The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-06-08

From the Pitsbur9 Pa Commert al, May so.
/ Our intelligence from the Nenango
county regions fer the past few days has
been of an encouraging character, as we
hear Of old wells increasing their yield
and of new wells being struck Ga Pith-
Ole the United States companys well, has
increased its yield to from three hundred
to three hundred and fifty barrels per
day. The Oil City aud Pittsburgh com
! pany are now pumping ten barrels daily
/ fro II their No. well. on Charley's run.
just below the borough line of Oil City
Two new wells are reported to have been
j struck on the Tarr farm, the daily pro-
duet Of which is estimated at from seyen>
t. five to one hundred and twenty five
barrels. The three Morehead company
wells, on IIyncr farm, have increased from
/ fifty to over three hundred barrels per
day. 1t is said the assassin Booth owned
one thrtieth interest in The Morehcad
wells Ram Cat well No ? on the Story
farm, is now pumping one hundred bar
rcls per dag. The Noble well, once cele-
brated Tor its great yield, but which has
produced nothing for several months, is
again AT work, and is reported to be giving
out two hundred barrels per day.
The celebrated Sherman well is now
yielding 50 barrels day. with steady i'm
provement. 1t was resuscitated by Crock
er's blower This well at first flowed 900
barrels per day. continuing to flow with
diminuion for the period of six months.
when it ceased entirely. This was about
fourteen months since. The well was then
pumped for a year, and produced 20 bar
rels day, with uniform decrease, until
quite exhausted.
\ correspondent in mentioning that
oil creek is we'll nieh exhausted as an oil
territory, says the Buchanan. John Nc.
Cliutock, and widow McClintock farms
have no good flowing wells on them. This
territory, or part oft, three years ago
was the best on the creek. but now more
water than oil is produced This is account
ed for by the fact hat many wells are left
open so that water reaches the oil veins
in the third sand through them
There is a creyice under much of this ter
ritory, varying from one to FIVE feet in
thickness The wells which strike this
are more or less influenced by other wells
on the same vein. Some parties put a
we'll down to and in the thin sand. with
out havingtubing even ordered, AMI then.
when they reach the oil vein, there is
nothing to hinder the water, from the
surface and near it, falling into the oil
The water is heavier than oil. and so dis
places or crowds the oil back, or away to
some other portion of the crevice. The
oil veins in the third sand were ori.ially
free from water, and it can only get in
them 10y some such means as by drilling.
The farms around here are literally rid
died. and any one Of these wells left un-
tubcd may let more water in than half
a dozen engines can pump out Dozens
of wells are left for weeks untubed or with
defective seed bags; and | presume there
is never a time when score of those wells
could not be found, near here, entirely
open and the water tumbling down in tor
rents-each of them driving the oil be-
fore it to other territory.
In our neighboring county of Butler
The oil excitement is on the increase. The
Butler Oil company will organize on the
14th ofJunc and operations are to be com
menced Immediately for the development
of the creeks in the county. The compa-
ny has contracted for. five powerful en-,
gines, one of which is completed and will
be in operation in few days, near Buel's
mill, on Compromising creek, few
miles west OF Butler. The others will be
in opcrtion in few weeks, at point not
as yet designated.
Another great strike on the Clarion river
is reported On the 18th inst the new well
named "POcahontas," at depth of three
hundred and three tect, commenced to flow
and in twenty-iour hours from the
time Welded no less than fifty and some
estimate. as high as scventy-five barrels
per day of oil, of a light amber color,
averaging from 10 to AZ gravity From
the time boring commenced until the well
began to flow was only thirty five days
The Fiseus well, about mile from the
mouth of Deer creek, on the Clarion riv-
er, Is down four hundred and forty feet