The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-02-15


careful and competent egents, who have spared no /
pains or expense to secnre Tie best tracts in the
nous localities Several very remarkable OIL /
springs have been discovered, while gas Jets sui huT
springs, salt licks and deposits Of asphaltum,
idhed petroleum. are of frequent occurrence. The /
sh0le, also, and much OF the limestone with which
theeomPauy's lands abound, are completely satu- /
rated wIthOil, and when placed in the fire ignite
anu burn like the best camel coal In short al thu
indications most relied upon by oil men IN Pennsyl-
wanna, West Virginia and Kentucky. are found IN
abundance, while valuable deposits of iron. coal,
lead clay etc, are known to exist on the territory
A special correspondent of the Pittsburg oil
AeaeS writing for that Journal recently from Ten
''The oil region Of Tennessee embraces about o,
900 square miles and the following counties or parts
| OF counties; Robertson, Montgomery, Dickson,
Hickman, Lewis, Lawrence. Wayne; the greater
portions Of Overton, Putnam, w hite, DeKalb, W az
rem, Coffee, Franklin, Perry, HUM hres Stewart,
Macon, considerable portions of Jackson, Cannon,
] Lincoln, Giles Har in Williamson Cheatham,
/ Sumner; and small portions Of Smith, Van Buren,,
! GTuudy, MaUry and Davidson.
The indications of oil in this division very
much superior to those in any other portion of the
State. In ONerton and other counties adjoining the
/ BurkesVilie region, IA Kentucky, considerable
number Of paying wells already in operation
Ia Lincoln, Giles, Lawrence, Lewis, Hickman, etc,
there has been no development yet bat parties W no
have visited the different sections Of the State OF
opinion that these counties unsurpassed IN their
richness as oil territory. The limestone is often
4 impregnated with oil that piece Just broken off
| will burn brightly, and the shale has the odor OF
petroleum and viii ignite like coal. The sandstone
In addition to these indications, oil springs, tar
springs gas springs. sulphur springs, ETC., etc. are
of frequent occurrence. In several places, the oil
was gathered III such quantities twenty or thirty
years ago to be p-t up in bottles and sold. Tar
springs, although not as numerous as oil springs
are nevertheless occasionally found, there DeIhg
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 to throw large rocks from their posi-
! lions and seriously alarm the people living in the
/ vicinity Sui phur springs are found eveTyw here
Ia- fNol llFlE- q A. oil taa
! oil yet obtained in Kentucky and Tennessee has
had a strong sulphur smell, these springs are con
sdered 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 solidifed petroleum, have been discovered.
"UpOn all the creeks that flow into the Tennessee
river, from Chattanooga to Fort Henry, theseIndi-
cations exist a greater or less degree. Upon Elk
and Duck rivers and their tributaries particularly
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/ Cumberland. Obeys, Caney Fork and Harpeth have
all very encouraging Indications
Of North Alabama the same correspondent writes
/ rs follows:
EsThe geological formation Of North AIabuma va
res in essential particulars from that Of Middle
tennessee. Upon all the creeks that flow into the
Tennessee, either side. from where It enters the
State IN Jackson county, to where 1t passes out,
LaUderdale3 the sandstone, limestone and shaIe are
found III alternate groups In some places the sand
stone IN the bedsof the streams, at times of low
ter in summer, be found completely saturated
with oil for a 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 most remarkable beds Of the latter, TO be found
in the country, 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 a large number of streams oil has been
found floating en- 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 mil-race. several years
ago the workmen used tO-CiI their boots with the
( oil which eXuded from the rocks. Tile company
! has lease of this land. Tar springs, also, are
Leo forrl. r Of
these is on Capp creek; Wmch hoWs lntothe bushy
/ Fork o. Sipsey, in Lawrence county The water
runs out of erevice in the limestone, and the tar
or oItumen gathers on me surface
every large d posts Of asphaltum have in some
instances been found. One Is situated on the topof
hill three hundred feet high IN Lawrence county.
Before the war. works had been erected for its dis
tillatiOn and large amount of oil shipped to New
| York. Gas springs are quite frequently seen, and
suphursprlngs are as numerous as they are IN Mid
s.The prospect for oil in North Alabama, how
ever does not rest upon surface indications merely.
| In 1888, p-rty Of workmen sinking an artesIan
well upon one Of the tributaries Of the Tombgbee
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 Of
more than fifty mi IS. 1t has often been the case,
too, IN sinking ordinary wells, that oil has come in
to them in such quantity as to render the waterU
ut for use. An instance of this kind occurred
the banks Of the Muscle Shoals several years SINCE
Upon Shoal, Cowpensy Blue Water, Sugar, Bluff
and Second Creeks, in LaudeTdaIe county, Spring
! in Franklin, Town and Big Nance in Lawrence,
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
TitoTy having equally good indications can doubt
less be found elsewhere in the latter State but its
I distance from transportation must for the present,
! considerably lessen its value.n
/ There is scarcely q 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 anount of well selected territory than
! any Company in the country.
Prof. SaiTOrdss 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 in their eXanli-
! nation. His report, which, together with care
fully prepared map Of the territory, viii be
/ completed and published for the information of
stockholders and others interested, states that its
/ geological formation is the same that Of Penn
| sylvania, Kentucky and Overton county, and that
there can be doubt whatever Of the existence of
petroleum throughout the entire region Of country
where it is located. Aside from Prof Stafford high
reputation geOlOgist, the fact that his views
with regard to the geology OF this section, have
been adopted bv all the most eminent members of
his profession in the country who have visited it,
entities his report to the very highest consdeTa-
ton.
Working Capital, Etc.
The Board of Directors have placed 5000 shares
Of the stock in the market, be sold at SO 90 per
share raise a working capital and in Gaze sub
scriptions in any county are sufficient to nav for
putting down more wells. the anou nt 80 sub
I scTibod wiz be expended in that county. In this
way particular localities viii have all the benefit Of
amount raised by them. This is proposition, the
Directors believe which the inhabitants of every
county where the Company have lands who de-
sire to know their value for lining purposes.
. should bc TO avail themselves Of
The Company already have four oil boring ma
chimes in Tennessee, and one in Alabama ready to
commence operations, and hope tohave at least Il sc
/ wells going down i'm q very short time Their TOW
rtory also Is so great and varied in e,tert as 70 Sc
cure for them not only the benefit of their oyvTde-
Velopment but Of that of the numerous other com
panes whose lands are situated in tf,o $500 =
their own. of these, quite large number are 1ut-
ting down wells ia the Immediate vicfnifv If Itlis
viii doubtless make its stock worth nesrar 9--T
than its present subscription price Superintto n
dents for thevarous projected wells have also been
engaged. who have bad several wears practical -
PeTienee in the oil regions Of PeunsyIvaliia ana
: West Virginia.