, 1865-12-21
OIL INTELLIGENCE.
Product Of tho Boutwell,, Canada. OIL
District

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From lhe Bo.hvol1 Petrolcum Reporter, 1s.b-)
The production OF oil being the princIps
interest and topic Of this place and ncishbor
hood, we Will resume our notices Of vatiou
wells now In progress, but will first give th
present position Of the producing ones.
The Lester Well, which may now be cor
sidcred the we'll, and to have, Us It were, su
perseded the hitherto celebrated Pepper we'll
still Keeps up It's character, and when VI
were there few days ago, was pumping 8
the rate Of $50 barrels per day, with the en-
g1ne running slowly, 10 consequence Of being
short Of tanks. Were the engine run It's fnl
power, the result would undoubtedly be 20t
barrels.
+ The Pepper Well has not been fully triet
cd slowly, and the product Is Is barrels. VI
hope, however, soon to be able to chronicle
its former largo yield.
Tie Wood Well Is much troubled with gas
hut Is pumping 80 barrels, which Is consider
ed only half its capacity. The oil Il Of The
III iha III Priaee VIII, with the engine running
under twenty-five pounds pressure OF steam
and tho pump leaking badly, gives twelve
barrels, having gufnel one barrel per day fox
the last week The oil here Is also Of arss
quality.
| with every prospect Of largely increasing.
| The Company Wei Is now pumping six
i Tha Victoria Well has lately been undergo.
ine extensive attentions, and In the mean.
time the accumulation of water has been very
| great It has now been started again, but It
! willtako several days 10 subaue tho wafer.
At the Mellon Well pumping has Just been
commenced, the depth being only 30 feet.
There nre two good veins here md consid.
e, able quantity Of oil appears In the stream oi
wafer from the pump.
per day.
The Benjamin Well Is still being drilled
deeper, and Is now over 500 feet down.
The Maple Well had been pumping at the
| rate Of 50 barrels, but, having been stopped
Tor some time, there was, OF course, On accu-
mutation Of wafer, which It will take several
days 10 exhaust.
and The pump Is being taken up. AL Of the
above wells hnre been more or less noticed
In previous papers, and We shall now
enumeEate d few of what may be called new
wells.
Tie Whiting Well, on the Van Allan firm,
Is down 04 feet, md piping il being put
The Madison Wen, so7 feet deep, has u
good vein of oil. The seed bag Is to Be raised
higher.
Burlington Well, on Lot G, about two
miles west on Boutwell,, and near the river, Is
owned By Nessrs. Reid 3tcCraney and others;
Il IS 1872 feet down with some two feet Of oil
keystone Well, owned by tho aame.paztics,
Is down 10 iect, and progressing.
: Ambitious City Well Is % feet deep, aud Is
managed by Charles Newbury. Esq, OF Ham
uton. Ali the machinery is lrst-clsss.
Hamilton Well Is on the Story farm, in
Is 40 feet deep, and the drill Is now in soap
ElOne. with good show of oil.
Sucker State We'll No. ], Is down to the
rtck at depth of 10 feet. The derrick aud
engine house arc up, and the engine tiulbe1s
eo1 arc ip p7see Reea 1t is on Lot a south of Long
Sucker State Well No. 2, Is down r. feet,
and is on the same lot.
Gaylord Well, on Lot "a. Mosa, south OF
the LonEwoods Road, Is being fitted up IN
good shape, aud has 2nhorse power Brant-
ford engine. It Is near to, and about sixteen
IS feet, with splendid Indications Of OIL.
Scott well y 900 feet down In hard nme
rock. The indications of oil arc 50 good that
the pump Is to be tried
Badger We'll No. l, IS down 40 feet In hard
limo rock, struck three inch crevicc,
With good indications of oil.
North American Co. Well No. /, Is down to
the rock With good surface show
Near the Empire Well another well has
been commenced, the derrick OF which is
some sixty feet In height, and new patented
machine from the STATES is being tried there,
which weighs 1850 pounds, and It IS ctaImed
that 1t will drill 40 feet through hard lime
rock in ten hours. The c..,~fatlons are car
ried on privately, and we --uld. therefore,
learn nothing OF the process. 1t IL, possibly,
the Diamond Drill,
We will merely name the Sank Company,
Michigan Company, Western Petroleum Com
pany, Provincial, Upper Canada, United
States, EtoQe, on lot g. south Of Lonrwo ots,s
road, selkirk, on lot 81, south Of Longvood'a
road, Lester No. 9. on the river bank, west Of
Cashmere, Pease, Osgood, Victoria Company,
Pope No. e. AL OF which wells are In opera
tlon, and In various stages OF progress. |
The above list Is far lrom being complete |
hut 1t willsegyc to show how rapidly the Both
we'll oil territory is being developed. Between |
i.rty and flfty wells are now going down Oh |
The Pepper farm alone, their depths varying
from $50 to 250 feet.