The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-08-14

'Ai rHso ally yield OF forty barrels PEE day
the Aei J g Hathbone comnencea second well upon
experiment. successful, ard the oil fever broke
- Wen followed well q rapidly they could - put
sAn JONES' RAD-A MAGNIFICENT sPscrAcLs roR A slNeLs
THE AND WITHOUT REHxARsAI,
At that time the rebel Brgedier General Sam Jones
went through the country with his command on raid
and visited the Burning Springs Either believing that
he was deprsing tho government Of largo revenue
OF sheer malice, he burned all the oil property Of
every kind that could be found There very large
amount OF oil stored in tanks and barrels and still
larger quantity in aatboats upon the river All
fire, and magnificent sight IL was As tho fire
muncaxcd the heated the os barrels the gas
would explode them with noise like mortar and their
contents upon the stream. The blazing boats
after another parted their fastenngs and floating
out upon the river burned their way through the
overhanging foliage of forest trees soaring and
blasting they went The OIL escaping from barrel and
boat spread out upon the water and the Kanawha
BETH distance Of eight miles Such calamity CON-
petely stopped all operat ons and all the horrors Of
border State warfare inaugurated ragged unchecked
until nearly the close OF the war Al least no further
developments were attempted until few months ago.
Some idea Of the prodactiveness Of West Virginia oil
wells on the Little Burning Spring run put down before
| the war
CATALOGUE LARGE WELLS BURNING SPRING RUN BE-
There was, first, the old Salt WE'LL which attained
productveness Of forty barrels per day then the J.
Raihbone flowing well, three hundred General Harness
second WELL hundred barrels per day. the Lewelyn
well, two thousand the Weir we'll two hundredi the
|
kns and Williams well, one hundred and twenty five
barrels; the Shauck well, three hundred barrels, for
and ifty the Connolly and Gfllan wen eighty barrels;
the Smith, rrotter Co., seyentyhv the Mackerson
6y for two years; two Mattngiys wells thirty each
1 the Oracle well, thirty; the Vosbrink and
Wilson wei, one hundred and twenty-five; the
Jones We'll three hundred per day. Tor TWO years. the
Mcfarland well, four hundred and eighty; the Charles
Shattuck WELL three hundred; the AcCresh two hum
| dred; the Karnes and Rutherford one hundred and
sixty the Waite hundred and fifty the Keener we'll
one hundred and NIFTY; Gordon and Stiles, one hundred
Gordon ana newcomer one hundred; McLain well, two
hundred, TWO van Winkie wes one elgnty, the other
one hundred ana nisy tne hatnoone and Camden, one
hundred; the Grimtn ana Alice, one hundred; the
Burning Spring one twenty the other hve the
Harper moving weil one nandred, the oocnrane We'll
one hundred ,ne washington We'll TWO hundred ana
hy and several smaller ones which IN these days would
be termed paying wells
u, ENGINES NOW AT WORK AMP WELLS GOING DOWN.
ihere are now aoout one hundred engines at worx,
ana tne same huhoe Oh wels gong down or In process
OF boring on the Burning spring tract
among tne most prominent welis struck az nrst, as
we nave mentioned was the eternal Uentre the most
famous OF all the OIL wells IN west virginia me oil
burst forth in immense Quantities at depth of only one
hundred and thirty nine feet and the well regularly pro
auced 10Y Iong me as nign as seven hunared 70 one
Thousand barrels per gay, occasionally TWO Thousand IL
now produces twehty barrels per oay ana mas Deen
sunk 10 the deptn Of three nundred ana eighty feet
Is owned by the old Burning spring vi Company OF
fhliadeipha. .
