, 1865-09-01
OIL INTELLIGENCE.
letter from xlic Kentucky oil REGIONS
.-ts S1ioSs's Of OIL in the Zig Sandy
md Pafnt Crce1f.


OIL INTELLIGENCE.
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hctaer from !. .te n AGhteK 6fi ~. ~ e,t1 G:.',
NM pn1s,t csont1 ", ~ '' "Ao A''s' 74"'
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t@'1'cspoa"9nse % y. eAe snso i,saD3 as ,esx
FA1S7sS1LLs' hss.' aug. ~ 'eo''
~ left Cincinnati on the river steamer Tcle-
,r,,,, ~ Loot woz crowt,cd with passcn.
6aapa ene oo"s "As S.asss,3 t.. III,
gers, gooo share u tneia 4"'s1se1 - WI
lands and oil wells. on Is the general tne1ne
on the route ut this time. landed at Char
1ot,esburg, one hundred md City miles aborc
c,-s1.,,W ~ fba .,,ptb af tbe n,1 Sand q
t"c'1n'a.t, -, ,,a..a,.1 ,ns .av s,ao T,,. 49,
river, on Tue hehtucky hlas' inls ID eo"n
containing about l,5O0 inhabitants, good
site for town, and the ontlet Of the trade Of
t,,c R,r sondr and It's tributaries. The poor
~. ~ 80 49, or.r scan ar, lsnt hore a
est ho'e.s INV WE sss sssa ~ ~ ns'1: =
hero would make fortune In about one sea-
son. There arc four small steamboats, run.
,,;n,r f-on, herc !, Ton,so twentx.ejcht miles
i1ot4 ~ - ~ r. - H.. 49,
above. iGot on ooafo Oh une u tnem, tns
Oil Hunter, and stopped at the mouth Of the
Blame, where the first oil well Is being bored
Thfe we'll "a obon, 200 feet dccp. A few min.
r Soh ,&nI1 an. 4 enIt
u1es a''cf 'a.'oeo Il sl"olee o,'' ~ aou eu!'
water over the derrick, which Is forty-six
feet h}rh, out Of d seSen-lnch tubs. THIS
,.or-+s., txr;re {bo ,7,v 1wos, ,bcrc.
49, 49,. .,.,,.s o,'e-a =. .-,,va
'AneAs s'ople ioat nlues 4pofo, =. "e! w.
!. Which Is owned and beiu. bored " Loomis
s LII Of Chicago. THIS well is 1so feet deep
~ 80. e'' 49, a.e..aa ,t fa,,ss ~ ,o,rt-
thcfe' next s1opNo at Aou'sa' tne sVun'y
seat Of lawrence This town contains 5ou H.
habitants. Several Eastern capitalists asc
here preparing for the oilbusiness. repairing and
hnt,i,n,. hotels and Stores. A inrce number
m;1ss s nf,h Tia nises II HIM nj ths junction Of
tooh noee or a@'d ~ ahnston na"n,r :" nto
L. sas ~ so 4l.ss.hic .rrnnn rn*d hatween thrsc
n,occ. fhirty-eirht miles. and It Is yery ronrh
lE;Iin1 -, nj, hoIseSarf. f;oods arn brnipi,t IN
~ ta t''Sa NJ n1aco n III time On hat boaE frop
Iou,s nou v,th ~ two % hoteIs Which are 10 crowde1 ]
WIN II, 1nen Thn hots} ch arres are ne bIoh
va " =, e 1,hicaro. Walls are goinF down I'll
a,,out n nj the tnTu with 70 GOOD i shows of oil. "'A
x short distance above this. up ihe creek.
fo NE rirht. another small stream nuts in'
HeTe / vas caught in heavy thunder shower
and Of ali lie places I ever saw this was The
s, nSant 50 et and nj pItcb as IL erery w dfeeton Al
III PANT ,a creek ~ 20 on i Co. co. eommenciup % v veil
If thcre is not oil found In abuudince don't
know what this mart Of the country was made
for, for 1t is not good for anything, else. Igo
10 a cool Fpring Of water short distance
above here and take one mouthfnl.. shonll
quart OF water mixed together, md slill the
inlAbItants call 1t good wholesome water:
ibis part of the country is well adapted for
The rendezvous Of Euet1llas who have used
It's reccsses for hiding places the past
four years, preventing the oil from
being developed ;..but they have now left and
there is large number Of wells.
I'nInt Creek intcrtects the 'B{. Sandy at this
place. md have come TO tue conClns'on that
It is rightly named. Eteited the Dtxon Nei'
eight miles above here, to-dny, and aaF them
pumping out mixtnre resembling while
painl-a white substance vel! eassaatsd WIN
oil, found at depth o. ~ icet, ne1t 70 tnc
oil bearing rock. OIL men say they pare
never seen ia,s substance neinte M ECU eoa.u os n
mixing with the water readily Jhe sides Of
the stream here have largc quantities 81 coarse
Sand and loose rock, Which are satufaled WIN
OIL. A hole dug IN thls sana soon utls WIN
o.! and ~eter, the OIL covering the MaAeL aa'ie
thsckiy' ENCLOSE you Samples o. "4at Is
SAtAGu nei =, w. w otAN va ,oNs ~. Tn~S
out Of the bed ol inc creek near Inc DAon
well. One of these samE!es Is ~ol 1res~ saa ana
= used here Tor mea. Inc otaet l,.s, 9sokea ;1
from iafgc foek4 anu sa'1iAtsu "'an W
coming through It. A short distance above y,
thls vel to the Ley, deep ray,nn m puts M H. n,
with high blulls, and the OF! ponfs out OF Inc
ereyices ol the rocks, and can be gathered os
the Pau 1doa. ai her. h,xe ~, hcen reno,rca ia,
the last four yenrs md arc washed away, but
arc being now repaired 50 tnat en- snein,es;s n,s; anu
OIL machinery can pe nauleu @ over toe nils. nus T.,
froSsions oi vi kinas VIII oe Eefy alen aoI
some Tine to come ns the sh nsre y 1gts t,,s
tnan lne 9 COMFY eaa 1eu ,as - ~ n,ontr u4'
eoun'iS' aoo Pe"e"e' ''4'u 1ppAe7 NJ n n X
rn .snr o,, Rvo,ox-r -rhe To-,,,o
c,o5n nuh,5she, % nm M c1aborase rcnort on tic
cnSn vys t9;S1iS, ~ 9nsT,nH W. rct,ion nf copen Dcen
s.ails horc @ ~ r. S3,ns from - I'M rrrat thicIt.
ncss I nTihe h SANDSTONE % which oyerlays this re.
on aao IT, n 1nS TE,s amd SgsN Ws.tar
ponnsxiven, Tt s Bnf W 1our wc,ls inre yct bceu
sunk It Gasne,