, 1865-09-18
FROM THE OIL REGIONS.
Notes Of q Recent Survey.

The Great Ille.it1matc-Tbe. S.re,te,
Cnxorked-Pit Hole und Cherry Itu,,
! -Dfdfcuitlcs nnd Coat Of I'rnnxno,tn.
| tlOn--A Twenty Barrel Well W.orfI.
Nothing-olcagtnous Rainbow. In ri =
Rfver-sThat the Fatness Of the I,nnd
1 Comes to.
From Our oHn Correspondent
OIL Cf71, Sept. 1a, 1876.
On leaving Tit Hole City one experiences n
peculiar sensation frelief. It Is the territory
otthe great ll1egitimatc. There ull common
rules Of legitimate business arr violated. Fee
simple Is term almost obsolete. Men but1d
q city on lots leased for a period OF three
years, and agree to remove It it the end of
TINT time at their own expense. A malignant
torch will NC doubt savc many the trouble Of
complying with the Inst obligation. The
leases above mentioned arc also subject ia tia
claims Of the United States Company. WIN at
their pleasure can erect their ttetricks and
commence boring in the very streets of pit
Hole City, With no one competent to hinder
aye, they can order tho buildings re.
moved, and enforce such order, un1esa
the question Of vested rights sbon}d
be potent for tho salvation OF tbc
the lot-leaser how that Is m,
not lawyer enough to eay. But what of all
this: Everybody expects to make a fortune
before the end Of three ycars It is safe to
say that some will not realize their rose.
colored antfc'patious, whi1o come. no doubt.
VIII. No sanitary measures find favor in Pit |
Hole City. and the filth md ottaI nF thc
place are cast Into the narrow lanes, ,ca]ici |
Streets Those who complain of the stInks |
and muddy stIeeta Of Chicago should smeIl |!
and sec Pit Hole City and be wiser antl 1nnre
resigned There may be poetry in t1,c T n,soe @
no N, doubt there is-but venture The asseT.
5ion TINT but one man lives who could Wnrk
nlmsen INTO proper frame Of MUD to i'm
moftaltze 1t IN verse, md even he would no
doubt find prose enough for him,
The present price Of oil at Pit Hole IL sor
$500 per barrel. It is worth il New TnrEE'
say, si5W; Transportation makes almost
tLe entire difference. 4 we'll teat Yields Iess
than about 20 barrels daily scarcely pays
NGrking expenses. The railroad from 0lco.
polls, on the Allegheny river, TO Pit Hole will
completion let us ardcntly hope that buI few
nofe by wells will be struck for in such IN
event sufficient transportation would be found I
impossible, md tic oil would Of necessity run |
10 waste. Bnt one wel1-thc United Stalcs-
lug ,a.5 sueleot , tanknge for such IN emergency,
lheir tankage costs s., 900 for each 1900 bar.
.eIs : Of capacity, tfightful item which sutl.
:!eht transportation facilities would avoid.
5heat tnlngs aro hoped for the six Incl, IRON
,tpe 'n9t Is being laid from the river to PITT
success If laid on regular crade. bnt If inv y
Ecmpt to make It work as a syphon It viii BE- n r
failure; 4 two-inch Pipe Is also heinz iniT d
yer to shatier on the OH Creek Railroad for !,
ne pu,pose Of forcing OIL over the bills and II
mouSt taG @nch Ta1,ess to that Place It WIN not
m In Fl Hols and vicinity, within circle of 6,
opHt I'VE miles no less than f,ueIrt hundred t.
els arc being bored. No 1nattcT which way G 6
~ ., tI1n forest Of derricks are gathered into
en- IL }sa aha 1aslnss strayin occasionally III
enlloned al is hustle, life and activity. Pass. o
& outside towards Cherry Run for i1stance. Il
.sla ~ ~ scene IS changed remarkably. / d,
'ssed over the route in coming to this place.
~ ~ ra1,s :. Mas HGe passing from lie down into
y 'sa fniley ini o. death. As you ncar Plumcr you
ems e; like Fit Hole Tor it's derricks. abut ali is
1et and dcsolatfon. Scarce soni il to bo n
en amongst the ruins. No oil of c1nse.
Shee & was found above the Smith farm. thTee
nfs,Lt l.fs ron the mouth Of Cherry Run. That u
pns asins tae Whole matter. / was told On ~,
u u had, however. just been opened two or tic
ree miles farther up the run. e,
eat, e1uu t4e smlth farm to Housewife at the -"
ac,aon e11 OF oil Greek aud Cherry Run nurucr- I'm
sns ae n active operation, but all the iii
1850 ss-eA4 ~ UE On q fuDI1 HFr1f0a The | Ii a
cd well las fnfla1 CO t. - bet
Il Mpunt ain wa1f Iii, - AtS tue to4uctte. KId
,I;D;s- t|u Pill uoeS VERT we'll, but Is For
I.AAAE. eaN that many wells fhnt hn1 bic.
T. Pig 70 pump, are abandoned and their goSH gS
70 .as ~ tahen ~ down and removed. The same Is GEi
e IT, Q! a. ne country down even TO FrauklIn hUl
che111 u Rnany; Rna Still much oil produced ~
Ehcy ayc un| sno|,{na put net glory has departed
I3tory through greed. No s9ouer is a .erood -
IL ana ootaiEed nI than the whole country round II
,ored inll holes and the sas exhausted. Il
nnna en- Tue OIL wi'l cease to dow, and :eyen -
~ Fn n,,ntas nsas not nraa. There should never, -
ny opnion, % 10 exceed one good well to
ter. "'"'o ee1Ants Vt ra;
seems wicked to scc the oil that Is wasted Sc