The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-10-08

d rpwau Bros produc,s one hundrc. 4 barrels
rer dny story inrm, DalzcPs, lam Cat and
0thor wells, prCducng Two ohunsred Nod htty har-
re.s; Hy de Il ERbotts farm, Maple Grove, Maple
Shade. Jersey, Keystone threC), Turtle, and ten
others, yielding eight hundred ~ one thousand
ba rels W TO other wells gong dogni the BOYD
farm to Petroleum Centres thence on 70 Wash.
McClntOcks, hCElheny's, Funkvillr Ine
Ft st,r farm comes iu tHrn, with the Noble wclii
d q wear uld, and yielding i've huudryd q eight
hundred barrels per day also, the Shsrm m we y,
vi b yield Of tWu hundred io thr hnnifcli
mkt the Sauuz farm, Jones' sts'hP'lo -
s rei's where, thank Heaven, We HHun IKE
o. ttirCad raising through Wston hts U
Tttusvillc. We should state that tue Ind an b'nk
on Company, Of Wv York, Is ioca'el on the
Muitr puu FustIT iurms-one Tour and the pthtr
seven miles from Titusvlo. They cOnmancei
OJetatious about the middle OF Ausu''i and nave
~ elty new wells lCcuCd, and nu ubtr "mch
wore in operation whCn tor cumptny c'h-
ueI ced operations. W HI webb, E.q the we'll
known shi builder Of n W York, Is freslieniO o.
the c mpauy, whore interests are being wel
attended tu by the resident superintendent, Mt.
j. 4. Briggs
Before treating Of Tiusdlle, we will take ride
into the
AuegLany River 0H Conutry, above Oii
Srrsk.
There arc good wells on the Allegheny nver
rboyc Oh creek The Wheeler well, and other
wells all around 10 walnut Bend, produce from
ten 10 thiity dollars per day Wells Rre being
sunk in all ihcsc small runs-yz., Lambs,
Car,y's, &c.--up to their heads embracing the
fats between oil creek and Walnut Bend.
Bstween Hur,C creek and Panthcr run, on the
other side Of the river, ten ~ twelve new wells
ave going down. One stuck near Horse creek
promises very good.
Coming 10 TO Walnut Bend proper, the Cont
ncnfal COupany Philsdelphia, baye several good
pioduCinC wells, and good properly on the river.
Tie BtuLcr Company, Pbiiadcpha, have good
region, striking gas, which rs pretty sure iudt.
G tion of the presence of oil. The Star Company
have one or two wells.
PIT Hole creek empties into the Allegheny
| ThCIe are good wells about It's mouth, and miI
prutp, cts up TO Piummer road All the terri Ory
above has been taken by companies whose names
are not well known This creek runs up TO Nels-
burg, seventeen miles.
From the mouth OF Pit Hole creek mp 10 place
called Prcsigent--wheTe there Is a good hotel
new, elem, and plastered-thCte ore wells going
down on HaTpers farm. Homlock creek empties
| into the river at President Then comes the two
| Tionemas, Upper and Lower. Oil is produced al
| tire mouth of each, but mono at any distance
! fICm their mouth.
! Next comes Hickory creek, and thence we 60
| t." "1ideUut," Warren county, where we fad q
| sect called The " BconumisIs,' obtaining oil from
! shallow wells. Their settlement is on the river
| and numbers about five hundred souls. They
| scrd heir oil out by way OF Irwin, on the Ere
| ana Phade phia rOad.
| This is the head OF the oil region on the ALE
ghapy. Next, going down below the mouth O
| on creek looking after the branches, is the Bis
! Sandy, the borders OF which are al bought Oi
! leased for oil territory for a long distance from
| its mouth. Scrub creek is next in order but M
| o | of much account has thus far been found OT
either stream. Opposite from these streams Il
Il e East Sandy, but no oil has been discovered
! there.
Two miles above Franklin Two-mile run emp.
! lies into the Allegheny; and about two miei
! above its mouth a small amount Of oil Of very
| good quality has been discovered. All the terri
| tory has been leased, and is considered valuable
ug mn yat ~
short distance.
Coal.
