The New York herald., 1864-10-14
The Oil t9 Be Transported in Iron
=. Pipes to Railways.
Great improvements Gsing On Il
the Oil Csuntry.
New Discoveries in Western Virginia
Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York,
Michigan and Elsewhere.
The Yankee Nation "BOund to
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We rssuvc to-day scompllaton OF statistics and other
vsseres,ing Information from the oil region OF Pennsy
vanA n ID accompanied by map showing the princi
pal pouts the district partic slary that embraced 10
what 10 known the OIL creek region, with adjacent
localities There viii also be found annexed an Interest,"
ing description Of the oil situation in Western Virgn
SogssAer with few about the discovery Of petro
s,um IN Keutrcky, western New York and Michigan. !
Shs attention CT the world be attracted TO this
vuSuabs and daily increasing in vaue article Of com
unssos and general usefulness and consumption. The
pssolsum rstocracy destined to be not an aris
ooxacy OF the day but oil for the supply Of the
article appears be nexhausbe. aud the 10 which
n pu. asvaricd aud OF universal utility those OF
any discovery In modern times.
wzKRI PETROLEUM CONES rRox-rHR BOWELS OF
THE EARTH SCIENTIFICALLY ovKRHAULED.
ne subject oS explaining the phenomena Of pro-
Aaccn Of petroleum has attracted the attention OF SCI
ensiao and practical ever since its discovery aDd
aAapsaoa to the Of society Several theories have
been advanced but the most reasoOabe which have
ssmarked and which been fortified by personal
vssngation In the oil region OF Peunsyivania, may be
esssrsAned from the following summary OF the views OF
tAs enlightened investigators 10 the mysteries Of
sAt wonderful production Of the earth
seems certain that the principal supplies OF petro-
lsum arc dHused between the planes Of
bat are collected In cavities or less sunken In
shs strata, whence IL 10 less liable 70 be carried away
~ running water. IL Ia common to nnd large
quantities places whore there marks Of disturbance
and nspacsmsnt Of the rocks and those who haze pro
sssscnay 1prospscsdn for oil nearly always select such
spots for sinking shafts wells These cavities
psnsly Of great horizontal extent. seldom that two
.ssghboriag wells strike oil a. tho depth whether
shs strata be horizontal dipping. chance out
II many 70 strike oil at ALL In nsghborboods where
b, exists 10 abundsnceexceps 10 certain locaies 10 the
Oh region, where the average chances Of striking
on 70 those Of other DISTRICTS with the
espton possibly cf some OF the newly discovered dis
ioss n Western Virginia But there faots connected
WIN oil wells, particularly their Intermittent action and
Asis Interference with another, which 10 show
hs existence IN many OF systems OF cavities
suanscsed together BY channels Of communication
or sss free, running sometimes along the rad
mes acros them. On OIL creek the greatest quantities
~ oil are found In shs sne horizontal stratum OF sand
stonss II would seem that this rock very porous and
perforated like a honeycoms with numerous ccils and
Assurss containing petroleum. the history Of many Of
shs wells 40 follows.-when oil IA entered the eas
tNAeiDs 10 raise II up over shs top cf the Dor
n u. increasing gradually In force until u projects Il
IL y Ahs air. often 10 height OF from forty 70 Afsy feet.
sh, alternately diminishing snd ncrcAsiss In sorcsas
regular Intervals but without any cessation In the now
for alosg uus rhsss variations nths foros Of the gas
ths 'sprssthips u The earth" {hey are tsfnsA--
are 70 Be- explained on tins pri6cipic Of suppos.
\ ing that, ~ the tension Of the gas 10 rsansd
Nv Tho removal OF The oil, the gas and oil
srAm other cavities around rush In through the
pesA, and ssh Assures I'll csran maximum tension 10
ssssM and hs iuux ceases then by the expansion Of
o. sse already IN tbs chamber the o continues 10
o. Sss Ailh Adlniuashlns now snsu relative vacuum
y again cs>Ntsd; sitter which NE innx n rssewsd and
rrsAsuly iHcsNssss, n the besnsng These regular
sis~vraajoss varSla disrsns wells fromtwo 10 three
sno . ~ v n nAAs Nsaes n hour, w lssSyaa