The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1866-08-01
From the Pttsburg Commercial.
OIL AND GOLD IN GREENE COUNTY.
CARMlonAEL's, GREENE Co., PA,,)
July Dist 1890.

o'"|hs, ., uhEENE TO-, RAJ,
July 2lst. 1866
Inc oil business on Dunkard Is ipcreas
ling slowly, in spite of the hot weather
and past depression. Still there is not
enough system in the operations. Wells
will pump few days or weeks at time
then rest while The consequence is
that many are more than half the time
"hooded' with water. The Wander,
gritf and Monongahcla Pioneer are still
doing well, but have too much water
the Mccoy having stopped few Gays.
The Knox, Lucas Farm and Union are
reducing their water, and have pun
ped few barrels of oil. Perseverance,
VIII insure success. On the Baily Farm
operations are active aud successful -
The Enterprise wells Nos. and 2, the
Aurora. and two Of the Baily Farm
Company's wells are all yielding. The
upper strike of heavy oil is at 1855 feet.
and Tie lower at 3j). The gravity of
the heavy oil, as given me by the operas
tor OF the Enterprise, is 81. On the
Ross Farm, the Ross No. has been
retubed, but has not yielded as yet -
Something must be wrong, rs there is
plenty OF oil on the surface of the we'll
-
This is the case with many wells on Dun,
kard, and 1t looks very much as though
something was yet to be learned in the
matter OF pumping There is undoubt.
edly oil IN this well.
Leaving Oihloralo and its smoke
behind, a journey of three miles brought
us to the new Eldorado of Greene county.
We had the pleasure of spending the
evening with Mr., Chas T.. Seidel,
Superintendent OF the Amber Gold Min
ing Company. Mr.. Seilel is gentle,
man whose knowledge and experience
in the mines OF the "Apaacblan Chain"
are perhaps unequaled. Fora number
OF years he has been engaged in sinking
shafts, principally for gold, in Virginia,
North Carolina. and other, places -
Through his Kindness we are enabled to
give your readers the following partic>
ularS. The gold bearing quartz was
discovered at a depth ofabout 70) feet,
by the operatives Of the Amber Oh
Company. The afiidavi,s of Messrs -
Knox, Tuttle, ColIyer and Corinth, to
this effect are furnished on application
THIS discovery was made on the Kerner
tlrn, about four miles from Greensboro.
The specimens were tested by NJ. -
I IViproul, Of Philale ephia, also by J. r.
Ecktedt, Esq Assayer Uni ed States
Mint, Philadelphia. Both these gentle,
mcn pronounced it gold, varying from
10 J to % carats in tinencss. The three
specimens analyzed at the Mint produc.
ed per pound OF quartz as follows: No.
|, IS So; No 2, SIG 26; No, 8, $SS 90
A small per cent, of this is silver. The
atlilavits Of every workman and other
person having the specimens in their
possession, prior to the analysis, are
given on application 20 make assurance
dcubly sure The company are sinks
ing a rectangular shalt seven by eleven
feet in the outside and five by mne in
the clear. They have reached the solid
rock at the depth OF twenty five feet,
and have lined the shaft with heavy oal,
timhers, cubing one foot apiece, and SO
neatly fitted together and surrounded
with packed clay, as to exclude the wat.
er. The pump will be nine inch, and
will doubtless readily remove all the
water that WILDE found The work
will be prosecuted day and night with-
} out interruption. Excellent fire clay;
two veins of coal, one seven and the
other thirteen feet, were found. A vein
OF lead Is also supposed to have been
passed through. ihe quartz vein was
measured by Mr.. CJIlyer, an exper.
fenced miner, and gave Il result OF three
feet IN thickness, AS Il further evidence
OF the entire genuncness OF these states
mcnts, we may add that almost all the
parties that gave them, including Mr.
Collyer, Mr.. Ecktcldt and others, have
since taken stock in the Company.
There capital stock is 100000. Work
ing capital Sl50,O00 We have receiy,
ed fion Mr.. Cooper fine specimen of
gold taken from the Cowcll well in Mca
dow Run, but have no space tor fnuh
er description at present.
L. HARRoD BELL.
TlIEsPIRIT OF COPPERlIEADISM.
The Carlisle (Pennsyvana) HeraH
says: