The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1865-02-04
Petroleum.
Im Dt-eovery. Dovespmcv,s, C~-p~rcinl
importance. &C.
'Npsr,al Corrsyot1enr, - M S,s1l


erary poI,idisiistor1 However. VII z,vo you.
n ~ concise form p Vs.'-. tho more iniore a.
ire bai,lrs- n ,br t.tiol.um subioc;, lnsving ny
personal s1psrencs during s.t~o u,o1tlls' tour IN
The classic regions n modern Grsaso TO srh.e.
a en-, srt,ee.
vnAr FET1otEur "a
r'sr apd development ol ihe.oi-,rr, lucing terri.
tory, eod the immense quantity I'd petroleum th al
Is NV anp,inily oonpm~l IN tho Uu,ied State.
has made IL 80 familiar tho public that m elAbo.
rate analysis Of It's soIersI.s 10 unnecessary. Il
"a natural OIL deposited in the earth usually al .
deptt Of from one hundred N aI hTndrrd feet /;
mas rancid, di,.grcoslls odoI ard V valuable sur
blrn,n. intoxicating and rnsitezual purposes
Although IN properties and q kpowEc'isc 81 the
extent u ia deposit nave but re-cuy b, eu known
in dts country, pro.rol,um bAr In rc~fty hoen
known and used W sorne extent m every sgc. run.
nins hack simo. " We diluviun I-s,o1.
frs ,rT1quIrl
In Eyvrt petroleum was used fS'uerhciuS pur.
poses nearly four thousand yesw $40, spd nj
sprgrs are still in existence in thu country 10
the latter part of the last century. Two SHY car
goes ii the crude oil were transported to England
to bc sold tut he process Of refining not boing M
ecrstood, Ale ra1ic was abandoned. Under the
uan'e nj Sicnn oil, the people Of Agrigentum usnd
what II no" known ~ petroleum. Tor purposes %
u um nation. and in Parma ,hcre Is . spring Of
nnpin, which the people apply W Liz, u.e al the
pfoeot day. IN Asa Minor She oil has bscsl known
" exist aud has been uped tn limited extont for
~e+ and in Persia large qnarrity hn besn m ..
nuA : Consumed. dunn several tsndrcd years
ETea N this country petroleum p by no means .
new discovery. I. was well known " thr Indians
before America was discovered, AMI was used for
mciicnal purposes The carly settlers u Western
Pennsylvania, sud oth-r districts wbere I'll -prings
now sSs,, used cck OIL A. they called i. for W.
rious purposes collecting 10 by s<,mning the oil
deposit o. itc top o. the water ~ Il accunu aled
rom the sprng In TIE fneoIorania 81 HE visit
N Fort du Qvssne nov P.,uburgb( during tho
French ADD lnliai war with ~ Colonies, General
W.shin gton men ions the existence Of oil ,pr.nss
IN loosliiss whore wells now n operation Bat
neither the Indians nor III. early white settlers
knew anything n the vast deposits in tho iei ot
the earth.
vuA- rsopUc-s rrr-1LrrN.
Geoloys;s, Ike doctors do not always ,z-ee. and
To regard TO tie formation Of pcirol- arrl---,he
natural causes vh Oh produce it-thcrc la consider.
able diversity Of opinion The most rational the.
ory, howcve, and ito one entertained by tho raoat
eminent gsologi-t& is this Trio formation NJ the
rsh American continent de grcst uphcavGi
which threw on the wa;1s AMI discoyorsl toe land,
deposited vsst holl- Of marshv sat grass and sea-
"eol N the beds where petroleum Is now four l.
This veg table deposit. IN he TRANSFORMATION, BE-.
came covered In uc,cssivc layers of sand, shut.
rng up the vege'aton IN its SILT water bods TIE
action nj tho iatc-nn hsot n tho rarta upon lsis
Vegetation and al. water could not consume the
vegetable rnaue. nor could % DIV. OF tn, SILT
wntsr n vspo,, ior tho hardeuug Of the s,ni INTO
rock cut 90 all means of escip'. As rosrlt the
heat di,tl'cd the vegetation. extracting the carbon
and hydrogen corpre ng thcm-Aepoe the forms.
ton Of tie UNDERGRADUATE conn ound known as
petroleum The same natural heJ which per-
formed the work II Installation would naturally
era p, the rock shove, 10 s,un- eSten.-hencr the
assures through which the oil las boon iorcc,i M
In some localities producing the Oh springs Upon
III theory the fact ihat tn" OIL s found when near
tie clriac', m narrow creyces or hsrr-S .
easily cyplaiued-shs petroleum. being forced INTO
these crack, from tho teis below
| now THE rrrloLrrN BEDS WIRE nrsoovr7rn.
The region IN which the ~ Il NOW t,,rI IT,
Western pe,D.v,v,n,s b,, alma, ,,. -,
been known A, Great salt di.,rlct. And al, vi,
have hoe, IN one-,tiop Ter. ever .,,.. ,h...i,
s.t,lene,t a. ,5e ooun,rv In b,,,,s al, al, i.
grcstesi dl'hcry Nos found selecting localities
where he water was not impr,gusted with sub.
stance which the salt-men characterized a, "a ms.
", greasy substance" and which We Of The present
DIV cal pc,ro,.un Manly s,r,r rc,r. AZ.
Packer. VII 10 boring sor AL. yys,., on r.,r CT
IN Clarion county. pcp,.vIv,,, ,.,,,r,,. ~, :,
thc dcnth n ,opr bp,d,.j ia, IT,. .,.-..-