The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-04-05
OIL and MINING


Indications of Oil.
The territory O she company has been leased by
careful and competent agents, who have spared no
pains or expense TO secure the hest tracts in the
ri0us localities several very remarkable OH
springs have been discovered VIII L aslets sulphur
springs salt lics and deposits of aspbaltum, or So
lidifedpetroieun75 areof frequ enb occurrence The
shale also. and much of the limestone with which
thecompany's lands abound, are completely satU-
rated with oil, and when placed in The hre ignite
and burn like the best camel coal. In short, az the
indications NEST relied upon by oil men in pennsyl-
vana, West Virginia and Kentucky, found in
abundance, while valuable deposits of iron. coal
lead, clay, etc, are Known TO exist the territory
A special correspondent Of the Pittsburg OF
Aees, wri ting for that journal recenty from Ten
aTie oil region of Tennessee embraces about o.
3o0sqaare miles and the following counties OF parts
Of counties; robertson, Mo4tgomerys DICKSON,
Hickman, Lewis, Lawrence. Wayne;' the greater
portions Of Oyerton, Putnam, v hite Dekalb, War
rem, Coffee, Franklin, Perry, Humphries, Stewart,
Lincoln, Giles, Tiafliis, Williamson Ghsatham,
sumner; and small portions of Smith, Van Barren,
"The indieatioBs Of Oh in this division are very
much superior to those in any other portion of Che
State. IniOverten and other counties adoiningt the
BnrEesyllle region m. kentucky, considerable
number of paying wells are already in OPERATION
r. etc.
have visited the different sections Of the State Of
OPINION that these e2nngeslIe qhsufpassedln taelr
impregnated with oil that q piece lust broken or
win burn brightly, and the shale has the odorsof
petroleum and win ignite Ii kecoal. The sandstone
Is also often found completely sntureted with OIL.
! In addition 70 thefe Indications, oil springs tar
springs gas springs, sulphur springs ETC., ETC. are
Of frequent occurrence In several places, the oil
was gathered ia such quantities. twenty or thirty
/ years ago to be PIT UP in bottles and sold. Tar
springs, aithough not as numerous as Oil springs
several very re,p ones both IN zen uesee and
Alabama. Tho explosions ef petroleunagas in sew
cral counties in Tennessee have frequently been
powerful as to throw large rocks from their posi-
Md glF FI1n wi n
4 vicinity. Sulphur springs are found everywhere
/ around the slopes and in the valleys. As al tho
oil yet obtained in Kentucky and Tennessee Inns
I had a strong sulphur SMELL these springs COM
sdeFed among tie best Of al the indications ofoil
loeaIities very coridrabI leposits of aspbaltHnn,
or solidifed petroleum, have been discovered,
\ 'Upen all the creeks that flow into the Tennessee
river, from Chattanooga to Fort Henry, these indi-
cations exist III a3greater or less degIee, Upon Elk
and Duck rivers and their tributaries particularly,
/ they arc Hpexeeled. OF rivers howlng into the
4 Cumberland. ObeYs, Cancy Fork and Harpeth have
all very encouraging Indications.
/ ofNorth Alabama the same eouesPo writes
ssTho reoloeicaI formation of North Alabama va.
res in no essential particulars from that of Middle
/ Tennessee Upon all the creeks that flow into the
Tennessee, either side, from whore Z enters the
State in Jackson county, to where ib passes out, in
Lauder1ale, the sandstone, limestone and shale
found in alternate groups In some places the saEd
stone IN the beds of the streams, at times Of low
ter in summer, can be found completely saturated
with oil for distance of several rods The hme-
store, also, is Considerably inprcgnated with it,
WhllG InucI OF Ifc aildie iuGl OF Ile DcSJ
camel coal in is oil producing properties Some Of
the most remarkable beds of the latter, to be found
in the country, are upon several of the creeks emp
III tying into the Tennessee river.
Mineral sptingsbr abundant in North Alabama.
Several very fine Oil springs have been discovered,
and upon a &c number of streams OIL has been
found floating the surface of the water. Upon
one Of the tributaries of Flint river in. Madison
county, it was formerly gathered in considerable
quantities. and in digging Ilill-Tace, several years
ago, the workmen used TO Gil their boots with the
oil which exriied from the rocks. fThe company
, n OF this land. Tar suriuas.. also.
sometimes found. One of the most noticeable OF
these ii on CaTp,screel W lliel flows into he Husv
Fork Of SipseY, IN Lawrence county. The water
runs ont OF q crevice ia the limestone, and the tar
or bitumen gathers on the surface - -
every large p0sits of asphaltum have in some
instances been found One is situated on the topof
hill three hundred feethigh, ia Lawrence county
tillation, and large amount Of oil shppcd-to Now
York. Gas springs are quite frequently seen, and
sulphur springs are as numerous us they are ia Mid
die Tennessee. $3.50
The prospect for oil in North Alabama, how
ever does not rest upon surface Indications merely.
II IN ioa5 pErty o. .Workmehi SINKING an artesHn
welluPon one of the tributaries of the Tombigbee
River, struck oil at depth of little over six hun
covering the Surface Of the river for distance of
more than fifty mil 1t has often been the case
too, in sinking ordinary wells, that oil has in
them in snch quantity as TO render the waterin-
4 1T for use. An instance of tEs kind occurred
the banks of the Muscle Shoals several wears slncc
i Upon .ShoaI, Cowpens, Blue Water, Sugar Bluff
/ and Second Greeks, in Lauderdale county, Spring
in Franklin Town and Big Nance in fawrenee
in 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
Jess be found elsewhere in the latter State, but its
distance from transportation must for the present,
considerably lessen its vauc.n
There is scarcely locality above mentioned in
which the Company was not the first or among the
first, to lease oil lands and it has therefore, proba-
bly, larger mount of well selected territory than
any Company intheeouRtry,
Prof. SafTOrd's Geological Survey.
A geological survey Of these lands has Just been
made by Prot. j NJ. Stafford late State GeOogistof
nation, His report, which, together with q care
fully prepared map-of the territory, viii soon be.
Z completed and published for the infornation Of
stockholders and Others interested states shat ats
geological formation is the same that OF Penn
sylv2nia, Kentucky and 0VertoD county, and that
there can be doubt whatever Of the existence Of
petroleum throughout the entire region Of country
where it islpcated. Aside from Prof Saford's high
reputation as geologist the fact that his views
with regard % the geology Of this section, have
been adopted by all the most eminent members Of
his profession n the country who have visited it,
entities hisTcport 70 the very highest eonsideTa-
4. ton.
working Capital, Etc.
The Board Of Directors have placed 900 shares
Of the stock ia che market, be sold at $40 o. per
share, 90 raise working capital and ia Gaze sub
5eriptions ID any county sufficient to pay for
putting down one more wells the amounts - cub
scribed VIII be expended in that county. Ia this
way particular localities viii baye 81 the benefit Of
the Development and Of the expenditure of the
raissd By them. This is a rronositiob the
rf-r-e 10 sns. q. q L. II. -