East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1865-11-15

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yielded immense quantities, ejecting
the oil many feet in the air, and COW
ering over twenty acres of land with
the oleaginous product The marks
of this extraordinary effusion Of oil
are still visible on the trees in the
vicinity. Your correspondent has the
promise of a minute description of the
wonderful flow of oil from this res
markable well< intelligent gen.
q tls s,,a whoynTN fspo Of; and and who
nomena conneasR i.h its extraor,
binary manifestatio q Like all of
the wells Of that day, however, it was
badly managed, and subsequently, we
believe, passed into other hands. 1t
may be interesting hereafter, to your
readers 10 learn the history of other
remarkable wells in this vicinity, as
well as the names of some Of the
principal companies and individuals
that are now employed in the devel-
opment Of this interest in Enniskillen.
Before doing that, however, it will be
well to give you brief description of
Oil Springs and its surroundings, and
venture one or two observations upon
its general merits as an oil producing
territory. f aiiHt 1ot
OIL SPRINGS, WHERE THEY ARE SITUATED,
HOW TO GET TO THEM.
The township of Enniskillen is GEN.
trally situated in Lambton county, @.
w. The surface is generally level, in
some sections slightly undulating. 1t
is intorsected by two principal streams,
known as Black and Bear Greeks,
whose channels flow from the north
east to the southwest, and form a
confluence with the Sydenham River,
tributary Of Lake st. Clair. The
several streams pass through ravines
or depressions from the general sur
face of about thirty feet, with gently
sloping sides. These rayines vary in
width from few rods to an eighth of
mile, resembling the flats in some
parts of the Grand River Valley, in
Michigan, though on smaller scale
The township contains heavy growth
of hard timber, such as hickory, oak,
ash, beech and maple, and is covered
in many places with thick growth of
underbrush. There is nothing in its
genera! appearance indicating any re-
markable geological development, its
general character very much resem-
bling that Of most Of the country
through which the Grand Trunk Rail-
road passes from Detroit to Port
Huron.
These who are exploring the town
"a sa i Tor oil lands will find it quite
necessary TO be fully posted in refer
ence to the subdivisions of townships,
as they are indicated in Canada
These subdivisions are called conces-
sions, consisting of tiers Of lots, which
in Enniskillen township number from
the south township line, running north,
from one to fourteen inclusive. These
concessions are subdivided into lots,
each seven-eighths of a mile long, and
one hundred and twenty rods wide,
each containing two hundred acres.
The village of Oil Springs is stu
ated in the southern part of the town
ship, and may be regarded as the
neucleus Of tho oil territory of Canada
West 1t is situated on the second
and third concessions, and embraces
lots numbered from Is to 20 inclusive,
and is intersected by Black Creek, a
sluggish stream, crossing the main
street about the centre of the village,
and at another point about a half a
mile below. 1t is IL miles southeast
from Port Sarnia, with which place it
is connected by an excellent plank
road. Ii is also connected with
Wyoming Station, OH the Sarnia and
London branch of the Great Western,
IL miles directly north, by plank
road. In 1860 there was but one
house on the present site of the village.
1t now contains population of about
1000. Its buildings are mostly one
and half and two stories high, built
of wood, and evidently have been
erected in great haste. There are two
or three churches, q spacious school
house, and several neat and comfort
able taverns, the Oil Springs Exchange,
kept by Hendrickson, formerly of
Detroit, being the principal one
Along the line of the principal street,
with few exceptions, there are no
fences, and the forest looms up in
primeval grandeur, few rods from
the road, on either side of the creek.
Log houses and frail wooden tene-
ments of n primitive style of architec-
ture, dot the whole length of the
street, and the slopes and flats along
the ravine for nearly two miles,
Numerous derricks and engines, and
temporary board cabins meet the eye
everywhere. Passing into the woods,
in almost any direction, within mile
or SO, the same interesting objects
attract your attention. Some of the
engines are pumping, others drilling,
whilst numerous excavations in various
stages of progress, mark the locality
of new wells, or the resuscitation of
old ones. Activity and hustle are the
characteristics of Oil Creek. 1t is
evidently tho abode of men of earnest
purpose. You see no laggards or
drones in any department of labor
There is probably no spot on the
North American continent where cap
ital and labor are more tremendously
blended, and where brighter anticipa-
tons appear to be entertained for the
future. How well these anticipations
are founded, must depend in great
measure on future Developments.
PRESENT DEVELOPMENTS AND THE ExPERI-
ENCE OF PRACTICAL OIL OPERATORS.
The popular insight into the geo.
logical mysteries OF mineral oils, is
vet as limited as the world is in its