Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1866-06-21

most execrable road, poor sufferin
humanity was ever obliged TO trayel
The author OF Jordan" must hay
, passed over this route, for a harde
.. road to t'trabble" cannot be found
And then the hack itself, can only b
appreciated when seen. All kinds o
,, conYeyances were suggested to Mrs
harrington, in order to ascertain th.
asme of the one in which she trav
alled, bnt in vain. until the old lad
f last triumphsntly exclaimed, II wa
| ! vehicle 2 That term may b,
safely applied to what the agent a
Rarkersburg, facstiously styled,
roqri. Il was nothing more OF les
thaa s'vehicle.n The proprietor.
Of hacks. running from your town
might find it profitable to take les
sens in theastof "packing' from eul
friend the agent Of blessed memor,
q Parkersburg.
| TheSsoil fever, hasflately byokerr
ols again in Consequence of. new dis
agrsries .recsrtiy made at BARRING
S6rihgs "A Mr.. Otterson struck
e atSo0 feet, on Friday week last,
/ eNtthe flow was so prodi gious, as tc
exceed sn former accounts However
exaggerattd. Fifteen hundred bar
fels per day was said to be the WELD
FOR the first three days. A ''reliable
gentleman informed me to-day, that
l.ke was on the ground yesterday, and
Efhe yield was 600 bis of pure oil.
Another, well known As the Jones
wei, had previously been sunk to
the depth of 500 feet, when the cas-
and oil burst forsh with such force,
as to break the tools, leaving part in
thewelL The gas took fire from the
boilers and ragged with such fury as
to melt the fly wheel and machinery
OF the engine. A large force of men
were set to work digging up the
ground as near as they could get, and
throwing it over on the fire, finally
succeeded in quenching the flames
the oil in the meantime forcing its
way through the ground, and be-
ing gathered up to the extent OF 400
bbls. This well is now yielding about
800 bbls dsily, but supposed TO
double that, If the tools vet remain
ing in it, could be extracted.
Several other wells have been
9eepened to near 500 feet, but the
scarcity Of tanks, obliges parties TO
delay 'breaking. through" as they
term it, until they are prepared to
save the oil Operators are firmly
convinced that oil i'll 7inexhaustible
quantities exists at the depth OF 500
feet, and therefore great many who
abandoned their wells, at the depth
of 500 or more, are preparing to 90
To work at once, and speculation bids
fair to get up as high as at any pre-
yious period.
The opinion is held by some, that
the oil exists at various depths, and
when exhausted at one level, all that
is required, is 10 sink deeper until the
next strata is reached-somewhat
after the manner of the salt wells on
Kanawha, many of which have been
bored deeper, and water obtained,
when apparently the well was dry.
However this may be, the oil wells
at Burning Springs have assumed an
importance wholly unlocked for, and !
the rush of spectators thither is
very great. Many who had sunk |
wells and fortune at the same time,
are now on the alert to find their
money where they supposed it lost. |
Many will succeed in doing so, by |
selling ont, and allowing others to .
assume the risk. 49,. |
A ride of twenty one miles in the
'vehicle" brought us 10 Elizabeth,
the county seat of Writ, and eight
miles distant from Burning Spring.
As town, it is rather more fac
sinaile of Rodney, than even Ripley.
The road through Wood county, is
barely passable, so much of it as
passes through Writ, is calculated to
produce violation of the command
nent, forbidding profanity.
The land in Wood county lies well,
md is well adapted to grazing or
stock breeding. That Of Writ, to
snake breeding, if wo may Judge
BY the enormous specimens of black
racers" that frequently made their
along the way side, much
70 the satisfaction of q corpulent
Philadelphian, who was always on
.he alert to destroy the harmless crea-
lures basking in the sun, wholly un-
of their danger. An Irish
nan on board the ''yehicle" exhibit
I'd the other extreme, and in his fear
of the ''shnakes" forbore to swear at
,he tortures of the noveable "halr'
N which we were slowly toiling on
our way to Elizabeth. Il
This town is considerably scatter
ID. 1t might easily be crowded into
-FOUR public square, and ample room
eft to transact all business, that its
,ltizens find to do, besides drinking :
Although very little cleared
and is visible near town, and the
imber very fine, the landlord inform
ID US, his fuel cost Linn six dollars
,er cord. The hotels are second '
ate, and fully up to the times as {
ound IN that section, yet better than '
ound at one point on Kanawha-
But better days are in store for this '
,lace. The oil wells in the county
will bring capital, energy and enter {
rise into it. The money required {
o make The Little Kanawha naviga- 1
,le to this place and Burning Spring, ]
las nearly all been raised, and the l
ate discoveries at the latter place, '
will oblige it to be placed under con- 9
ract at once. This will afford an
,utlet for lumber as well as oil, both i
II which Writ county possesses very |
Itcannot be long there
ore until land will become valuable, {