New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-06-08

until h again crossed the tortuous Allegheny four miles
from Foster. There development on r foteer
All d5v holes between these and Foster The line left
this island several rods at side and ~ IL @
territory This fact and the exact similarity OF Us u"
with those collected below good communion or
the two theories mentioned Continuing ms ne TV o
the mountains five miles further he again depo9eheu on
the river at two miles below OIL city, here 10
his surprise and satisfaction hs Line erOSS of be rocks
Identical with that of Scrubgrss, anu l,
bSSTpf a n so nGT Of S he RV Charley
Run. Wood Farm and Petroleum Center thus h conntTv
crossing Allegheny nye times trayersng every pay
ing development on the river, and landing Ia tno
Of the greatest oil basin in the world He was content
Mr. Angel had now spent year and half OF time ana
sond nee the STRIP Of ooc oo1 feet beneath him
satisfactorily TO himself as If all the ovsryhg 20 H.
been stripped of and the third sand aid pafI 10 he
feshly optics lie proceeded at leisure 10 gamer tno
fruits of labor geniusfor II was scarcely Tess
than genius that guided him. say at his leisure, W
no other operator suspected great discovery After
considerable shrewd negotiation be managed 10 seTuo
grass and Foster, lease on liberal terms 70 % as 10
royalty &c. but including an option Clause ior ,G
chase of the land, In fee, ut any time Wt9n yos
stated price He made similar contracts or sone e
hundred acres on the PET norm Oh d IN short fine
owned all the territory between Scrubgrass ana POSTER
II be w leases a nc weTe snSd to- lapse lie had
| vested 10000 on faith in his new theory ~, , ,o
the river and from all previous development t found
The rock and oil the depth Of lilo feet ana
Se rest Of the grand Reinforcement told Mr.
Angel, in connection with his partner, MT Prentice "a
veteran greaserJ las this territory AT present 10
producing wells ranging In yield from II to 400 barrels
The last strike made three days since Is +" spoter
thing destructibe around IT, When brought under con
troll it recorded 400 barrels per day There mas
| quantities by them, and that was an experimental
well to test the width OF the ee Pro,t Isef tS
other parties for $1,000 to 5000 bonus and onehat
royalty the usual royalty being from sixteenth 10
risks in sinking wells They are now putting down 10
more wells for themselves. with certainty Oh Tesuts
which they would not give any dollar to insure.
Mr. Angel set bis foot down On the asn te
will yield oil to dead certany a. IN az any e spot on
the belt proportional to its nearness TO the eentr
Ike row of sbadetrees and mark to the spectators
eve the limits the belt with wonderful dsuhclheS1,
though not any more clearly than Mr. Angel saw them
by his calrvoyant perception before blow had been
struck on Samson post on TINS spot tno rrootabe
part Of It not half that width 1t be seen therefore
how easy it Is, for man to mss ~ WINE pros
enm phrase Widcatng His chances about
square rods to the whole area OF OIL country
| or course the triumph OF this new deyelOpment
created furore This soon spent itself The fever had
nothing to work on The discoVerer GWneu an thS
fishing the belt further north Wetween roster anu
Reno was done one OF these VIII aaspp hat II
was Angels center line took lease and sunk well
| They were upon OF his experimental lines ana
| not on the center; hence, they found only thin
third-sand and small yleld-thIee p g, dngf
| abandoned
which direction being at an acute angie WIN so
line u.s. To- W. brought them within Y rect OF the center
of his belt There the 25th of last March they struck
a lOObarre well, which has az yet shown no fahg on
from that figure. This is called the Milton Wen, ana Is
up AT this point With satrical humoT for which the
Nomenclature of Oildom ia noted it Is called Drlitwo0d
it ia 400 above high water on the Allegheny! Inc
traffic growing up in consequence Of the development OF
this portion OF the belt to operators has caused he
| erection of a new station on the Allegheny valley
Railway called Prentice, after Mr. Anglers partner II
five miles from OIL CITY Wells are i nov gong al
4. I'm all
Many OF these will probably miss the be ana nor ge OH
enough to grease bqii-wheel AS tne exafL ,
public there will be many failures IL WouId SEN tae
following principles in oil development: a. That OIL lies
i'm belts OF less unbroken continuity the ater
feature having to DC established by tests IN each case
and constituting one OF the unavoidable contingencies of
belt development o. That the general direction OF
may and probably will differ in characteristics from eacl
other but the belt is uniform IN Its leading physl-
cal features throughout a. That these belts do not
deyiate from a direct line at least II Is not safe To
count reflections or crooks in making investments
81 That the under surface OF the thirdand rock slopes
inward each way from its center and therefore the
value of a well will depend upon its nearness to the
central line of the belt o. That the upper surface on
the third sand rock absolutely level throughout the
belt Mountains superadded to it. Therefore there
can be current OF oil in the belt ~ some nave sup
posed might be tho case ga nhat or be
Therefore territory a river worth than that
mountain-toP, other things being equal except that
is possible to detect oil belt and stake 1T out on t9e
-us'ace with degree Of accuracy sulnClent Tor SAFE
ai pe made TO discover these belts whole business
production (sotaeD VIII De reduced 70 "a Dasis IN
sea voyage stock Of goods (Some OF these primer
plies well sustained by the experience OF operators
Mr Ange's success mustresut-indeed, it has already
resuted@n turning the thoughts OF practical men to the
study of the theory Of Obels. This may end IN the es-
Establishment the whole business on just such sure
basis as have indicated. This would make saving Or
millions OF dollars annually TO the producing interest,
and iuure direct beneof millions OF consumers OF
kerosene. 1t is certain that with the rsks ana expenses
hitherto attached TO oil production prices cannot rel
concerned have the risks and expenses reduced In
ease the results named How from MI ANGEL research
he will while securing prneely fortune 10 himself
have become "A benefactOr to his fellows. believe, as
does every practical man who has learned or Mr An
ees that IL and the theory on which 1t
was based are destined TO mark epoch in the history
of petroleum 1t f. certain whatever the results that
both the nature and the manner OF ms discovery OF te
great oil-belt stamps him remarkable ma-at least
as remarkable among oil men, ana tlat means much 10
| any who knows the class.
Since the preceding written have read IN Penn
syyana paper that Mr. Jonathan Watson Of Ttusvlle
the veteran and sagaciOus operator in territory has
added his significant testimony 10 the value or Mf.
Angels discovery by securing for himself i0O acres OF
land south OF Scruhgrdss which he Will test az once III
Mr. W. can find single point on me central me OF lhe
Angel belt and will bore his wells south lG' west there
Of he will probably find rich territory as far southwark
as extends 1t is easier to ascertain s position
thus than by expensive and uncertain test-weus put
down AT a guess. Every foot of the Angel belt north
ward OF A. P tract, as far as Petroleum Center, has
either been tested or under contract be developed
With Mr. Watson whOm the paper referred to calls the
champion oil OpeTaOr 10 follow 1t southwark we sna
ore long mn thp vet unknown features of the belt de-
yeloped viz. It's extent l0ngitudnally 3 The con
tinlty of the belt. g. Its drectness C., whether
where deviaes from straight line In the direction
marked by Mr.. A. Already the minds or wise OIL men
are reaching to solve the question whether the on
manifestations OF this continent have "A common origin
West Virginia to Canada. We shall know more as the
| Angel belt is followed out. e. h D.
| jamestown, N. Y, May &c, 1871.