New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-03-04
PETROLEUM IN CANADA WEST.
ANOTHER GREAT OIL SPRING.

| from The London 70. ". Free P,ess
The somewhat celebrated Mr. Shaw, Of Oil Springs
village is not destined 10 share alone the honor and
profits Of that remarkable locality. Yesterday, Tues.
day, the 18th inst, another per.0n, Mr. Bradley By
name, having been boring at spot situated abous
200 yards distant from Mr.. Shsw's spring. and hav'
ing reached 10 about equal depth in the rock as he
attained was rewarded for bis exefions by an up
how Of oil to extent Of 100 gallons per minute.
There being no means of saving it, it has oyerflowcd
the land, was the case with Shsw's spring, when
it first flew up; and pitable waste is going on.
Black Creek has become literally sewer for oil, and
its waters are covered over to depth of fully three
inches with the dark green fluid, the wastes from The
surrounding wells and springs. The last Of
Mr.. Bradley was quickly known to the men in tho
district each Of whom left his well and proceeded TO
witness the new wonder. They saw in asionish-
men, ard returned to their respective lots each de-
termined to bore deeper and DEEPER until the
OF the supply should be tapped and each possess in
his rigtt oil we'll merely, but veritable
oil sprng, which should bubble up spontaneously 70
the surface.
The fact il, the whole district is impregnated nth
oil. The soil is made vicid oy II. piece Of earth
aOheres to your boot and yon become at odorif
erous and offensive Oil is everywhere. One tastss
il iu the beer and even whk XIV fails to kill II out
l.
but you taste OIL You smell il and taste il ia the
air. and hold your TO lessen its uDgracions nu-
ence upon the ofsctories. You go to bed. but the
sheets are oily. You open door, aud your land
which has touched the handle bas caught the couta-
gion. You proceed to wash, and fiud film of oil
upon the wster and as you wipe your tace the skia
il mbued BY an oleagiDOus deposit from the towel
Oildom asserts its sway, aod Oil Is King!
Bat the means of Transporting the inmense supply
of oil is altogether nadeq uae to the necessity # tito
on Linn herp bar nj 81 ear arr behind the
age, even If they were to be bad III ruihceut mum
beers, and il is Imperative, therefore, that some new
mode Of carrying away the precious unc'uous How
should be adoped. Inc plan now proposed Ii TO lay
down IL hve-inch iron pipe to Sarnin, and cause the
oil TO flow into common reservoir there, and from
thence to be fiji Il into iron tanks, and conveyed
TO the seaboard. Novesses or implements once used
in this traffic available Tor other purposes as tho
ojor rom the oil is 80 pungent and persistent that
spreads itself iuto every crauny of ship IN which
any large quantity Of ii my be conveyed. Not long
slnce few barrels of oil were taken across the At
lantc ia grain vessel and the resuls WIS that tho
greater portion OF the grain WAS spoiled H
thought tben 10 press Into the service. a. kind "
re,rbutiye iusiice, the old whte-shlps, for " the
snpply OF oil continues the whales will be lefi 70
enjoy their monstious gaInbols uucIstuibed by tie
Earloon. To PASS froul tue pursuit OF the whale 70
he the carriers Of iynae OIL would not be Dill
ficult though decidedly unromantlc.
II souie s,ch plan were adop ed, this natural oil
will. if the supply CONTINUES, become one OF the
most usfful and economical substances known, snd
will iud lis way into hundreds of uees. Already
such experirn, ute have been made 10 convey the
conviction that gas Of siqerior kidd can be usde
from it at 60 certs per 800 feet while Tor the ordi.
nary purp0.es Of light, The suprly being 20 plentiful
ami apparently unlimited, the illuminating mud how
cold must fall In price to such extent u make
arlf .ial light to vulgar phrase. 'as cheap Ms
d.yli bt." From " whatever point tiis subject Is
viewed, whether reg .rds the origin OF the MI re
supply the exteut OF country under which IL
found the uses to which il Call be applied; The revo
luton il is making III the cost II ariial iight ~
each aud oil il is most wonderful, and que tn il
a more interesting sight than that of the Canadian
OH Springs at Wyoming exsts in any part VI ths
world