The New York herald., 1864-10-14

however, gradually Increasing In length a. the supply OF
oil ID diminished, unless, sometimes happens, new
Communications forced the wells deriving new
supplies, start of again with period. II is no un
thing for .ntermittent wells TO throw out at
nrst three hundred or four hundred barrels day,
TO yield In all as much az twenty thousand
barrels Tho activity Of some wells is increased by
raios; others with less gas rendered unproducsvs
until the water be reduced. There Is no reason TO
suppose according the theory OF Professor Evans Of
Marietta College, that this oil Is raised to the surface By
the direct pressure Of stream OF water whose head Is
higher than the ISSUE tho jets OF Artesian wells are
said TO produced II spoutlug wells the presence OF
gas, 40 the immediate agent, becomes known not only
from their variable action. but also from the actual
escapes and consequent cessation Of ow wherever
the oil ia reduced TO . certain level II collections OF oil
had direct aud free connection with strong currents OF
water the mechanical agency Of these currents would
bear them vapidy away. The "show Of orr increases
value 40 a sign with the depth M which Il is found.
Especially h the finding OF large quantities Of
imprisoned gas though oil may be present, regarded
good Indication that oil is near learned writer
subject 10 inclined TO attribute petrosum and It's
associated hydr ogenous gases fermentation and dis
tiaton BY suberranean heat Of the hydrocarbon sle
resident In a the carbonaceous strata underlying
the rock OH region. Moreover, be is inclined assign
ihe oil and gas tho lower deposits almost exclusively,
for hess rsasousFirst that they forth. and very
abundantly 10 large Districts far remotc from any
ofthe formation and whore those inferior rocks
the only carbonaceous nch undere The surface.
Secondly, that like discharge Of petroleum and combu.
tbe gases the other coal nelds Of the
earth, where their coal beds are notoriousy
bitum Inous and dangerously full OF aredamp Third
ly, there are soms differences, the chemists
inform Us, between these native heterogeneous
products and the genuine and their rssultants
bv ma M
II inferred that the greater portion Of the oil and gas
really derived from the marine animal csrbonaceous
shaes not from The vegetable beds OF coal and their
coay rocks The process OF the extraon OF the pcsro
Ieum from the strata and s accumulation in the
pores crevices and joints OF the upper ones believed
BY same learned authority 10 be simply thisTnat
during the epoch hs perhaps successive epochs Of
the uplifting OF all these buried and water side
dulstons Of the crust formed and xsd the aexures IN
the strata described and that durgg the earthquake
ouns os n. 'd hsS heated % ~:
constant attendants upon earthquakes heated the sped
and ruptured rocky beds dscdged their more volatile
portion the atmosphere and the rssduary part
the herstces Of the everything cooler and ess fractured
ths Aiieghaniss where the crust most ocnvussd
aud the rocks most contorted and highly heated,
the coal beds actually coked Into dense snthrace
and how further, from the hcs Of maximum, subter.
ransaa puIsstion and steamna OF the rocks the volatile
p.d M s sS,srss % % sSs p.,rolsam districts ibs cru:,
mcvsments and warming were so moderate that they
r Ss snscd q d.S y. sy sa aIs .s,
~ ne cavsies and ceus and fractures o. the ovssrssng
srwKINo WELLS AND rHE yxrvssr.
me process and labor Of boring for OIL We have
already described In the HnsALp. But nowlth.
posssssion o. The sddss measures, and which
% X" rsscs oss s s % our r'esss. Js;caress
Ksopisss dep. wsrs Sss for msssscry. o. gene
rally (osed N cnAatsse amply reeevlpg s syusndsAwa