The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1865-01-21
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rfc.uou, ~ -sorr,l and intor-,s srplra,son.
Tbs -icu'grs s,Jf uae siuTly or de petro.s IN,
sD that Il ea s.bltlsted 70 ~enter Ill OF cure"
when taken iLisrsslly, nobody VIII noe deny.
The apparently seIhssstiSls supply q the oil At
iergtk vi the steerhon VI srsst6c ne., Sod
81 1888 Is JSyyerties and uses became more gsner-
Az ps'tra- Il a iev barrels Il ne sr-do oil
vs.s sxps!oi u Eas s,i, vh,te IL VAS partially
r.Hlc.. a. H. commercial snpsrtAncs began TO 10
undcrs,ooJ. Yhn.ec .H~-p1so having bssn At.
usrtd ~ o.. sILcIt tho natural rsrit followed.
A rnc,Lod Of rehniAe ~. Invested, The inuuiuAt-
ing and lutric,fay '-o- " pcirolcuu dis,ov-
,rcl. aud he reign '.,rola co-nmepce1.
rnr srLrcfios ~ BuNke ptAos
ne cri,'eure q oil beds having troa deter.
mined snl Yankee snerJrise having teen At
u.ctsd thelcto the HlXt qsestion that naturally
arose nss, how 70 deptrline where " .ins swcil
fort soon discovercI thai ther, was something
ola oit,ry IN s,rtngoI Geonsis.s and os-r
sienuhc men, who embarked 10 III. 81 trade, csr.
red on, their theories IN this respect but were not
ASs's snosess'l T. larger class who Hockci -
the W Dorado, however hsl 10 la!th In geology
AMI accordingly "or-'i" n, rapd-n The sIi0r-
stitoH class, who st9 rslci ally the majority, re-.
le'i, and sill rely upua 40 miraculous "witch
had" men. The4n msn profess, 10 tel precisely
where deposits Il wstcr, sab or oil may be- found,
by means Of a ltt. stick III his manner; They
cut = triangular tw.g Of hazel, hold tive Of the
pronss tightly IN the hsnds III IL. manner
walk NO Wy about "a tic y!ci-iiy Of whore +. is de-
sirri " sis tho well. When uiey come directly
over Iho proper spot for byrr.:, the witch hazel"
uIu- In then hands despite their power ~ hold
IT. aud the third prong Io.nn downward TO-
ward the spot hr boring TIC old settlers u tbs
country almost Invariably 0rsplcy ed ",y,oi hGzc!"
uIen To- deoruAas g0vi localities for Lgyny water
webs shat wouldn't go Dry" Il may 10 re-
marked, however thai ~ AL ts are sid "a ta.l Ia
ury weather, the prophecies Of the with hazel"
fail whom they dnpt ind oil Tho more
ssusible mautsr q choosing localities for oil wells
IA to byre where the goolo deal formation Ike that
where good wells have bccn fosnd. ~ lost sink
~ vi weusE lottery ~ man stands one Glance
" twenty " drawing prize, be Is lucky.
now OFT wILIs AIR uOREp.
The ptocot, u bot!ng au oil well IL very simple.
derrick, consisting OF four Jpn Ia sn.bers pl-o-
81 ten Or twelve feet apart aud fastened trgthcr
by cross pieces, Is erected dre.ty owe, tic spo.
selected for bor.n' THIS dctr,k IA us d. ly from
order to support TIE boring machinery. A steam
engine Of ss OF ci.h, hor.e power 10 now used for
Al work Of drilling, slthsugh many wcAs Of not
very great depth have teen bored by
hand. Az irIn i'Ie, about six inches
Il meter, j. first driven down -
tie urst stratum Of r..k. WI e tbs 10 found
eops' lers le stance from the surface, the
c,pc = asserted In SECTORS that IL pie,o " FIRST
Dr. down, tlrn another section il fastened lTu.
= to tie top; this IL IN turn dr., ven doEu,
sud on until the rock Is reachci. Ehe dru Is
iheu introduced into this tuSe reaching doNl -
tts oc.-ihc Iron rod susrcui!us It loiay lcugd-
tir.. by the fastening " additional pieces a, the
toy as tho dr.ll v yrks !tl WAY through the rock
ito dr.ll IL about Two and a hag inches IN diane
TAR and Is wDrl,ei up sud down by means Of tie
sugirt above The progress VI driving II " course
SLOW, and depends upon the hsriv-Js ~ he siTA-
tuuA An average days work - drilling hom
s.S to eight feet but sometimes ten ., ,Ndgc feet
Ia accomplished. Tic first stratum tb.,ugl Shich
Ihe drill passes Is slate soap-sSone, then Gomez
stratum OF sAnd stone, which is usually not more
shnn ,eu VI twelve feet m thickucs, newt Ia an
ssheI lsycr Of safe II blush appearance, about
twenty ier, IA th.yr noSs, anet which the
ss>Oud stratum Of sand stone is REACHED
WtNn this is Aecomp 81 ed. the dsp.h reach
VI ranging frum Two hundred T. six
hundred, Nrsi u some ilstauses thousand feet
The oil !s struck, qroriisd the borer 10 lucky. \
sew process OF dr,l.n; has lately been inveutei,
aOwsyer which hids iAp 10 grc1ty facilitate tAC
nntius ~ OIL wells 1t 10 this The drii IL q
slender sube, the end OF Which 10 set with species
u Diamond. Ihis drill Is connected with mach n