The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-05-31
OIL AND MINING co.
Indications of oil.

The territory of tle company has been leased Dy
rus or expense to secure tie best tracts ia the va
rfous focalitcs rNcVefdI very rcIu0rkabie Oh
;i,.s have boon discovered while gas lets, sulphur
SPRINGS salt ticks and DEPOSITS eff asphaltum, or so
6difed petroleum. ,fre oi-Hequent occurrence .he
shae, also, and much Of the limestone with when
thecompany's lands abound, completely satu
rated with oil, and when placed IN the hTe lSi'o
ANA burn like the best camel coal, I'm Short at tilS
indications mast relied upon by oil men in Pennsyi-
vanla, West lrglhia ana Aehtuehy, are iotiile ~
abundance. while valuable deposits of iron, COAL
lead clay, etc, are known to exist on the territory
A special correspondent of the Pittsburg Oh
Aers, writing for hat Journal recently, from Ten
@rhc Oh region of Tennessee embraces about o.
S0osQUurc mios, and the following counties or parts
of counties: Robertson Montgomery. Dickson,
Hickman, lewis, Lawrence, Wayne; the greater
portions Of OvorJou, Putnam, White, DeKalb, War
rem, Coffee, franklin, Perry, HUMPHREYS, Stewards
Macon, considerable portions Of jackson, Cannon
Lincoln, Giles, Han in, Williamson, Che9tIaIn'
Sumner; and small portions of Smith, Van Buren5
Grundy, Maary and Davidson.
s'Iho Indications of oil in this division very
much superior to those IN any other portion Of the
State. In OvcTtou and other counties adjoining the
Burkesville region, in Kentucky, considerable
number of paying wells already in operation.-
Ia lincoln, Giles Lawrence, Lewis, Hickman, etc,
there has boon acknowledgements vet but parties who
have visited Che different sections Of the State of
opinion that these counties are unsurpassed in their
richness oil territory The limestone is eften
viii burn brightly, and the shale has the odor of
petroleum and viii ignite like coal The sandstone
4 d
In &Ldlloh 60 tlesc lit>leatlois on springs, Tar
springs Gas springs sulphur springs, etc. etc,
/ of frequent occurrence In several places, the oil
! was gathered iu such quantities twenty or thirty
years ago to be PIT up in bottles and sold. Tar
springs, although not numerous as oil springs,
/ are nevertheless occasionally found there being
several very remarkable ones bothin Tennessee and
Alabama. The explosions of petroleum gas ia sew
eral counties lin Tennessee have frequently been so
powerful as TO throw large rocks from their posi-
lions and seriously alarm the people living In the
vicinity. sulphur springs are found everywhere
/ around the slopes and in the valleys. As ali the
oil yet obtained I'M Kentucky and Tennessee has
had strong sulphur SMELL these springs are con-
sidere3 among the best of all the indications of oil
salt springs are very numerous aso ard in several
localities very considerable deposits of asphaltum.
or solidifed petroleum have been discovered.
Upon all lhe creeks that flow into the Tennessee
river, from Chattanooga to Fort Henry, these ndi-
cations exist in greater or less dcgIee Upon Elk
and De.l rivers and their tributaries particularly,
Cumberland. Obeys, Caney Fork and IIarpeth have
all very encouraging Indications
OF North Alabama the same correspondent writes
"The geological formation of North AIabuma va
rics i'm essential particulars from that Of Middle
Tennessee. Upon al The creeks that flow into the
Tennessee ON either side from where At enters the
State i'm jackson county, to " here IL passes out.
LaUdcrjalc, the sandstone, limestone and shale are
found in alternate groups In places the sand
stone the beds OF the streams times of low wa
ter I'M Summer can ~ found colnpletelv saturated
.Fvth OH for distance of several rods. The Inns
store, also, is considerably impregnated with It
while much Of the shale Is the equal of the best
the most remarkable beds Of the latter, to be found
in the country upon several Of The creeks emp
tying into the Tennessee river.
'-Aiuaral springs itre abundant in North Alabama
Several very fine oil springs have been discovered
and upon Large number of streams OIL has been
found floating en- the surface of the water Upon
county. it was formerly gathered in considerable
quantities and I'm digriuea mill-race several wears
ago, the Worlnen used to Gil their boots with the
/ oil which eXuded from the rocks. The company
has a lease Of this land-l Tar springs, also, are
i flrrts
these is ON Gappscrcek, which flows into the Bushy
Fork Of SiTsey, in Lawrence county. The water
runs out of q creycs in the limestone, and the tar
every large pos. is of asphaltum have in some
instances been touud. One is situated the top Of
mn JhIec hundred leel hl{h IN Lawrence county
Before ,le war; works had been erected for its dis
tiuati0n, and large amount of oil shipped to New
1orE. Gas springs are quite frequently seen, and
sulphurspring5 arc as numerous rs they are in Mid
'srhe'prospeet for oil in North Alabama. how
ever, docs not rest upon surface Indications merely
ln 1888, party of Workmcn sinking an arteslan
well upon ono Of the tributaries Of the Tombigbee
River struck oil at depth Of little over six hun
drcd feet which flowed upwards of seven weeks,
covering the SURFACE of the river for distance
more than fifty miles, IL has often been the case,
too, In Sinking ordinary wells that oil has in
Co them in such quantity to render the water M
dt for use. An instance of this kind occurred ON
I the banks OF the Muscle Shoals several years sInce
upon Shoal, CoWpcns, Blue Water, Sugar. Bluff
and Second Greeks, in Laudcrdale county, Spring
mn Fron6lin, Town aad Big Nance in Lawrence,
Flint and Cotacoin Morgan, Limestone and Tyrone
i'm Limestone. and Flint, hurricane, etc. in Madi-
son, the Indications of oil not exceeded by those
Of any portion of the great oil range within the
States Of Kentucky, Tennessee or Alabama. Ter
ritoTy having equally good indications can doubt
less be found elsewhere in the latter State, but its
distance from transP alton must, for the present.
considerably lessen Us value"
There is scarcely @ locality above mentioned in
which the Company not the first, or among the
FIRST TO lease oil auda; and it has therefore, proba
Iby larger amount Of well selected territory than
any Company in the country.
Prof. saGord's Geological survey.
a geological survey Of these lands has Just been
made by Prof NJ. Stafford, late State Geologist Of
Tennessee. who spent two months in their exami-
nation. His report, " hch, together with o care
fully prepared map of the territory, viii soon be
stockholders and others interested that its
geological formation is the same that Of Penn
sylvauia, Kentucky and Ovorton county, and that
there can De no doubt Whatever Of the existence OF
petroleum throughout tho entire region Of country
where 10 il located. Aside from Prof SafI0rds high
reputation as geoloKist, the fact that his views
been adopted Dy all the most eminent members of
his profession IN the country who have visited IL,
entities hisrePort O. the very Hghc@t consideTa-
ton.
working Capital, Etc.
The Board Of Directors have placed 1000 shares
of the stock in the market to be sold at so 90 per
share 90 raise work. ng capital and in sub-
seriptions IN any county arc sufficient to pay for
putting down ono more wells, the ut cub
I scrIDcd VIII be expended in that county. In this
I tho development and Of the expenditure Of thu
amount raised by them. This is a proposition, tn
directors bcleFe, Thieh the inhabitants Of every
county mere inc company have lands, who de-
sire 70 know their value for mining purposes.
/ should be sure 60 avail themselves Of
The Company already have four oil boring ma
commence oEerations and hopo 70 have at least so
WeAs going down iu % very short time Their ter