The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-03-15
OIL AND MINING co.
Indications of oil.

careful and competent agents, who have spar ed no
rars on expense to secure the best tracts IN the va
riors localities. Several very remarkable on
rfr have been discovered. while gas lets SUI phuE
springs salt ies and deposits of asphaltu1n or SO
-fffe petroleum. are of fire. uent occurrence ne
sIac. also. and much Of the limestone with w men
thec1urauv' lands abound are completcIy Saul
rated vt.h oil, ana when placed in the IRE lgnlVe
allA HHTu AXE the best camel coal IN sl-ol ~ =
indications most relied upon by oil men IN TeLiis4t
vania. West Virginia and kentueSy, are ioI'ae III
aouEda1g1- while valuable deposits OF non, eoal7
lead clay, etc., are known to exist on the territory
a special correspondent of the Pjttsburg ot
Asrs, writing for chat journal recently, from Ten
sThe oil REGION Of Tennessee embraces about o.
20osgrare miles, and the following counties or parts
of counties Robertson, Montgomery, Dickson,
Hickman, Lewis, Lawrence, Wayne; the greater
portions OF 0yarLou, Putnam, White, DehaIo, var
rem lo-ee, + T"n5-ihr Ferry, tumpiFles, SleW"Le'
Macon, considerable portions of jackson, Cannon
Lincoln, Giles, Har in, Williamson, Cheatham,
Summer; and small portions Of Smith, Nan Buren,
Grgudy, Maury and Davidson.
The indications of oil I'm this division arc very
much superior to those in any other portion of the
State. In Oyerton and other counties adjoining the
BUrEasyilla region, i'm Kentucky, considerable
numbered paying wells arc already in operation
Ia Lincoln, Giles, Lawrence Lewis, Hicllnan etc.
there has been uodcycloIn vet but parties " no
have visited the different sections of the state are of
opinion that these counties are unsErpasscdIn their
richness as oil territory The Limestone IS often so
imprcenatod with oil that q piece Just broken of
win burn brightly, and The shule has the odor Of
IS also ofsen found completely saturated with oil.
In addition TO these Indications, oil springs, tar
springs gas springs sulphur springs, etc., etc,
of FREQ uent occurrence. In several places. the oil
was gathered in such quantities twenty thirty
years AGO as to be PIT mp I'm bottles and sold Tar
springs, although not as numerous oil springs,
are nevertheless occasionally found, there being
several very remarkable ones bothin Tennessee and
Alabama. The explosions Of petroleum gas in sew
erai counties IN tennessee have frequently been 50
powerful as TO throw large rocks from their posi-
tions and seriously alarm the people living in the
/ Vicinity. sulphur springs are found everywhere
! around the slopes and i'm the valleys. As all the
/ oil yet obtained in Kentucky and Tennessee has
bad strong sulphur smell, these springs con
sidcrca among the best OF all the indications of oil.
Saitspriugs are very numerous also, and in several
localities very considerable deposits Of asp1altum
! or solidifed petroleum, have been discovered.
''Upon all the creeks that flow into the Tennessee
river, from Chattanooga TO Fort Henry, these indi
cations exist in greater or less dcgIee. Upon Elk
and Duck rivers. and their tributaries particularly,
! they are uucNccllcd. OF rivers flowing into the
Cumberland, Obeys, Caney Fork and Harpeth have
/ all very encouraging IudicaJions.n
Of North Alabama the same correspondence writes
| as follows:
sThc geological formation of North Alubuma va
rics in no essential particulars from that of Middle
Tennessee. Upon all the creeks that flow into the
Tennessee on either side from where It enters the
State in jackson county, TO where it passes out, in
Lauderdae, the sandstone, limestone and shalc arc
found in alternate groups In some places the sand
stone the beds of the streams, at times Of low wa
ter IN summer, can be found completely saturated
with oil for distance of several rods. The lime
stone, also, is considerably impregnated with it,
while much OF the shale IS the equal OF the best
camel coal Units oil producing properties. Some OF
the remarkable beds of the latter, to be found
in the country, upon several of the creeks emp
/ tying into the Tennessee T1ver.
] Mineral springs are abundant in North Alabama.
