The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-11-29
a 4. ..''1r1>a1so I'D Nlapahh,
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 90, 1871.
TITO 5;H Ecvsr-Fresh Symptoms ~
s,nrsy-Gias Flaming sfxtS rev.
rSsrs-Eye<0or<ftn OF WEN.

a!r. Dsniel T. Drew, formerly o. Ill II
r7r,tas from CORY, Penn. nm 'nitlcs' ~
Lester to De Witt G; Roy, ma. A'Hs '''>
latest oil ernea' ion. We cNu'c. -, nor.
q ,h,r; $50 FRIDAY afternoon ~ H.
-.,. -,ro unre drilling the oil wei; 10 LUG
,,!,t .t,,,.l mo third sanirnck at depIn o'
go, .,-,Irnr9ni fIftv feet. AZ toeiE LOOM
,,t"roc! rho c:lt.t tacro rafno n rush VI S'r'
}, mud and water 10 the top OF the
In'.,;" iis,ancc Of seventy feet above the
.,'r,,,. which caused the workulcn 10
,,.,.,3rsu Their tools, cNtincui>h their IRE
1S.r.tne b5llcr. have all fires IN the :n.,.e-
! .-c vicinity nut out, ana ABANDON
,h.ir work, All the afternoon and eve
IN. he widest excitement prevailed,
md s,oyk in he new we'll was eagerly
tauyl: a;cg 1T 2 fabulous price, many pre-
sil.Iur;hat Iue Gas would soon he exhaust
ed. and tpev would then have ilo~ing
we'll. Yesterday they succeeded In putting
down short piece ot tubing and attac hing
two two.inch pipes, one running about
thirty feet above the tor Of the derrick, the
"thcr carried about sixty feet up the NIL,
aa. ;.en ran some twenty-five or thirty
5ret ,ntc the air and secured by stakes
drive. into The ground. To the top or cach
.~.rs :riyrl 4 L sRGie SIZE GS pipe ttwo
fnrhr>i. AID The gus was then nSnttd. Last
evening IL presented ono Of The grandest
gsGhts ever wi;nc -sad, and Is claimed by
,.-Inlcr. st"d and practiCa! oil men to be he
ltrsc< -.wcll in the Country. The How
of rs j c.tiuatcu at 1000 pound pres
sure.
:. 10 rive you = little idea of its power
have only to srate that the hllZc shoots Z
Distance Of about thirty feet to each sldc,
!.akipu Il S1iid flame Of nearly sixty feet
fynu, .cch burner. ! am boarding on the
nuro>ity .iIc q The town about mile
rom he well, nv room fronting 1t. Sitting
there iilnut lisht latter the moon has
I'm, DOWN. could readily read nne print
AID Tho rush OF Gas Is nisiuly heard, sound
IN. Ike the loar Of Il distant cataract.
aXci'cucnt is sill undated, aud all that
G.. az heard upon the streets to day Is the
%ai.we,i, Thousands are visiting The city.
I'D every Stree. leading to the well iE
ya:1ngeu with eager spectators, each
anx.au- to sat!tr his Or her personal curl-
csiy. ii prcse9. 1t promis7s 10 be great
bclp 10 'bc ci'y; every one acquainted with
Tie rli business joins in The opinion
,oat there Is sn abundant supply OF the
nycciuu. oil in the vicinity. Contracts
~erc sianed yesterday for the erection of
;l,ct more dcrricks, and I O'Clock to-
morrow morning will find strong arms ana
Nh ~ Il ,9ds pushing the work rapidly for
ward. Properly IL the immediate vicinity
at he We'll Is lrid ut an advance OF from
800 10 900 per cent, | was Informed last
night that lie owner Of smAi( house and
}ot on TIE opposite side OF the street had
.anyod his lot Yesterday Tor 81 200 bont,s
aud quarter int"lcst il me well, provided
II proves Il success. ftc place could I'M
Il lDbteGiy have been purchased a week ago
tor 500 t. $500. Lease land is 10 good &C.
m.nu. Am We'll and busy. Come down
al: n sucw YOU tree illumination.
d" ours, hastily, DREW"