The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-06-13
) Burning Spring OH R.xio.

J, Burning Spring Oh Region. T
MT l,nt prevail, IL II. !. /
90 KtSSV sil:r.gion, over sop, -. /
( stiitS f.sly made at Bu,,,. I
9pr'osisa Az 'e!tll'!RFs s! fro. h.,. ~ 1
'.isit,l l''s v.st, ny. d, /
'biv' sess2'j stopped pup2Iss, y;
eqn. to boring. The following f., 4.
Wheeling lntellige.eer, seem, 70 b.
candid statement u facts: + g
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" Barring Spring" Oh territory -:
hlps brief account Of what I ,sVR
may bs Of inet2t siItst ~ ~ /
an Xho have bssl, Hstshipg Il, d.,J
opment Of this wonderful Ioufcs 81 II:
|ti6sst i1ealth.a;It + htSnhia go:
been found on tho Little Kassvh, m.
.nd bplsWthe mouth of,ths, ruo b,
short distance. but not 10, yefiy H..
quantities. '.Y oh sill,' thir.iSr., y, ~;
the soil Basic. Is a very .liait;d a.
10 extent, but To- capacity Il spp,,,, =
be almost unlimited. Tic sisit Of n:
short, iun from one ,ot tIs; surround,
ing bills is . singular .ons.i ~ .H1.d,.1;
Of derricks are standing 10 s,sry. a.:
ton, and boird shau.iss Of sreiy pcsI.s
bic build; and iron tisgjiu ststy ;,po..iV;;
direction, utterly REGARDLESS of Iy...n :;
unlformity,. dot tho valley: rCohI,1s
lively few Of, the wells Yielding oitNH
partly bored, are nov 10 operation.
When tho war broke out many Of tbo,.
Who vero, engsgcd;iu borisg wells. M
of and 'joined ths'ribsf army. Ne,rl,
all the rest left 10 fear; owing to d,
disturbed condition of1hit part IL 4;
State; besidesthess causes, the price Of.
oil declined to almost, nothing. IN
luaseI under which al these parties v,t 4
operating werc to become null sud void
if work Vas at sny time suspended o,,,
thirty days. They consequently III.
feited thtir. leases. and l:thSi PROPERTY n.
ver,cd to, the oxnery. :, The wells 10 Ai.i
region were seldom over 200 or ESQ k.I
deep, and tho 7" Surface Oil" had be.,
exhausted in many Of the xells, ;",si
Burning Springs as oil territory ttd
been cclipsed BY { discoveries; Of oil i,
large Quantities elsewhere: This w
tho condition oftbings there until litsly;;
when two or three parties who had stuck
by their leases al through tho var Il.
,ermiued to try the virtue Of deep Dor.
ing. One party struck oil about aqu,r.
ter of mile up tho run from tho river
at depth Of 900 feet. I was told that
for several days It !" flowed, 100 b,rreh
per day, but when I Tas there It bad
:: cavcd"" and was yielding nothing
The proprictors, however, wero prep,r.
ing to clean it out and tube il, when |.
will no doubt yield? as before, This il
known rs the Jones we'll" Half +,
mile further up tho run, oil vas struck
by another party at depth Of 9oe feet.
1t was flowing when Itvas there obey
told mc) IS barrels per day. II l have no
means Of judgiug.os to tho correctness
Of this quantity, but confident it wa' not
less than 80 barrels. ThiSis tho Joue,
we'll No. /. Threc.ffths Of this veil
were sold the other day. .for, $40, OOo.-
About. three. or four hundred yard,
.boye this last we'll another party, struck
OIL. on the Isl lust, 1T i depth Of about
800 feet. Noprepataaious'had been uad'
in advance, and the oil consequently
flowed in every direction. Its yield Val
estim uted at 1900 barrels per ;dsy, b.
many on the ground. I don't think auy
one could do more than make rough
guess. It vas simply deluge Of OIL
This we'll is the Jefferson Welt. About
400 yards above thii is Tho :: Jones veil
No. g." Oil was truck there ue'rlJ
three weeks ago. The gas wss tbrovu
up 10 large quantities, aud caught d''
from ,ouo cause. burning derrick. co
CINE house, and everything Of. eoubu'
tiblo nature in the. vicinity. Alter ID!
Ere had been .e1tinsuished, Oh, drill
beiug:stilliin tho wdll9it ~, partially
,ubed and is now flowing (tbcy told me.
800 barrels. I an inclined to believe !!
will amount to this. ~.,,. d, -. >:.-s =.
These deep wells and xonderfa
"strikcs"iare oll,yory'reccut .ftiy,, 20
from the fact that all who haze tores
down to the, depth Of 900 feet, have 60!
flowing wells, the excitement .uoog oil
men in that region is getting very high;
Many who were pumping pretty go?
wells have taken out their pumps and
substituted the drill, determined to tsF
this oil ocean underneath. !need bard
~ make any comments on tho .bo'!'
facts. r have simply told whit'lssxss d
lcave.ycu to'mukc your own deductions
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WHEELING, June 18th, 1866. '..aI