, 1865-10-27
The Petroleum Fields.

One Of the "intelligcnt correspondent" who
accompanied the enterprising capitalists and
uctive business men On the great advertising
excursion to Pit Hole and Reno for the New
York Tribune, says:
OIL CREEK AND ITS VIRGINS.
From Cory the party took the railroad
vile, now city Of some 6,000 people, AUD
once The very gateway to tho Of fields.
Beyond Titusvltlc the trim passes through a
succession OF dcrsicks In the bottom Of the
gorge. AT the Center we observed an enter
prising company have unt1e. taken the work Of
putting down an enormous shalt. II by q
feet, IN order to ascertain What Is below II
not interrupted by too much gas, they may
be nble to discover the sourcc OF the oil In
about five years. -
it's rather melancholy exhibit and apt to
abate somewhat oue's enthusiasm for oil spec.
ulation TO ride through miles Of abandoned
md Idle wells In the now dry territory OF
OH Greek, which vas once the scene Of 80
much uctiyity. Of3.00O wells that have been
put down In the creek, not more than $50 are
yie1diug anything at all, and Of these the aver,
aee product will not be over 10 barrels day.
The grrat flowing wells which have excited
such fererish speculations in their day-the
Noble, the Coquette, the Phillip, the Jersey
AcC1fntock and others, are now either dry
altogether, or are being pumped for SNAIL
Quantities. The wAFe Of excitement ha.
down over the on Greek, and the Adventures
have abandoned It for the more lucrative Held
elsewhere.
THE WONDERS or P1TnoLR-
The greatest phenomena, tho springs OF ni
lis prosperity, are the f1or1ng wells. Sliding
tomless mud, we visited tho most notable o
them. The 1srgest yielding well, at our visit
fowed abont 1,SSo0 barrels day. Standing
on the scaffold, by the side OF d huge tanl
into which the pipe is laid, we could watct
the spouting fountain pouring forth In conrnl
live easps, Its stream Of muddy -co1ored auid
with such velocity a. to toss into foam tht
surface Of The vats. The low Is slightly ir
regular, consisting Of forcfble election To-
about twt nty seconds, with m inter1nission
Although the oil runs a1l The while, It Is spas
modit ally forced out with increased volume
Sometimes two, Or even three Of these erncta
tions run It gether. The temperature Of th'
oil is about 50 to 20, of deep, dark DIV.
green, Of light specific gravity and pure oil
Other wells are going down beside It, ono Q
uhich commenced pumping zoo barrels a day
Yesterday. The gas given OF by the flowing
wells Is very punEent aud lndammab1c- TEt
OF three destructive h1cs have occurred lately
Next 70 this Is ono flowing about goo bar
not more than dozen flowing wells on Pi
Hole Creek at this time, though there nre
fifty pumping. Nearly al OF The spouter
had 10 be pImped in tho first instance Sc
that the number may be increased. Th'
gross product Of the creek Gun be put doWI
! 1T about 5000 barrels day. Hundreds Q
new wells are bciug put down. OF course
The land In this vicinity is held nj enormou
rates, eingle leases commanding as much n
| <2,5cbo and half tho oil. aI1 shundEca team
| are employed hauling oil to the railroads, ant
| line of pine SIX miles to on Creek carries ol
q portion There Is m accumulation o
/ Il, ,NO barrels standing.
| CHERRY nun AND OIL C1TT.
Leaving Fit Hole next morning. after con-
plimentnfy supper fulnlshed By tho kindnes
operntors here, our party made lis wa
through q pclting cold rnt1, over the hill
neain 10 the famous Cherry Greek, or Run, q
II Is called. Here, ngain, VIC observed tn
same state Of abandonment, in q less degree
as before. Cherry Run has had its day, m
row, out of 1000 wells put down, less tha
100 are paying expenses. The desrieks
some places stand ns thick aa masts 10 tn
North River. There arc two or three refint
rics on the creek.