East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1865-01-18
Che g Courier
wednesday. yanuary rs, SOS.
OK. NEAR PORT HURON.

The Port Huron Commercial comes
TO us fragrant with accounts of dis
eoveries of the oaerilerous kero."---
Somebody has struck ile," or rather,
lie and water" the proportions OF
which, in the mixture, are not stated,
at locality graced by the demure
name Of Pulsifer- as it is also said to
be graced by living streams of olea-
ginous petreleum--fivo miles west of
Port Huron. The Commercial in an
article under the head Of " Have we
amy OlP" after giving summary OF
operations in general in the :" lie "
business, and particularly at Lakeport,
ten miles north of Port Huron, which
at one time threatened in its oily prog
ress to rival tie latter place, continues:
But the recent discoveries of oil at
the Pulsifer farm, five miles west OF
this city, on Black River, has divided
the efforts and attention of oil men,
SO that we are in no immediate dan
ger of our would be rival. But to
particulars. Some few weeks since
an engine, with the necessary appur-
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farm, and boring commenced for OIL.
After reaching depth of forty odd
feet, an obstruction, in the shape Of n
large sycamore log, was met. In en-
deavoring to force the tubing through
the log, the pipe was so badly bent,
having slipped to one side of the log,
that it was found necessary to with
draw it. Upon raising the drill a
stream of OIL and water followed
This was the fore part of last week,
and the flow still continues. The par
ties having this well in charge, have
concluded to commence another hole
two or three feet from tho old one, as
soon as the necessary tubing can be
had
Upon the news reaching this city of
the actual discovery of oil at the Pull
sifer well, thu greatest excitement was
manifested. A large number of peo-
pie have visited it, most of whom have
brought away samples of the oil. 1t
appears to be Of good quality--equul
to the best Pennsylvania. Lands in
oil directions from the well, within a
reasonable distance, have doubled and
trebled in value, and are still on the
rise. Parties and companies are max
ing arrangements for boring; farms
are being surveyed into oil lots; en-
bryo villages and cities are being plat
ted. Every evening oil men meet at
their different headquarters, discuss
ing the various qualifications of this
and that site--so that we may say, in
emulation of our larger cities, that
we have an Oil Exchange, in full blast
and well attended. We do not know
what will be the result of all this; but
we do know that some of the most
successful, and reputed shrewdest Oil
men of Pennsylvania, are largely en-
gagged in oil enterprises in this vicinity
spending their money freely in pur-
chasing lands, and making arrange
ments to operate their claims.
Torthe sake Of locality with which
associations and among whose hospi.
table inhabitants are numbered, many
of our most esteemed friends, we hope
the fullest expectations of the Port
Huronites in this regard may be re-
allied, but it is evident from the state
ments made, that no satisfactory dem
onstration of the presence of oil in
quantity has yet been made. The
odor is there,as it is here, and in fact,
it would seem almost everywhere, and
particles, of the genuine article, in
pool, spring and stream, and indica-
tons ia the rock and soil, but those
inexhaustible reservoirs which have
so enriched tho Petrola fraternity of
Pennsylvania if they do really under
lie any portion of tour beautiful Pc
ninsula arc yet unprecedented, undis-
covered; but not long to be owe hope,
as we sincerely hope for the complete
success Of the experiments above
stated as in progress, inasmuch as
their success guarantees as complete a
success in this Valley and SO near our
own city that here the immense bust
ness arising therefrom must inevitably
centre.