Inc next wells OF importance are the KatnDone Snat
TUCK, Lewelyn, ware, washington, Oracle, Gordon
Weitzel White Vosorink, Cozzens, Reed Hazlitt or
Martin, and some others
nave stated that the Big newelyn well flowed two
thousand barrels per DAY when nrst struck could not
or oarrced until reduced 10 iourseen
hundred OIL was struck in the Little Llewellyn well
ABOUT January 1901, nowed until March, tnen pumped
from three hundred 70 hve hundred barrels per DAY 10
december, 1901 In clearing out the well the working
parties gov some toos ias ana were sui Trying 10 get
them out when Sam Jones made his raid June 1862,
and all business was Of course suspended The last day
IL was pumped produCed nve hundred ana ory parreis
OF Ioit ee ana from ten 10 nteen barrels ooaned per
Gay; uenerai herman biggs, formerly quartermaster
al fortress Monroe, mas Just made visit 10 Burning
Spring 10 look AFTER the L!eweyn well and other ine-
res1s OF tne company OF wnicn ne is president
on ms wei sun nowang a.
ions inuerVas ana produces perhaps TWO Darres per
aay vi was ooaned In TINS wen AZ the oeptn o. one
nundrea ana forty ieet put TINS we'll IKE all Inc od
wells, VIII nave 10 ne sunk deeper
= Inc Cozzehs wen Is the newest wen ~ burning
spring ~ mas oeen SUNK FOUR nandred Ieet, ana pro
duces about seventy barrels per day Mr Cozzens seems
70 oe haTa working ana ihdnstrous man ana uunia'
%nal when ne says ina, ms wei produces seventy.
1--WE or eighty barrels he doubtless comes pretty near the
~ ~ YOU "cn cieo. nm ooA :. MS wei ana nls
1as VIC IoA1os ~e W. p WI, pIooaD,y w lo .
OF the new developments at Burning Spring have been
inc haztt or Martin IS near the eozzens wei, and
P' Te Us aoou. n my D,IIeis. ,, ,.., A.,
ano neea wen ~ aiso new wei' sl.ua'eu hear Ihe
o.Sn, a, P.o Ss a,Ju' sv % Pa ~ oo'oss
~ 'Ie pain,ss 'Inf .nu nUv raj ~ vi .onp"ny
MT III nee o @ az me .na' ne MIL put
aa .dGse Pmps nav1g just s burning spring
Tha Jonss sna ro oa an Oh e We
h.rrn ""e' gu" "'''o" "e'' p''"u'e' '"e"S'"'e
nnn,h. heon,,r a. ,h. WI, c,,r, nj, co.,.,,
nroimcns s,o ,hsr,ys ~, sor4 harr,s V"S VII ""P''y'
Other wells mentioned are producing when worked AZ
an S az -, CIV H; &c , IN .S VIII n S , ~ H az
, I'LL ,; r 'h a.. , NV me'a S' = oee i
Snod y, 1919 Sa,, ,ho Saa, ,;,h a,iss ~ al
results None of these wells are vet down 10 he tra
a ~ W. . H.. 49, aaS os uon W.. ~ .,o .S
80 ..,,sa.. ava ' 10 'e> '"'eS' ".~ 'N"'~' ''s'~'
The Sail LICK Oil Comnsrv of New York cv and
p,seoid uss ; nap"y ~ nSrod .y S aru
vards fro,n ,ha cs,ans we, =, ~ now, ,Sree hn,y
Ia .u, Az 60, s M, ~ Nv ~. i,,.1
dsiav.S ny -conm, ~ ~: ,,.I,in aa,,;n o,
oS "y,sr " ,har w,i ~. h ,r,I pP h ,h. a,s
cine is going down near nv M Rose ~ pieasan, Val
lev snnerntends TIC onerati ons NJ ,his connonv
New Yorr nsrtv lbs an, tcnSht tue nsrcss nr ianS
afy and sytv acres each ono oS ~h;c Ice
in The rear of the Eterna, Csrtre and short dis,.nc.
from, tho To,ycns eIi NJ famos cnrrer NJ parSars
hnrc 10 The nnrrhassr so, these Nav Vorrsr IF
,v 10 gooa nro,ncn yss ha erv crer;ar ,h,s I.na
,nms, nreve of romch rera as al ,ary y VINO ~
Wo.t ~ tha ws,s havo roon,,onsd aya loc.,oa an
u,,is s,roo,, c.,iod p,rmirr Snr;mr r onIy a In
and haIS IN Ionrsh .hs, - ~, nn nr;ins