! Coal, in no large quantities is ever found upor
| or in the immediate vicinity Of Oil-produciDg ter
| ritory. Some thin veins have been discovered OF
| the lill back Of OIL Creek-the last back OF HOrsI
| creek but il rs OF very poor quality, although
sells at seventy -hve cents per bushcl at Oil City
The whole country seems to have been cOale,
| over in former NearS-that is, by the making o
charcoal for iron furnaces, iron ore being foun,
in abundance.
TitusvrIe and its OjIigarchy
was originally n small numbering town. 1t wa
about mile and half from here that oil wa
discovered, on Oil creek, by Colonel Drake. Tn
excitement began in ls5O-6l, aud people came IL
| individually and went To putting down wells
with more or less success, III some cases the tirs
| strike being the Lest. Since then the bushes
has increased, and immense fortunes have beer
made. Among the millionaires may be enume
rated the heirs of the late Captain A. b. Funk
Jonah Watson, Orange Notch, who have retire.
with great fortunes; William II. Abbot, Charlie
Hyde-all poor men originally, except Mr.. Al
bolt, who came here worth some $4,000
Among the halt miliiOnaires may be mentions
J. W. Sherman j. G.. Hu,sey diving ut Cleve
land, hut doing business here), Dr. Levi HaldeI
man, F. w. Ames (burgess OF the borough, an
many others.
The Dalzen Brothers, formerly of Pitsbura
have large interest here, and are esteemed yer
wealthy. A barrel factory in this place turns on
four hundred barrels per day, at three dollars an
twenty five cents per barrel. The Oil Creek rail
road is finished TO this place from Perry, twenty
eight mites, and 10 the ShaiIer farm, about seve
miles down the creek, on It's way to Oil City. Th
| report that no railro4d would be constructe
below Tirusville, through the heart Of the oil dis
t1Ct, on account of the danger Of the gases ta1in
fire from tie parks OF locomotives, is believed /
! b. Story set on foot by teamsters, who realiz
very largely by carrying oil from the wells to th
railroad depots. The Oil Creek railroad will b
continued as fast as men can be Obtained to bull
it. This is a great country for poor men.
Millions of dollars are invested in this part
the oil region by companies formed in New Yor
Philadelphia, and other cities. Some are sounC
and pay handsome monthly dividends others al
unsafe, This borough, from an humble countr
village only few years ago, numbers now
population Of some six thousand.
New and handsome brick ediiices and privat
dwellings are going up on every side, and indlcai
determination on the part Of the citizens
make 1t a substantial and permanent place
business. There are two banks here (the PelrC
leum and one National), and room for three G
four more. The place contains thiIteen hotel
aud not really good one among them all. TheI
l. fine opening for first-class house. II has
large hall, called "Crittenden," ut which iii
SanioIds have just closed good minstrel bus
ness. The hall will hold seven or eight hundreC
Society here is good mostly Eastern pious, tea
perate and debt paying. Ii Is poor place fC
lawyers who can 90 nothing but issue execution
for debt. Ii has one weekly newspaper Anon
The residents are number of New Bedford ger
temon-among them the brother and son Of Ii
late Mayor of that city, the Hon. Isaac @. Tabe
Cory City-rbe OIL Circuit Completed.
Down TO Cory City, by the Oil Greek railroa
we have completed the circuit, and penetrate
the heart Of the Western Pennsylvania oil regiol
Cory contains population of between thrC
thousand and four thousand. Three years ago
was bowling Wilderness. In building up tt
city the people have not taken time, even up
this date, 10 remove from the front part of ii
7 place the stumps which they were Obliged to d
out In order to clear a space for building. Thr,
railroads centre here-the Philadelphia and Fri
Atlantic and Great Western, and the Oil Cree
road. SO fast have the people been 10 accumula
wealth, that as yet no churches have been con
pleted. But there is q Catholic church. also a Ba
, list ana Methodist, under way. Eligible buildiI
lots command $500 20 $500 Five years ago II
( whole site OF the town might have been boug
: Tor the lowest sum, or less.
. Mr.. Bennett, the burgess, came here three yes
ago, and paid ~ to S2 so per acre for land CHI
now commands 500 10 $500 per acre. Samu
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