The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-06-21
OIL AND MINING co.
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ei-stsl anal compete agents. @1o nave spared no
aeu5s - saeurc Che llsl tracts in the
Eerii FtFV remarkable oil
e Ci &c -as lets, sulphur
s-s4=. slt Iiv.ls 1ui a5sita "a lsg haltun,
ldsiaI petroleum. are ~ frcqueut occurrence. The
s-aEes also, H2u much ~ TIRE limestone with which
thocompany lands aDound, IRE completely satu-
rated with oil. and when placed in the FIRE ignite
and bum li Ike the best camel coal. In short al the
indications most relied upon by oil men in PennsyI
VSEIa. ~ est Virginia and Kentucky, are found in
atun3ance, while ys3uabie deposits Of iron, coal,
lead clay, ete are SnoWu to exist on the territory
oT the company.
A special correspondent Of the Pittsburg OF
Aezrs writing for that journal recently, from Ten
'sTha oh region of Tennessee embraces about o.
50osquare miles and the following counties or parts
of counties: Robertson, Montgomery, Dicksous
Hickman, Lewis, Lawrence, Wayne; the greater
portions of OvertOn, Putnam, White Dekalb. War
rem, Coffee Franklin, Perry Humphries Stewart
Macon, considerable portions of Jackson, Cannon,
Lincoln, Giles, Har in, Williamson, Cheatham,
sumner; and small portions of Smith, Van Buren,,
Grundy, Maury and Davidson.
The indications of oil in this division are very
much superior to those in any other portion of the
State. In Ovorou and other counties adjoining the
BurkesVllle region, m Kentucky, considerable
number of paying wells arealready in operation-=
Ia 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 unsurpassed in their
richness as oil territory The limestone is often So
impregnGted with OIL that piece lust broken off
viii burn brightly, and the shae has the odor of
petroleum and will ignite like coal The sandstone
IS also often found peteIy 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 IA such quantities twenty or thirty
years ago as TO be PIT up in 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
cral counties IN Tennessee have frequently been so
powerful to throw large rocks from their posi-
tons and seriously alarm the people living in the
! vicinity. sulphur springs are found everywhere
lp in hn Az all
/ oil yet obtained in Kentucky and Tennessee has
had strong sulphur smell, these springs are con-
sideTed among the best of all the indications of oil.
Saltsprings areVery numerous also, and in several
localities very considerable deposits of asphaltum,
! or solicited petroleum, have been discovered
Jpon all the creeks that low into the Tennessee
river, from Chattanooga to Fort Henry these indi-
cations exist Ia greater or less degree Upon Elk
ana Duck rivers, and their tributaries particularly
! they are unoXcelled. OF rivers flowing into the
/ Cumberland. Obeys, Caney Fork and Harpeth have
/ all very encouraging indications.n
/ Of North Alabama the same correspondent writes
| as follows:
'sTho geological formation Of North Alabuma va
ries IN essential particulars from that Of Middle
Tennessee. Upon all the creeks that flow into the
Tennessee, on either side, from where it enters tho
State in JacksQn county, to where il passes OUT in
audefdale' Jhe sandstone limestone and shale are
found in alternate groups. In places the sand
stone the beds of the streams times of low wa
ter IN summer can be found completely saturated
/ with OIL for distance Of several rods. The lime
/ store, also, is considerably impregnated with it
! while uuch OF the shai3 is the equal of the best
camel coal in It's oil producing properties. Some
the most remarkable beds Of the latter to be found
in tho country, arc upon several Of the creeks emp
/ tying into the Tennessee river.
Mineral springs are aOundantin North Alabama.
Several very fine ell springs have been discovered,
and upon large number Of streams OIL has been
I9Hi-d loatlng on d. e surface OF the water. Upon
I one of tire tributaries Of Flint river in Madison
county 10 was !oi59efly gaJhered IN considerable
4U-ntIlios, ana 10 digging millrace several years
I ago. the workmcn used TO ell their boots with the
oil which eEuded from tho rocks. 1.-THE company
las o lease 81 this land. Tar springs, also,
sometimes found. One Of the most noticeable of
these is on Capps crock, which flows into the Bushy
/ Fork Of Sipscy, ia Lawrence county. The water
runs cut Of crevce in the limestone, and the tar
/ or bitumon, gathers % The surface.
] every large -posils Of asphaltum have in some
instances been found One is situated on the ton of
hill three hundred eot high, in Lawrence county
Before the war WORKS had been erected for its dis
/ tllauon, and large amount of oil shipped to Now
( 2rE- Gas springs are quite frequently seen, and
springs arc as numerous as they are in Mid
! die Tennessee.
'"rle prospect for oil in North Alabama. how
ever does not rest nj surface indications merely
In !555, perty Of worl1nen sinking artesian
Wen upon one of the tributaries Of the Tombigbee
ldVer struck oil at depth of little six hun
drcd feet, Which flowed upwards Of seven weeks
covering the surface Of the river for distance q
more than fifty miles. 10 has often been the case
too, IN sinking ordin4r wells that oil has come in
t. them IN such quantity to render the waterun-
MT Tor use. An instance Of this kind occurred on
the banks Of the Muscle Shoals several wears SINCE
Upon shoal, Cowpens, Blue Water, Sugar Bluff
and Second Crooks, il Lauderdale county Spring
In FTankln' 1oWn and Big Nance in Lawrence,
Flint and COtacO il Morgan. Limestone and Tvrope
IN Limestone; and Flint, hurricane, etc. IN Madi-
son, the Indications of oil exceeded by those
Of any portion Of the great oil range within the
States Of Kentucky, Tennessee or Alabama. Ter
rtory having equally good indications ean doubt
less be found elsewhere in the latter State but its
distance from transportation must for the resent,
considerably lessen lis value"
There is scarcely locality above mentioned in
which the Company was not the FIRST, or among the
first, to lease Oh lands and it has, therefore, proba
bly, larger amount Of we'll selected territory than
any Company n the country
Prof. SaRord,s Geological Survey.
a geological survey Of these lands has inst been
made by Prof. J NJ Safford late State Geologist of
Tennessee, who spent two months in their exarnf-
nation. His report, which, together with a care
[ fully prepared map Of the territory, will soon be
completed and published for the information OF
stockholders and others interested, states that its
geological formation is the that OF Penn
sylvania, Kentucky and Overton county and that
there can be no doubt whatever Of the existence OF
petroleum throughout the entse region Of country
where il is located. Aside from Prof. Safford's HIGH
reputation a. geologist. the fact that his views
with regard TO the geology Of this section, have
been adopted by all the most eminent members of
his profession in the country who have visited it,
entities his report t. the very highest considera5
ton.
Working Capital, Etc.
The Board Of Directors have placed Q 900 shares
Of the stock in the laret TO be sold at so 90 er
scrpJi0ns ia any county are sufficient to pav for
putting down one OF more wells, the amount so sub
serlbed win be eXpe nGed in that county In this
way particular localities viii have all the benefit of
/ the development ard Of the expenditure of the
amount raised by them. This is q proposition the