The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1865-06-07
Gerry O'Lanus OF the Oil Regions.

AOH oo'OA ACHt thoh AhO INV
Pennsylvania is good sized Stale, and it
takes sometime TO get there.
When you do gel there you wish yon
hadn't come.
There is plenty of oil-and that is all ex
cepl lots of people.
am for "Snake Rum" the most likely
place for oil.
They call these places runs, because ev-
erybody who is after oil runs here.
Every man you NEE. is the President, di-
rector, or engineer OF petroleum company.
The natives, who are white people. and
resemble country folks, live BY selling land
and greenhorns.
They have a system in both transactions
They double The price OF laud every morn
ing.
II you know anybody who has got few
vacant lots that he wants TO sell, tell him to
bring them ont here.
The folks are so busy looking for oil they
haven't time TO build houses, and everybody
is afraid TO put up house ior fear he might
cover an oil well.
Consequently the hotels are little crowd
ed
The Muggins Hotel, where put up is
much so.
Muggins, the proprietor, is the most ac-
comodaiing man you ever saw. A city rail-
road conductor isn't circumstance to
him.
He has only six beds in bis house, but be
is always ready TO take in everybody.
He took ma in.
Also two hundred more petroleum pill
grims.
The sleeping accommodations are various.
We go to bed in platoons.
When the frsl platoon ge, asleep they are
carefully taken oul o. bed and hung over a
close line. The second platoon go through
the same process, unlill every ybocy is pro-
vided for.
Preferring TO sleep alone, slept on the
mantle piece with the coal scutlIe for pills
low
As observed land is precious ou, hore,
bought lot ten inches by four, for ten thou
sand dollacs, and commenced eperslions.
The next thing is to commence boring.
You wan: sharp bore public lectar-
er won't do ,neiiher will skalius gimieL
took a brace and bit and went in.
Got down about seven thousand Feet in TO
the bowels OF the land, when came to an
impedim ent.
Found that had struck the pre-Adamite
rock OF the ossi6ed strata of the Sluriau for
nation.
This is geology, aud you perhaps wOn''
understand il, but will explain il all in the
paper to t4e Historical Sociely am about
writing.
Go, candle aud wen, down to see about
found big Megalherium, abou, six hun.
dred feet long, and wide, in capital state
of preservation.
lgot him out and will send him along BY
express.
Went on boring through forty feet of sand
stone.
Here encountered strange smell Of saI-
phur which alarmed the native who sold me
the land, and to ease his conscience gave
back half The money, and wanted me lo
stop boring.
Told him was bound to keep on until
struck lie, or come Out on the other side OF
creation. Bored on. Went through about
sixty thousand feet more, when suddenly
the brace and bit went in, and there was a
grand report like that made by Buffers pow.
der boat that didn', blow up Fort Fisher.
Things were slightly confused for awhile.
A section of Pennsylvania went up. and [
went up with it. l guess must have come
down again, as the next idea ! had was
finding myself comfortable, hung over The
clOlhes line al Nuggins Hotel.
An investigation inio the matter showed
that bad struck through into gass factory
in China, which had exploded at both ends
of the bore, killing half million of Chi
nese.
The casualties on our side were confined
10 one native and small dog.
ILaven't given up yet.
The folks here are very encouraging: they
will stick to man as long as be has a cent
left, and never new Nuggins 10 turn a man
ont of his hotel 10 pay his bill.
A kind hearted chap offered me another
piece of land, the size of slovs plate,
within mile and half OF seven hundred
barrel well, for the reasonable figure Of half
million, and iwo-thirds OF the oil.
had calculated that boring for oil is not
SO profitable as bleeding the public shall
start an oil company on more liberal term:
than any yet offered
! shall be prepared 10 guarantee anything
The capital will be million dollars, divi,
ded into two million shares, at fifiy centt
each.