The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-05-10
OIL AND MINING co.
Indications of oil.


rious localities. Several very remarkable oil
springs have been discovered while gas JETS sulphur
springs salt ics and deposits of asphaltum, or 50
holned petroleum, are OF frequent occurrence. tne
shale also, and much of the limestone with when
tHe company lahqs abound, arc compleseiy So
rated with OIL, and when placed in the ire ignite
and burn ike the best camel coal In short, az tho
indications most relied upon by oil men in Pennsyl-
wanna, w est Virginia and Kentucky, are found n
abundance, while valuable deposits of iron, coal,
lead, clay, etc. known exist on the territory
OF the company.
A special correspondent of the Pittsburg OF
Ae17 writing for that journal recently, from Ten
+ nessce, says:
-Ihe oil region Of Tennessee embraces about D.
500 square miles, and the following counties or parts
Of counties: Robertson, Montgomery. Dickson
hickman, Lewis, Lawrence, Wayne; the greater
portions OF Oyerton, PUTNAM, w hite, Dekalb, War
rem, Coffee, Franklin, Perry, Humphries, Stewart,
Macon, considerable portions of Jackson, Cannon,
1lncoln' Giles harl Williamson, Cheatham,
sumner; and small portions of Smith, Van Buren,,
! GrUndy, MauTy and Davidson.
1.-The indications of oil in this division very
much superior 10 those IN any other portion Of the
State In Oyerton and other counties adjoining the
/ Burkesville region in Kentucky n eonsideTablo
number Of paying wells already in operation
In Lincoln, Giles, Lawrence, Lewis, Hickman, etc,
there has been no development yet, but parties who
have visited the different sections Of the State are of
OPINION that these counties are unsurpassedin their
richness oil territory The limestone is often so
/ impregnated with oil that piece lust broken off
I VIII burn brightly, and the shale has the odor Of
petroleum and will fgnite like coal. The sandstone
IS also often found completely saturated with oil
In addition to these Indications oil springs, tar
springs gas springs, sulphur springs, etc. ETC.,
of frequent occurrence. In several places the oil
| was gathered in such quantities twenty or thirty
years ago as to be PIT mp in bottles and sold Tar
/ springs, although not as numerous as oil springs,
/ are nevertheless occasionally found, there being
several very remarkable ones both in Tennessee and
/ Alabama The explosions of petroleum gas in sew
era counties IN Tennessee have frequently been so
powerful as to throw large rocks from their posi-
/ tons and seriously alarm the people living in the
| vicinity. Sulphur springs are found eveTyyy here
around the slopes and in the valleys. As all the
! oil yet obtained in Kentucky and Tennessee has
q these IRA Ooya-
sidered among the best of all the indications of OIL
Salt springs are very numerous also ard in several
Localities very considerable deposits of asphaltum,
or solidihed petroleum, have been discovered.
Upon all the creeks thatfow into the Tennessee
river, from Chattanooga to Fort Henry, these indi-
cations exist IN greater or less degIee. Upon Elk
and Duck rivers, and their tributaries particularly.
they are uneXceled. OF rivers flowing into the
Cumberland. Obeys, Caney Fork and Harpeth have
all very encouraging indicationsn
Of North Alabama the same correspondent writes
'.The geological formation of North AIabunla va
Tics in essential particulars from that of Middle
/ Tennessee. Upon an the creeks that flow into the
Tennessee, on either side, from where It tho
State in jackson county to where it passes out ia
Lauderdale, the sandstone, limestone and shale are
found in alternate groups. In some places the sand
stone IN the beds Of thesCTeams 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 lmpregnated with 1t
while much of the shale is the equal of the best
camel coal lni.s 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
/ tying into the Tennessee river.
Mineral springs are abundant in North Alabama
Several very fine oil springs have been discovered
and upon 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, it formerly gathered in considerable
quantities, and IN digging millrace, several years
ago, the wOrSmen used TO Gil their boots with the
oil W hich exuded 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 Cappscreek- which flows into the Bushy
~
runs ont of a orevce in the limestone, and the tar,
or btumen, gathers on the surface
every large posits Of asphaltum have in some
instances been found. One is situated on the top Of
a hill three hundred feet high in Lawrence comfy
Before the works had been erected for it's dis
tilation, and large amount Of oil shipped to New
York. Gas springs are quite frequently seen, and
sElPhursprings are as numerous as they are in Mid
die Tennessee.
'The prospect for oil in North Alabama, how
ever, does not rest upon surface indications merely.
IN 1898, p2rty OF Workmen sinking an artesian
well upon one Of the tributaries Of the TOmbigbee
River struck oil at depth of little over six hun
bred feet which flowed upwards Of seven weeks
covering the surface of the river for distance
/ more than fifty miles 1t has often been the case,
too ia sinking ordinary wells that oil has in
TO them IN such quantity as TO render the water
MT for use. An instance of this kind occurred on
the banks Of the Muscle Shoals several wears SINCE
Upon Shoal, Cowpens, Blue Water, Sugar, Bluff
ana second Greeks, IN Lauderdale county, Spring
/ ln Franklin, Town and Big Nance in Lawrence
Flint and Cotaco in Morgan, Limestone and Tyrone
IN Limestone and Flint Hurricane, etc. ia Madi-
son. the Indications Of oil not exceeded by those
Of any portion Of the great oil range within tho
States Of Kentucky Tennessee or Alabama Ter
ritoTy having equally good indications doubt
less be found elsewhere In the latter State, but its
distance from transport alton must, for the present,
considerably lessen its value"
There is scarcely a locality above mentioned in
which the Company not the first, or among the
first to lease oil lands and it has, therefore, proba-
bly, larger amount Of well selected territory than
/ any Company in the country.
Pref. saHOrd's Geological Survey.
A geological survey Of these lands has Just been
made by Prof j NJ Stafford, late State Geologist Of
/ Tennessee. who spent two months ia their exanI-
. nation. His report. which together with n care
fully prepared map Of the territory, win soon be
/ completed and published for the Information Of
stockholders and others interested that its
geological formation is the same that OF Penn
/ sylvauia, Kentucky and Overton county, and that
there can be no doubt whatever Of the existence Of
/ petroleum throughout the entire region Of country
where it is located. Aside from Prof Saffords high
reputation as geologist the fact that his views
been adopted by all Che most eminent members Of
his profession in the country who have visited IL,
entities his report 70 the very highest considera-
tion.
Working Capital, Etc.
The Board Of Directors have placed 600 shares
Of the stock in the Market 20 be sold at SO 90 per
share, TO raise working capital and in sub
scriPtiOns in any county sufficient 10 pay for
putting down one or more welis the amount so sub
| scriDed VIII be expended in that county. In this
way particular localities wiz have all the benefit OF
/ the development aud Of the expenditure Of tho
amount raised by them. This is a proposition tbe
Directors believe, which the inhabitants Of every
county where the Company have lands, who de-
/ sire TO know Their value for mining purposes,
/ should be sure % avail themselves Of
The Company already have four oil boring ma
chimes in Tennessee, and one in Alabama ready 70
commence operations, and hope have at least dgo
/ wells going down In q very short time Their ter
Titory also is great and varied n extent to
cure for them not only the benefit Of their de-
Felopment, but Of that Of the numerous other com
panles whose lands are situated in the vicinity Of
their own. or these quite large number arc put
uHg GOV ID "ss IA tie Immediate vleinity Of lands
Of Che Company, and IL successful this fact alone
viii doubtless make its stock worth nearer par
than its present subscription price. Superinten-
dents for the variou projected wells have also been