Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-12-21


alone necessary in order to establish the
truth of this doctrine. The stratihcation O
the rocks indicates that all that is neces-
sary is to go as much deeper for oil as the
hills are higher than the valleys below
According to some geologists the dip o.
the third sand rock is about twenty-five
feet per mile from the Northeast to the
Southwest. The extent of territory in
which this rock is found has not been, as
yet, satisfactorily determined. The CHIEF
difficulty attending the inquiry IS to the
area in which it is found has been due to
the fact that most of the professional drill
lers are unscientifc men who have kept
no record of the nature of the rocks
through which they have bored, and it is
therefore impossible to determine with ex.
sctRess the nature and extent of the rocks
in which experiments. have been made.
This fact should impel ali who put down
wells to provide the men who drill, with
bottles in which specimens Of the rock, at
every interval of five or ten feet, could be
preserved. These would enable geologists
to reach some important conclusions. So
far as Investigations have taken place the
third sand rock has been found, on the AL
some miles above Oil City, along
Cherry Run, and about eight or ten miles
of Oil Greek, extending south to within one
mile fol- City, stretching west over Cher
ry valley and Corn Planter run, and south
west toward Franklin. The third sand
rock, it is said, has not been found on
French or Sugar Greeks, though it is be-
HeVed that deeper borings may yet devel-
ope it. In this connection the following
speculstions from aAll About Petroleum."
will be read with interest:
That the oil is more abundant and
more certain to be found in greater guam
titles in the vicinity OF the rock-beds brob-
an by what is supposed to have been con-
vulsions of nature, am not prepared de-
cidedly to affirm; but certain it is that
indieations of oil and gas to greater or
lesser extent are noticeable all over it, so
hat after all, those desirous of making
.risls should, think, conhDe themselves
10 the foot of the eminence and as near as
possible 10 the imaginary line of the vein
If the oil region. In many places along
he ruptursd strata oil and gaseous COM
pounds issue spontaneously from the earth.
This is not to be wondered at, for in those
nao 1TFfo- ~, --sA1.,L
leavings ofstrats exist there to certainty
he most openings and crevices are found |
n the rocks, and if oil exists anywhere in |
he vicinity it will naturally be found in |
,reSter abundance in these creviees. The
me Of the course of the oil here seems to
70 in q southerly direction of Oil City, the
eaviest reservoir ofwhich is supposed to
e at aNoble Well" some seven or eight !
niles below. -
Now, from all evidence on this impor-
ant point, it is clear that the most sue !
essful wells are those sunken near the |
roken strata, and this fact has not, more
yer, escaped the observations of
he most prominent geologists. This fact
be theory that rock oil is not only net
ound anywhere else, but is strictly CON
ned to the disturbed strata or uphesvals
f certain portions of earth. So no one
eed ak the question, Where is the lest
pot to sink Well2 Il is self-evident to
ny man of the slightest observation.
There is q fortune here for every one,
nd all that is needed are energetic men
, shoe" it out.
Enterprise IS making rapid strides and
apitsl is being freely exchanged for the
'ealth producing oleaginous substance.
We have no confidence in the theory
lat oil is being manufactured spontaneous
!, at the present time, within the bowels
f the earth, any more than are coal and
on. The facts proves the contrary rather.
Wells do die out. Wells that began to
oout oil at the rate of from one thousand
, fifteen hundred barrels per day, gradual
? diminish in quantity, until, at length,
ley cease to flow and become pumping
ells-pumping wells also cease in time.
his is sometimes due to local causes in
le well such as the flowing in of mud and
lie accumulation in theoil crevices of some
the products of the oil. But it is, IN
chiefly due to the exhaustion of
le oil from the crevices in the immediate
icinity. No one can travel down the far
med Oil Greek, from TitusYille to Oil
ity without being convinced of the fact;
lat as "sll is not gold that g.itters," SO all
e not oil wells that are bored, or tubed,
pumped. As many as five in six are
lures. The sixth, however, by fortu-
ate striking of the oil crevice, proves q
gsntic success and amply rewards the
an whose enterprise and mony have en-
lied him to overcome all the preliminary
ficulties. But even under all these.
lances, there are opportunities for coming
rtunes such as are not found once in a
,ntury. The bold and persistent will
nally be successful. Oil, though exhaust
lie in particular localities, will prove to
, a permanent source of profit to the
,untry. A well may runout on onesquare
ID of ground, but experiment proves that
le well on the adjoining ground may be
Zesllent. It has also proved that oil
'evices may be missed by a few inches. !
hese facts would seem to indicate that
zen Oil Creek, after having furnished mil
ors Of barrels of oil, is capable of pro-
1cing it in large quantities even yet. No
ars need be entertained that a few months
i'll exhaust the supply. The theory
hich regards oil as the distillation of
lsrine plants at an age prior to the coal
would seem to imply that it will
g found as widespread and inexhaustible
5 coal itself There are certain districts,
robably the Southeast border of the great