Several very fine oil springs have been discovered
/ and upon 81 large number of streams OIL has been
/ found floating on the surface of the water. Upon
/ one Of the tributaries of Flint river in Madison
/ county, 10 was formerly gathered in considerable
qushIe and ia digging ulii-race, several years
ago. the worzncn used to ill their boots with tho
/ oil which cXUdcd from the rocks. The company
! has lease Of this land. Tar springs, also, are
/ sometimes found. One Of the most noticeable of
these is on Caps creek which flows into the BUshy
! Fork OF SIpscy, IN Lawrence county. The water
runs out OF "a crevice in the limestone, and the tar,
! or bitumcn gathers on the surface.
every large posts Of asphaltum have in some
q lill Tires hundred feet high, in Lawrence county.
Before the war. works had been erected for its dis
tlllatIon and large amount of oil shipped to New
/ York. Gas springs quite frequently seen, and
suphursprings arc rs numerous ms they arc in Mid
/ dleIcuugsscc.
"Thc prospect for oil in North Alabama how
does not rest upon surface indications merely
/ In IS, pgrty of worLmcn sinking an arteslan
well upon one of the tributaries Of the IOmbgbec
Hgcr struck oil at depth Of little over six hun
/ bred fcCt which flowed upwards of seven weeks,
covering the Suriace Of the river for distance Of
more than fifty miles II Inns often been the case,
too, in sinking ordinary wells, that oil has come in
to them in such quantity asto render the waterun-
the banks Of the Muscle Shoals several years
Upon Shoal, Coupons, Blue Water, Sugar, Bluff
and Second Greeks, in Lauderdalc county, Spring
ln franklin Town and Big Nance in Lawrence,
Flint and Cotaco in Morgan, Limestone and Tyrone
in Limestone and Flint, Hurricane, etc. in Mad-
son, the indications of oil arc not exceeded by those
Of any portion Of the great oil range within the
States Of Kentucky, Tennessee or Alabama. Ter
ritOry having equally good indications can doubt
less be found elsewhere in the latter State, but its
distance from transportation must for the present,
considerably lessen its value"
There ls scarcely locality above mentioned in
WAlcL inc company was not the 1rst, or among the
bly, larger amount Of well selected territory than
any Company in the country.
Prof. saHord's Geological Survey.
a geological survey Of these lands has lust been
made by Prof d NJ. Stafford, late State GeOogista Of
Tennessee, who spent two months in their cxami-
nation. Ills report. W hich, together with fl caro-
fully prararei man of the territory viii soon 6
completed and published for the Information of
stockholders and others interested, states that its
Geological formation Us the same as that or Penn
-ylvauia, kentucky aud OycrtoU county, and that
there DE no doubt whatever Of the existence Of
petroleum throughout the entire region Of country
where it z located. Aside from Prof. SatorIs high
reputation geolOWst, tbs fact that his views
with regard to the geology OF this section, have
been adopted by al TIC most eminent members Of
k- profession in the country who have visited IT,,
entities Lis report TO the very highest c0nsidora-
ton.
Working Capital, Etc.
The Boari of Directors have placed 900 shares
Of the stock u the market to be sold az 80 90 per
share, = raise a working capital and in sub
scrlptIous lu any county arc sufficient TO pay for
putting down ono or more wells, the anountso sub
scrlbed viii be expended in that county. In this
way particular localities viii have all the benefit
the development and Of the expenditure Of the
amount raised by them. This is o proposition, the
Directors believe, which the inhabitants Of every
county where the Company have lands, who de
sire % know Their value for mining purposes,
should be sure to avail themselFcs Of.
The Company already have four oil boring ma
chimes ia Tennessee, and one in Alabama, ready 10
commence operations, and hope TO have at least I've
wells going down in q very short time. Their ter
utOry also Is great and varied i'm extent as to
for them rot only the benefit Of their own de-
yci0pmcnt, bat Of that Of the numerous other
panics whose lands arc situated in the vicinity Of
their own. OF these, quite large number are put
ting down wells in the immediate vicinity Of lands
of the Company, and IF successful this fact alone
win doubtless make its stock worth nearer par
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