Delaware gazette. (Wilmington, Del.) 1837-1883, 1864-09-02
FRIDAY, SEPT EMBER 2. 1864

cKtenalye cooper shops are in operation Al
Alcng The creek. ts .laes..l I
Ros f,asl IN the furnaces. wood and coal ar
used, though III numerous Gases the gas esoap
| log from the wslls fatnishes an ample supply
'hs only requisite hsIns few Inverted barrel
70 act No receiverssvbile pipes conduct the ga
70 the boiler. ofcontse every preoaution 1
taken to prevent srs Communicating with th
wells, segArs. matches, &c, being stringent,
excluded, Otherwise terrible explosions woul,
snsne. 5s .ts
Tbsioii suei,snsbt saBt high all through ihi
region, parcels ofresl sssAts frequently chsngipl
hsnds at high yaiuats9aj but in the estimation
u those concerned all ill.f 10 bat yaint premoni
lion Of what is 70 come tsrho present production
q oil ID estimated at 1900 barrels per day, an,
from present Appearances the large number o
new wells going Into operation will enhance ma
teriAily this aggragate. rhs Sherman Well OF
the Foster Farm, the Jersey We'll and the Phillip
Well on ths Tar Farm are producing from 4Ot
t. 800 barrels Per day. A new we'll recently
ssruck oil on Cherry Ran "a smslI tributary OF Oil
Greek. Al lrst the aow vas l5o barrels per day
and then 200 barrels. Toe fortunate owner sold
the lease for OOo sossryng the aow Of oil for
one month. The crlslhaisyRnsr has recently Civ
en- au extension Of time and secured another
months how Of oil, which b equivalent to $3.50
as the result Of that luck bore. This remarkable
stream is we'll named, as The surface Is literally
covered with oil escaping from the thousaads q
wells upon the bauks, aad lowing away with the
current Ths boys gain Rich harssst by rigging
ont booms obliqusIy across the stream, SO as to
concentrate the liqald treasure within Iher reach
at the margin, whsre shimiser takes of oil to the
value of 80 or $40 per day. te l.r
You will Infer from tbs preceding statements
that some Of the sgreeltsfists- Of vsnaugo County
arc doing tall farm business quite difsrsnt from
what they anticipated a y1sr ago. when dependent
merely on vegetable products. A fow poor fell
lows are nearly ruined BY their sudden Afauence.
Take for example one family, cvuprisiug only q
widow and two boys, 90 whose property three
years ago thsy "sruck ils!" The widow was
greatly elalsd BY the discSFery, and soon found
herself In receipt of handsome iaeome. Not
long ago she was burned 10 death while klndling
the FIRE with oil onu morning, leaving 100000 in
the house as part Of her personal effects. Anoth.
sr case 10 thst Of young man, quite ilorate, for
msrly belonging TO poor family, but who became
the sole heir 10 one Of ths most productive farms
His revenue Is supposed 70 sSseed half million
psr aunum. but repors says he occasionly get
"hsrd up" and : few dsss ago was compelled t.
sell one o. the bsst wells 10 obtain little tempo
rary relief. Thsss atatsp pS5ts do not appear sx-
travlgant when We ooasidsr that some farms pro
bably yisid l,eeO batIAlsgb bf bay, worth $40, coo
half Of which goes to thsosnsr. And these we'll
don't stop working sunaSys liks Connecticut bse
barrels,
Here sadssh tie ehepi e aal- pcattlssa tn
atOriss,soins from the srsS corner Of psnE9hivs
mia will be pronounced 4 q Munohaussn ords
BY many incredalous pefgoos. True. they hav
heard comparatively iitsll Of the great oil exotic
ment which now IN msaaure sapsrssdsb the gold
bubbles Of the West especially sincs the Outbroal
Of the Indian hostIlitss no the routes Of wssterl
emigration. ono explanation is that letter writ
Ing Ia not eongsnial where SO much excitement
exists. Moreover, when man has found goo,
thing, he commonly reasons that the less ssiS
about 1t the bettor. Yours truly. H.