet
and the oil and gas being 60 cold when i
E first comes from the well, that this pint
q tube stood perfect when 1 saw the well
4 and the Ere had then been th-ss days burn
1t ing, and was so hot that persona could no
e stand within six rods without some prOteo
= tiOn before them. The well was finally
= tubed by placing long pips on wheel
, with an elbow over the axle, sad by usinI
+ the pipe as tongue, the wheels were rqI
5 into the fame, and when directly over tn
ie well, the elbow was turned and inserte,
into the well, and the oil was thus conduct
Ia ed through pipes into the stream. ls
10 There ere hundreds Of barrels Of Oil run
: ming down tho stream daily for want 0
storage at the different wells. The stream
!. surface looks like a rainbow while this Oi
= is flowing down stream, there bsing ever.
conceivable color visible in tbs sunlight
,f Another feature is rather singular; thOugl
q this oil has been used more G. less for man.
years as a medicine for outward application
for man or beast, yet the horses that ar
= driven in and through the stream daily, be
d come weak, their legs swell and are fever
y ish, and at the slightest tOCoh from any
It hard substance, the skim and sesh even
Is will come off as though all life was lost
and teamstsTs say that one month will ruiz
!. any beast that is brought in contact will
it.
At one well there are ever 10000 barrels
Of oil stored in Vats and tanks, which are
plnced in the ground and covered will
D earth to prevent evaporation, a1d fan
estimate Of the amount of oilon hand along
h the creek would be about 10o,0 barrels.