The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-05-22
IpeciaI Correspondents Of the Cleveland LaADIa,
OK THE On CREEK RAILRoAD,(

most profitable and the most productive q
the present time Of any upon the Creek
That opinion is confirmed by the opening
within two days past Of two veins Of oil
and gas, which promise 70 equal or excs
any of the previous wellE, except perhaps
the Coquette, Yesterday, new well just
below the Egbsrts' business Office, Wa
tubed; and commenced ct once TO blow out
8 tremendous vent of gas, such as has
scarcely ever besn known. 50 powerful
was the rush of escaping gas that its roar
could be heard nearly half . mile Of, and
the whole surrounding atmosphere Wa
densely impregnated with the odor. There
was yesterday hardly any oil with the gas,
but to-dsy the quantity Of the former il
rapidly increasing. 1t is estimated that the
yield will not be less than 800 barrels per
day. -a s -r 80 ~ ssss. ,-,iI
This well is $40 fest desp, and the work.
ing interest is owned by A. g. Egbert, the
Hyde Farm Oh Company, and Mckay,
HOLSTER & Co. The land interest Is
owned as follows; one-sixth by II. @.
Egbert, two six.hs BY Charles Hyde, two
sixths BY the Maple. Shade Oil Company,
one-twelfth by the Hyde Farm Oil Com
pany, and one-twslfth by the Egbert Oil
Company. '
Another well was tubed yesterday and
to-day it has been blowing off-s stream
Of gas, almost precisely as the above well
did yesterday; and of this ORe, too, yield
of 300 barrels per day is expected. This
well wss put down about $50 feet, in the
wonderfully short time of twenty days
This is owned as follows: Seven-tWelfEhs
by A. G. Bgbert N. @. Egbert and Mr.
Boyles, tWO-twelfths by Charles Hyde
twO-twelfths by the Maple Shade Oil Com
pany, one-twenty fourth by the Hyde
Farm Oil Company, and one-twenty. fourth
by the Egbert Oil Company. ,~
Five years Ago last Fall, Drs. NJ. O. and
A. 6. Egbert purchased thirty five acres
upon the bank of Oil Greek, completing
the purchase the day after Drake struck
his first well at Titusville. They paid for
this farm the sum of one thousand dollars,
which was, no doubt, considered a large
price at that time. The tract was in the
wilderness, and oil developments below
this point were entirely unthought Of.
Not long, after the Egberts sold an interest
in the farm to Charles Hyde, and it has
since been known IS the Hyde 3 Egbert
farm, and, as such, is famous wherever the
oil business is known. This farm has pro-
duced more large wells, and less failures
than any other farm on the Greek.
The Graf g. Hsssan well, the Maple
Shade, the Jersey and the Ccquette have,
severally and successively, been the ven
der and the envy of oil operators; and the
tract which the Egberts bought five years
ago for ten hundred dollars has produced
and Is producing oil enough to be valued
at as many millions, while the wilderness
Of that dsy has now village of two thou
sand or more inhabitants. Since was
here 8 month ago, 8 whole street of build
ings, including two hotels, machine shop
half dczsn stores and dozen dwelling
houses, have sprung into existence
It has been reported thst the Ooquette
we'll has stopped flowing. It is not 50. 1
saw it this morning flowing stream of
pure oil IS thick as my wrist. 'e-s
Bennehoof Run, which flows into Oil
Creek from the west, at this point, was for
merly considered "dry diggings," but is
developing handsomely. The BeunehoOf
Run Petroleum Company struck flowing
well of from one hundred to one hundred
and fifty barrels sbout month ago and i
is still yielding at about the same rate.
This well is nearly mile from the mouth
A new we'll of seventy-hve barrels, belong
ing 10 private parties, has just been struck
8 few rods from the former. A large num-
Der of wells are going down in the Imme-
date vicinity of these flowing wells, and
much is expected Of them. The territory
lies very favorably, IS far IS can be judged
from surface indications. A short distance
above the producing wells Messrs, Harring-
ton, Lawson, Cornwall and Ballard have
three wells, two Of which are Just bsiag
tested. In one of them vein Of heavy
lubricsting oil has been struck, which j
said to be Of gravity equal to the Asoci
OIL Should this prove 10 be 8 good VEN
it will be abig thing" for the owners
and for property-holders upon this Bun
The superintendent Of these wells il il
the hands of Mr.. Ballard. '.rF or
| have no axe to grind in predicting
successful development of these lands, 70
have not foot of territory upon thi
Run. simply state facts and logical con
customs. ''' p.
The Oil Creek Railroad Company hav
the grading nearly completed for thei
track down to Petroleum Centre, five mile
below their present terminus at shAfe
Farm. Whether they will do anything
more than grade it during the next fv
yesrs is more than can tell. And spear
log of this railroad brings me back
where started from in dating this lettel
and from which point in fact 1 have no
stirred in the interim. That is TO say, on
car wAs stuck fast when I begun, and
has not changed its status since Anc
Just to demonstrste how shsmefully care
Ilessly and negligently road can be rur
let me tall you how this detention hApper
led: A freight train in advance OF OF
passenger train became separated, an
about half the train was left behind B
the engineer. The separation was cause
!, by the pulling out of drAW-head fro
= the car that was left at the head of the d.
: tached portion. Neither brakeman, eng
neer or conductor appear to have disco
: cred the break for long distance. The
: when it was discovered, the forward pc
, tion of the train was Immediately START
y back sitter the rest, without any investig
y tiou a. to the cause of the rupture. AeA
s. 3 tin a the draw.head which had pulled o
. of the ether esl was hanging down .
X sctly As the pole of q carriage would do