, 1865-08-24
THURSDAY, AUGUST q, 1855.
THE CANADA on, FIELDS,

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Lake Huron, nearly On the parallel Of the 45th
degree Of north latitude, Is belt Of rocks Of
the Hnmlltonian series or group, which ex-
tends along the ehore Of the lake southwark,
In narrow strip, With occasional outcrop-
pings, around the base Of the lake, under the
st. Clair River, aud up the west margin Of the
Lake northward TO q point uear Saginaw, In
Michigan. These rocks arc known to be salt
and oil bearing; and in the extension Of the
group from the. t,ase Of Lake Huron, soulh-
eaacrly 10 Lake Eric, the principal oil wells
Of Canada hare been found The whole torma-
tson seems, in the opinion Of Sir William Lo-
gun, tic Provincial Geo1ogist, and man
OF konso and. learning, To lie across
The Peninsuls like saddle, the narrowest
part Of the scries being cnt by the Great
Western road between Chatham and New
bury-40 to 20 miles cast Of Detroit At
Lake Erie the series WIdcns, md with sonth
inclination, dips under that body Of water, to
reappcar, no one knows where. The outcrop
of some Of the strata Of these wells Is seen on
the sonth end Of Lake Huron, adjacent 10 the
water, and in the parts thus exposed are sew
eral layers Of highly bituminous shales which
have heretofore attracted The attention, and
from some Of their pecullaritics, excited the
rondar NJ tbe ,nnst. eminent rcn,or7sts of our
dsv. How far thc sc-7es extend, Northwara
Is not known but It Is certain that, the belts
1order1pp III, 1ale m rtt1,cr s,dc orc narrow
e1d sbe1,,u. Tha ,ro{n 1,odv 'of the
;,nnr liz. w., xac,, 4,,e 4ro 1otcs t1,o. uc b.vc
-,,rnsa nd thcr<. t1s .,rr,,, arr of th;cIn,ss
-.,t dcte,,nfnea. thonch the borinos hare in
-s,sors zoos hecn made in dcn1t NJ ,norc
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w. .ns,e.ss s. 80 =. 60 - ....,.,.
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~ t"onus uo4n ."eNe ~ n1tecn ln''cs az
noIaNtai, 4o1ls ~ AAty ta'lss On Fu'oo' anu
1h.rty 10 1o'1y'n'e IN LAKE Enc
1aIH ol LUZ country oeoe1'nsa' sSa'cn ios
on Us now oe'ns 1naos "Nn sseat inoastsS ana
perseverance, ana WIN sery eoas.desao.e
ousas o1 canlal' AZ Enhiskincn and tee1o-
na' sAo'i o1s'ane@ oe'o" I-aAe 'at'on' Aoou'
1ouf nhdfco "eias arc going oo"n' VIII
Fhnt reward 10 1hose VINO own uhe"
VIC arc not specially 1niorned, though from
the fact that the number o1 seekers does mol
diminish. VIC arc sure that Inc Indications OF
success arc good. IN the sydenham 11Vef,
still further south, te" wells arc being suns
und Mt Eothwcn, on the line Of the Great
Western road, one hundred and fifteen arc IN
various stages Of progress, few only of these
being ag'complcted md In q state to yield a pro-
dtaolc return but' from 1hese esfoences'
what may be expected when Inc wofk OF &C
vclopmcnt Is further prosecuted, may DC
Cleaned. Al that point the wells are a!l
pumpcd-there are none that Tow. They are
generally sunk to depth Of about five lun-
dred feet, and thus far, within q limited DIS
tr7ct, moi enc has tAi'ed TO yield OIL in qnanti'
ties sufficient TO pay. Three or four OF them
have been pumped for a lew months with
rcsults varying from twenty to eighty bar
rcls Aday each, IN spite Of the discourage
ments and difficulties TINT sre incident to the
territory, and that the carly dtscgers did MT
provide asainst- These difficulties grow out
ofthe presence, with the oil, Of great veins Of
6rnclsish water which must be removed before
the oil is reached. Following the plan
adopted in Pennsy1snnia, where water Is no
hindrnnce, small holes, none la1ger than three
inches N diameter. were put down through
LIE Iock, and ont OF thcso, with Insufficient
maehmefy and power, tie owners, deferred By
Inc danger Of endeaVoring to enlarge the size
oi lie wells, have been content to pump, with
the returns That We have stated,
*hea q months labor would have
quaafnpleo ahe saeid and 1naehmtely null
phed The value OF their property. These
changes arc now being rapldly made; and In
vieE of what Ia doing In repairing the mis-