The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1865-02-06
uo: For the on Regions.


TuE article published on SATURDAY has caused US
to resolve score or more OF sIIeIa similar to tho
following:
Nkw Yonk. Pob. i,h, 1856.
In your piper Of to-day you ~y young man
can get on well in the OIL Fields. l am ready "
start "a at once II only knew tie way To 20
about H. sm twenty-u ne yeare old, aud am net
afraid 10 work. ~ gentlemen II yea can P,ss uc
mp I should eol under Rresi obiiestons W you:
An answer IN your paper, or 10 station ID would
oblge
Yours truly, g. owns.
We commend the pluck Of this young gentleman
and from the elegance II his chirogpphy, etc.
we believe lie is jus, tho Toy thai wanted in the
cil REGIONS. W. can hardly doubt that his cduca-
lion aud energy will win Tor him SONIC Of the fsvors
dame Fortune is always willing " testow upon
those who earnestly and honestly Grok her. A.
'there's hde In tho STAIRS oi all men, which, v
taken At the food, leads on W fortune, etc" ~
may he that our correspondent has launched bis
bark upon the stream that my cause his name ~
appear in the list Of tho y who resolve -big in
comes" In order W assist this young navigator,
and others who choose W follow him we will
| nve hin or them the benefit Of our inves;iga-
| lions
| The OIL Regions Of Pennsylvania arc located in
vsnsngo and Warren Counties along tho banks Of
the Allegheny Rvor, OIL Greek and tributaries.
TrrsvILLs and on CITY the central points
Of the best worked region, being situated rcsrcc-
lively al the Northern and southern extremity Of
those districts whcrc several hundrs OH wells have
been sunk and from which the fluid has teen sent
| abroad through the world. The town q Ti,usville
IL easiest reached, by taking the New York and
| ~. =
cling by this limo 10 salamanca station. From
thence by tho Atlantic and Grcsi Western Railroad
to the town Of CorBY. This town now contains
over four thousand inhabitants a linle moro thsu
| year sgo whom the writer there, 10 WAS a.
most . wilderness. From Cory by the OIL Greek
| Railroad 70 Tlmsvie. THIS town n locsted at tho
upper eud Of the already well developed oil regions.
Ills course thence may 10 determined by what he
secs around HIM aud hears from those he enquiries
Of. Thirty-hvo miles south Is the famous
On CITY which may DO roachod BY foohns
II over the muddy or frozen road
or finding nome o,hr Conveyance The country
hr miles either side Of the rosd 10 literally GOV.
erei with oil wells some Of them yielding large
turns, others less, and many dried up, or not
worked. Operators will he found sinking new
wells, and spectators prospecting for some good
thing that has escaped tie searc ng eyes of those
who have been there before them. A on CRY is
considered the hear. Of the region, our traveller
may desre to go there first. In order W do this,
with less Inconvenience than MA Ti,usvilc. after
- leaving tie Railroad cars ut Salamanca, he all
u take the Atlantic and Crest Western Railroad "a
' Mesdylle. From thence by railroad 70 franklin
70 From Franklin II Is seven miles TO OIL City.
ID The following table furnishes the particulars Of
j. both routes;
70 10 rtrrsvutP
10 Leave New York by she A. ". express train
r arrives Al saamAuta, il5 m,lcr, same night, a
hLfpast eleven o'olork-'sro, Is On leaves Sal.
- maucs about ~ Y M, snd arrives at CORY, q
is miles, Al three O'Clock IN the morunR-Ao, al 90
H. leaves Cory at 10 90 A. NJ rcs hing ftusvile,
w miles al 10 10 p. Mare, u cents.
Total distance from New York, bo3 miles-'srs
OF S1 10.
ID Express trains leave New York NbP.M. aud
10 ], III Accomm dalton trains leave at 10 A. n an
81 NJ" but /; 10 tedious travelling by tlSn.
10 ~ CT CITY OBJECT
I'd Leave New York A. NJ eXpresl train, arriye
=, At Salamanca 4lo milee same night o. haf.pa,
)" eleven, reaching Meadvile, 1903 miles, at haf.pA
10 four O'Clock he following mornius-hro, III 90
n losye awhile at a \. NJ, arriving nj Frank
lin, 2s miles, At 10 ~ A. N faro II from Trans
10 In W on Cay, miles ilIe Irol ably 80 ccuts.
N Total distance from New York, 553 miles Far,
OF sl3 10.
no The same night AMI day trains from Nav Yor
~ may be tAkcu IS those alluded g. in I've oths
tn route.
a. We have thus given our correspondent all Il
IA Information be requires aud II 10 or any oth
II, young starts for tho Oh X gouS we hoI
that they will g. prcpsred to work their way AFT,
getting there. II they leave the city with any G.
pectaton Of Obtaining a fortune by speculatiu
'Fe they are likely to tc disappointed. Labor Of