Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-12-10
THE OIL REGION.

Continuation OF . Reporters EIPeEts
snse In the West VirRfata o1I Re-
E1Oas-He Thinks Our Sew state II
Boaa4-Go bseaaae . Great GOHntry-
Ne published yesterday part Of the
experience of Ea eastern nan, as given IN
he PhilldelphiA Press. during 3 tip
throaEA-ouz Vest Virginia oA Feeianz.-
The following L tse eoaelaEloa ct his re-
port
whether petroleum is found IN the blsek
sba4ss Of HE Haail5es gFSsPe or lot-ot
whether We nave to admit that there was
oree 3 petroleum age IN which this oil
covered the earth add secured for itself =
COSY resting place dndsr these roubled
rocks. or Whsthsr II L. the disuLlRGon of
SIZE wonderful chemistry Of whose laws
vs know nothing and upoaz whose Wurks
We hasten 90 gr5T T3Eb-or whether We
take TIE comforting ssEuraace Of those Who
ind fhen fHaeiss TO be '-RceordinE 70 the
Scr1ptu-e5,5 Rad bslizTe th6t ps-elsuu
haz besa stored away As tts greSt resource
d DfFias zsOEeARee-Hls IL Rst 4c poor
Ibefztsd tTATe4er Ike the ~zitsr ef tins zr-
ticls 10 determine. Ny mission Is 10 tai
7pu what saE n this great Gil kingdom
4 very 6hcait nizsipo, Let NE assure the
patiAat rssdsr, sad o1s aor 10 be rzshly
a 94EIhAAS4 LILIES EOSA
! If sroek 70 cur account l asked u2c1-
! Der Of quesaons during my journey, and
| net hundreds Of men briufzl Of informs
I'm. al Of whom we're snuoRs that IL
should be giEea 70 the public. found,
iuvxrtsbls rEIas, which the readeI n5y
copy II his packet book aa6 couait 20
aemory- WhersTE a stranger begins to
sing tie praises of q particular -11, CT
! stream, 81 noGatala, or territory Or coun-
T., Eeu via find that he has Aud Ter SSls.
E7ErT oE1zr sad lessee oa these 5tFeans
sn5 rivers = couEdsct inst ne has pU--l
/ chased ne etscaaI centre Of the ErsaE o4
/ bazia- AID Lnst he has only 70 strtka the.
rock a1d tbs oil VII gnsh forth was
! shawR af least q hundred Of these otty
! Hsrebs. Nv English nis1d, who hs3 been
| fndaoad BIZ EPecalatoF 70 ridato HugEss
! riTs- 70 see trsct Of land which contain
/ e Lhoazsnd aaETel veil IL every rod, and
zEE1ps5 from his horse n fordiag the streau1
-z5z this praeersiry tie E1bjset OF an en-
/ phsIie discourse az We ttHsaty OF rs, saa
oue zenerzI Eko had hsen member of
J Corzrzzs and VITO knew NJ Polk. A. every
oas n The -coz constantly learned kAt
zrcucd NJ Fsrhirk's FIRE, st little 5baa-
/ II oear B1-1izg Springs called 3 kosel-
4 II Eakiald. te Sad, such msa would be
I punished zccordIag . Al aci Of Paris
aezt. sud - &c the bIzsted rzsr- yen know
( Why IN England eTeTJ EiTeE Is covered with
BRIGGS. In Adi1tioa 70 fhiz, the traveller
u r55d stories Of nArTsIlo1s wells. At
z7,h 3 piaee, srear ny tract Of land q
vel sDouts forth three Thousand barrels .
aay. At auother place, fast ACROSS from
nv tract Of land, there are four veIlz soW-
ing = thcaaaed barrels day Ga the forks
of znch a river, Witch gees through ny
tec-aory,T the Gil IA II E1ch quantities
that -he people elcet 6rizk ths water,
I and thg dEh cannot I've. ouf of sH this
lzpeezIssloa AID EaaArzads, can san up
tie results Of ny tsn days iSaueying
thus:
[ Vast Virginia i but partially dsTsl-
cped, Hsd therefore. sH purchases Of land
zre spscuiatfTs, aod noi InTsstnEats.
Il The Oh territory tAzt eEteEds from
Aff5dlebou-1e, Tyler ee1nfy, If the surfaee
fadlcRdoaz are bar1s out, VII b tie greAI
/ Cd basin Of the esaEaeat
III. That n West Virgiaia7 If capital
ghculd fail 70 fnd recanpsasst1 petrOse11
,be AbuaSAa4 mineral indications Wiz re-
pav enterprise and skill
n. That EIth the Psci6catiou Of the
eounsFy, the slack water Of tae Aan8WhA-
the buiIsfnv of . rHilEcsd aIoog the HaA u
he crest Gphsysl, sEd Fhs erection of mia-
tizz and nanzfActuaaz facilities, West Viz
I giais VIII become an empire Of industry,
Tzafih, ard skin, and the TaIleJ OF the
! 0his became IS PEopesoss - tae valley OF
Ee NeIaac and DslEwzzz-
rzsEEAI EnsoUzess - wEsE vnsuIA-
Bas,-s IszEiag West Virgins isF ne
ImerTe ron the original ParPose Of this
9se1e- aad say 6 word N re4Heree to the
orber great resources Of this asT sistsE
Srz-s- Apart from oil, II \ rtea II gres'
r.=.s.aI resoGrrez I EHz shown 3 lump
ios ruaelT rgSaed ore ct SissFsFile which
sser.ed 70 be An Alloy Of siiTer, sid which
vss informed had been obtained II {
reizhboriaz kill A joyous settler sssuRet
I rza AZ FFxapezh that he hld . 6rnEG IIfle q
6Es E4yms asd EaoEher disoOaSolsSe boreS
Uh0 rad bsea sinking well without EaAnJ
Indications Of Oh, lad placed 0TeT h1s der,
mex this dzspGETing rsSOtatlSa= '=Os41 al
: Egr- Hsies, or China" Il the county o
PecokSatas ERea ere u fsaBd PrOd7eiag s
pe-eers. pure metal, ard lsadszcopPer
4nd silver exist CoBl may Be found crop
pnk rut Of THs ranges Of me. hessesS
noUarains, AMI rich veiEs ct EEph2ttz1
tbsye beea fsRad Il Win comfy. Ii 4oc-
iran a1a Hampshire comics Us5e1na
srrEarss eTfsE- The highest mountain
. ttIis SLa4s il 500 feet, bat tie upper EAiiea.
| Of the KsasEha Is lzx1Eisat n VeEd11s
: ia-d 81 fzrtiie aEl. .aeEapeEI1s - the E0Zalae
fuuhsr sozth. Yoa 80 4na&iAe Ghe oP
! lsers4ais5as -sssssassa- Wsst-sSE8iniA
: whea 1 ~ ttssf. UhiIe3 faers sre z 81. u
seres 6 t1PsogA Is1ds; -, 81 sHre n
Inpr6Ve6. B 3 5sfnte ii1ia "a eIciitslelt II
= tIa1ds- -sFsr1st4d eight d1TfsFH - aereS noJ