The Volcano lubricator. (Volcano, W. Va.) 1871-1879, 1873-09-16
Oil Production OF West Virginia.


throw at our paper such epithets as,
want OF good faith "intemperaee
wrath" and 50 OIL. al N6itNm. In re-
gard TO az article which we published
in our issue OF the I'd. relative 70 a
communication from J. c. Nash, to
the Cincinnati Enquirer, we know not
neither do we care, what spirits
prompt the redoub;a5!e knight OF the
Times, 10 thus attempt to provoke
discussion with us in regard &c this mat
ter: but this we do know, that our ar
tic,e on Mr.. Nah was not too severe,
nor was our wrath incorporate, nor
can con we sec where there IS any
faith in the matter, either good or bad.
The Times saws the communication
OF Mr.. Nash was published IN July
last. ard seems to intimate that we
slept over it a good while. We Eever
noticed The article until Il vas enclosed
70 us BY gentleman in the OIL ousi-
ness. VINO was struck with the absurd
;,v OF the thing, and who thought we
cunht to notice it. We did, in Ian.
suage that suited us, whether 1t suited
the Timcs or not, we don't know, nor
neither do we care. II we did linger
lone over that communicates we have
offered cur oaiy excuse; but why the
Times should linger over seven issues
beside one weekly issue, before reply
ing, or attempting TO reply, to our ar
ticle. we can ONLY accor"t for il i'll one
wa, and that we prefer not to do a.
present. The Times calls upon US to
prove, by giving the actua! production
OF each we'll, that the production OF
the West Virginia oil regions is 1900
barrels per day. We would state for
the benefit of the Times that what oil
e.ct: :-ou produces is matter between
himself and the company to which ce
pays his royalty, and We have neither
time nor the inclination to thus lay
bare to the eyes of the pub;ic.the Pri-
gate affairs OF the oil operators. Some
times. for the benefit OF our readers,
we give a list Of the largest producers,
but We never did, nor do VIC ever in
tend 10, publish production Of each
we'll; but we shall endeavor to satisfy
the readers OF this paper what the pro-
duction oil in West Virginia is, with
out resorting to any such plan as is
suggested br The writer Of the two
editorials in the Times OF the 10th and
nth insts. To get at this subject
properly we give to our readers that
part OF the communication from the
Enquirer, written by J. c. Nash, to
which we took exceptions. in language
as best suited us at the time:
"Wi,h the close Of the war and its
terrible reactions the production OF oil
in West. Virginia began a rapid de-
cline, which has continued until the
whole Earning Springs region does
not Weld one hundred barrels per day,
and the White Oak region is doing but
little better. Two years ago the most
salient features Of cur town presented
to visitors consisted of rows of empty
business houses and tenantleSs shan
ties. AMI great acres OF silence where
in was not heard the sound 4 AK, ham
mer or any tool Of lrCn. A neatly
whi;cwashcd fence 20 enclose it seemed
all Parkersburg lacked OF being fin
ished."
And now for the facts. Fact No.
When the war closed there was no.
4 producing we'll in what is known as
the Volcano (White Oak Gil region
Fact No. 2-That since 1869, the pro-
duction of oil in the Volcano oil re-
g,on has never been less than $50 bar
rels per dav, the Volcanic Oil & Coal
Co.'S tract alone producing over 100
barrels per day. In June, II the produc.
ton of the Volcanic tract amounted
to 3,oI5 barrels OF 20 gallons to the
barrels; and in that month the esti-
mated production Of the whole region,
outside OF Burning Springs, amounted
~ 7.cCi barrels. So much for the
hundred barrels OF oil per dav in 1871.
Nov we propose to give the estimated
production Of the oil regions Of Vol
cans :. The present ::me, ard then We
think our readers will agree with Us
t.,at the writer Of the communication
70 the Enquirer was a consummate
ass to write to tfat paper letter on
subject he knows no more about than
i cMi.i. We place the estimated pro-
duction OF oil in West Virginia in the
month of JUL at 1000 barrels. We
shall give such figures as are furnished
to us BY men who knows as much, at
least. about the oil business as the
Times man knows about publishing
paper. The average daily production
~ n G, - 70 tr,ct for th,,