, 1866-02-09

farm" and the company here known IS tht
Scotch Company have well right In tht
town, producing about twenty barrels pei
day. The Badger well has produced as higt
sIdcred one Of the best wells here. It, Is 10
caied On what Is called the Lick Rayine, ;
a short distance above the old "Lick WELL
and about one mile from the town. -
| PRICES OF OIL.
Oil has sold here rs high as 81 Is Der barre
In gold, but at the present time nm told ths
price ID from $3.50 to 5000 per barrel. II
costs for hnu!ing oil to the station from fifleer
to twenty-five eeuta per barrel.
DESCRIPTION OF THE WELLS.
The Lester well is only ss7 feet deep, tht
42jeet- Their issone difference IN the maunel
OF putting doxn wells here from that In Penn
| sylvanla. Little or no 2" driving pipe' Is used
here, because the surface ranges from seventy
to two hundred feet before they strike the
rock, while IN Pennsylvania the rock Is gen
crally reacled at depth Of from tHcnty &c
forty feet For surface piping, here, wood Of
sheet iron Is generally used. In my, opinion
cyE GREAT DIFFICULTY -
here has leon a want of good mechanics
men who understand handling an oil we'll
This eholld Judge is now being remedied to
q very great extent, Is the Yankee boys are
roofing out the Kanucks, and you know
whatever The Yankees take hold OF must 20.
mean no disparagement to tho Canadians,
for haverarely met with more clever, up.
right and Industrious class OF people than
they sIe Al that Is wanted to make the
Canadas splendid country Is the iprotect.
| ing nrm OF Uncle Samuel" under the
Stars and Stripes, instead Of her Majesty, the
good and respected Queen-God save the
| Quecn-b1t she Is too far from the PROVINCES
| to save them.
=, A REFINERY WANTED. . ::
There IL one Of the best openings here for d
refinery that I know of anywhere, and Il
some Of yonr Chicago capitalists want to
q chance. lhare been somewhat surprised
that with 80 many Chicago men here and the
known energy. and ability of your citizens,
that th1s opportunity should have b:cn neg.
lected.
GENERAL RESUME. 4.
There are now going down at and about this
point, including the wells thnt are pumping,
fifteen or twenty are at present producing oil
In paying quantitfes-many Of them largely.
The oil producing territory of this section
may be said to extend along the riyeE Thames
for a distance Of about forty miles extending
back on each side Of the river for distance Of
ten or fifteen miles.. The river Thames is q
large, handsome stream with considerable
current, and IN the spring Of the year am
told ft is swollen to an immcnss volume.
Qnita a number Of wells arc going down at q
small town fire miles abovo here on the rail.
road, called Newberry, and several 1t G1enco
and some at place called Delaware, above
this point on the river. Thus your readers
will see that the oil fever hcreis extending
over considerable space.
Some twenty y.nine or thirty miles from here,
in Northwesterly direction, Is what IS called
TIE ENNIsK1LLEy OIL SECTION.
Dy some 1t Is called Oh Springs; land near
there Is mother oil point called Petrolia.
These points have not yet visited, but am
told there Is quite number Of wells going
down Mt those points, aud several producing
ones. They arc generally what Is called sur
face wells, not very deep. md do not list so
long as deeper wells. believe those that arc
producing range from five to twenty Ave bar
Fcls per day. Still at Eunlsktllen, some years
largest oil we'll in the world existed, and for
some time flowed ut the rate Of three or four
thousand barrels per day, This believe is o
we'll authenticated fact y,
/. GENERAL Aspects OF THE COUNTRY,
There Ia n marked difference In the general
features Of the country here and In Penusylyn-
mia. There 1t Is very mountainous, rugged
and rocky. Here It il rather level country,
with few raviues branching Oft from tie
dotted over with oil wells, and there Is one
noticeable fhct here, and 1t Is this: that have
been unable TO tfnd single well abandoned,
and no well that has been fully and! properly
put down and tested, but what has produced
oil IN paying quantities.
FROM TIE OIL SPRINGS pISTRICT,
Correspondence Of the Chicago Trihune.1
or SPn1Hae, Canada West, Feb. !, 1861
lam prompted to forward yon communi-
cation from the great oil wells of Canada, for
Chicago has many thousands of dollars invest
ed here. It Is only four years ago that the
Hrst we'll was sunk at OIL Springs, and now
she boasts of four hundred and fifly prodn-
cling oil wells, and ndmachlnery, buildings, and
business houses Of different kinds, hotsls, &c.,
In proportion.
east from sarnla, on The 81. Clair river, and
twelve miles south OF Wyoming on the Great
Western railroad. From both points the
stages come In daily loaded With passengers;
each man expecting to make bis fortune In a
few days, return home, build his pala!ial resi-
dence clthar On Michigan avenue OF Filth ave-
nue..
Soma do, and some don't.
Yankee energy has worked Its way hcEe,
sunk wells, and built splendid plank road
from Sa1nfa, over which are sent many thou
sand barrels Of oil, to be shipped by the Grand
1EulA NAlN14.
Lan1 at present Is very cheap In comparison
to Pennsylvania, Ohio and Virginia prices.
Already there IS hoard OF Trade in success.
iul operation. There are four hotels, all
crowded to over1owing. In a fow days ne.
will have the nth, md by the first Of July
will hare the big hotel OF all opened and
ready for travellers. This house will COM
pare iavorably With any hotel In tho West.
1t will accommodate nbout three hundred
guests.
Not Iess than 1900. .ooo Of capital has been
land agent alone bns sold not Less than
$U.GW worth OF property since that time.
Hniltsng lots arc very scarce In fact, it Is al
most Impossible 10 obtain ground to build
upon.
week, ranging from 100 barrels to 200 barrels
per day.