The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1865-01-21
Petroleum.
Its Discovery, Development, Commerc ciaJ
Importance, etc.
Especial cotrsspcndsnes ~ rhe Su-l

. newspaper article would he = rea, nore dificut
of accomplishment than suy vet performed by HI
ersry Iessdgitstori However, will give you.
u ~ concise form as possible the tnore intcre ST.
ing features u tho petroleum subject, leaving my
personal experience durn. atw % months tour in
tho cla~ls REGIONS Of modern GrcNso W a sub.e-
quent article.
wHA1 rrlRottts 10
TIE rapid development " the oH.priuciug terri.
tory, and the iumc nso qusutity uf petroleum ua.
Ia now anpuslly consumed in tho Uuitod Sthto-,
has made II ~ familiar to the public that an eALo.
rate snAly~is Of Its properties is unuccsssaty. II
Ia natural oil drpos,c,, In thc earth usually ala
depth Of from hundred 10 ak hundr-d ts-;
has rancid, disagreehble cior aud 10 vsluah- fur
burning. lubricsiing and Dciicinal puiI-~es
Although ts properties md kno,vi>iyo oi the
extent II its deposit have bu. rcosuty been known
in This country, prvroleum bss IA roAAty lssa
known and used 70 aome extent in every Ne
ning hack alDos, ,o the d'luvisn perod.
frs ANTIQUITY
In Egypt PETROLEUM was us-,l tJr mcdic,nal pur.
poSes nosy four thousand wears ago, add ul
spriues still In existence In that country Ia
the latter part Of the last century, two shiv car.
goes Of the crudo otl were trDnsror,cl to England
TO he sod hut The procsss of refining not l-'ug IN.
dc-stoci. the tra'sc Was abandoned Under tue
name NJ a,.l,a, oil ,,c ,,.,,s NJ A,,ig.,,,,, ,.,i
ub,, ia nos, t,,r,,, n. ,,,r,.u,, t,, ,,,,,,,... Il
| illumination, s,J 10, ps-,r, ,b.5, 4. .n,,,, a
n,,,,h, witch ,h, ,,,, a,,, q, . l,l rsc a, ,h,.
r-rscnt asv +, All. u,,cr The an b,aL,,n known
,o .,is, and b.. l., uscd ., l,,,,,.,l ,.,.,, ia,
ages and In Persia a barge qusnt'tv has lren
nu,ilv consumed Ju-,rg several hundred y.s,r,
rvcn I'm ,b,. c-,untr, r.trnnutp ia by to r,,.n,.
new dl-gver,,. Twas we'll Known To the Indian.
tc.r, -n.ric. Wa discovered and WAS us..l Tor
n.d,cip.l p,r-,ses T7.,arlv ,e,,,crs N we.eru
pepnsvIys snis aud other l,strcts where o,l spring.
ro, .,,s, ,s.d p,..t OH ,ev c,u.d II. IN, Va.
rious purposes, Collecting a 10y .lummins ,he o,l
d,uo5, m, ,h, ,,, ot ,b, ,,,,.r 4. II sc.uru.i.I
,r,,u tho .nr,ngs IN the fprruot,nI, of hia v..lt
Il, po,t d,, o,,sn, ,novy p,tl.,r,b. ,iur,,, ~,
French and Indian var with III, Colonies General
w.sh,nv, m man. .,n, the =, lstepce Of oil spr,g,
I'm In aIIe. vhcr, wall, ,r, now In euerstiop Ih,
petbsr tho Indians nor the carly white settlers
| knew anvtAin, Of A., vast deunsits IN the noI u
III, ssrth
wu,r rsorrcy. ,rryoLscr
Geo,og,.,s like doct.rs. do no, .lsay, n,rsc, and
with regard 70 the formation Of petroleum the
natural causes which pr. duce t-thore s consider
able diversity o' opinion Tho most rational tho.
0ry. however, and che entertained by tho mos,
eminent geolog-ts ia this The forustiou oi tho
North American contnsnt, the great upheayL
which threw OF tho watef and discovered the land.
deposited vast fields Of mArshy salt gra's aud ses
7 ! ~ood In the beds whore petroleum IL now found
THIS vegetable deposit IN the transform sion, '-''
came covered with successive layers o. sand, shut
. ting up the vegetation Ia its salt water bcis The
action of tho internsl heat u the earth upon tu''
vegetation and salt water could not consume tie
- :, vegetable matter, could II DIR We oh ,he s.i'
v Ia vapOr, for tho hardening OF the ssa ni0
rock cut oil all means ~ escapg. "A result. 10
hest distilled the vegetation cS'r'ctin2 ~" carbon
y and hydrogen comprising them -~hencc tho iorrha'
,ion Of the hydro-csrbouo compound known al
=, petroleum Tho Saue natural heat which l"r-
= formed the work Of stnution would usturl!l!
% crack the rock above, " some extent hence IN
= assures through which the OIL hiss been forest ul
IN some loc sl,ties rroduc,ny the Oh springs LI.,
1t this theory the FAC, ust the on Il found when n'a
- the surface, In narrow crcyiccs or hssur,,
1t easily explained the petroleum being forced int
a II ose cracks from the bed below.
nav, ,n, psr,.ot,rn NINA vyRn pf,.nyxeRp.
~ III, 80, 90, ,.ith ,tc IN ia ,..,g C,,,J fl
In u,.,,.-, p.,,s,lv.,.,, b.. sI,,o., t,, c.,,,,
H. 90, al, ,;s,r,c, aud al, ,ou
80 .n.,...,,.,,,..,f.,, ,l.,, ,v,, s,,... ,,. carl
90,