The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-08-23
Excitement Tn the oil Regions.

A correspondent writing to Boston pa
per from Petroleum Centre, Penn, says that
tho recent great strikes 10 the oil regions
have caused intense excitement. At the
oil towns of Hleassntvilie, Oil City, Reno,
Franklin, Pithole and elsewhere, new wells
are being started daily. which produce
largely, and the oil is Of an excellent quail
ity. Most all these "strikes' have been
made on territory winch has been conaideN
ed unpeodnc;ive by old oil operators. Not
only have these important strikes created
CONSERVATION. bnt the flowing of the "dry
holes, " made by dsgns,ed prospectors 10 the
days.of the great oil fever Of 1864 and 1865,
's nine days wonder. These "dry holes"
which are located in all parts Of tho region,
the larger proportion, however, being at
Reno and Franklin, are made productive by
the use OF nitro-g lycerine torpcdoes, which,
being thrown into the openings produce
sufficient conclusion to open the interstices
10 which the petroleum. is secreted.
great number of these wells yield as high at
200 barrels of 'crude" per day. Speculaf
tors from Philadelphia, New York, Boston,
the Western cities, and other places are
''prospecting" and there is every probabiH
itJ Of th ere being as much excitement all
through the regions as there was in the palm
lest days OF the oil fever. The hotels are
d lied with excited crowds OF oil producers
brokers, prospectors, and spectators, and
every train brings IN more people Interests
ed--or anxious to be interested-in the oil
trade. AS is not generally known, nothing
in the agricultural or horticultural line will
grow in the oil regions, and the birds never
come here. This is attributable to the fact
that the ground and atmosphere are so
thoroughly impregnated with the smell OF
petroleum that neither vegetable matter can
germinate or the feathered species exist
There is nothing but dark cloud oversLad-
owing the whole region, and the particles
Of black dirt which are continuously flying
about penetrate everything. The wives
and daughters of the soil pioneers and
kings" never attire themselves In light
clothes, but the apparel generally consists
of sombre shades. Many places are always
In on Erebuf-like state, which is only
heightened by the aid oflamps. The streets
are lighted with natural gas supplied from
the wells, which come from the pipes in
one solid, Kissing flame, which burns con-
stau.Iy, day and night. The peorIs have
q begrimed appearance, looking as though
they had been smeared with "crudo retro,
leum" and then busted with black dirt. -
But through this blackness will be seen
sparkling on the shirt bosom of an "oil
prince" u $1,000 or $50, 600 diamond. In
this country to be somebody one must be 90
oil prince and sport immense diamonds
Education 10 literally nowhere, but to be
well up in oil trade parIance is to be great
aud mighty.
We lind the above extraordinary state.
ments in regard to the oil regions publish
cd in the New York Times Of Thursday. 1t
is hard to imagine even,a person, who would
make such dolt of himself as TO make such
foolishly ridiculous statements as are COM
tained In this article. Ard yet we are told
that the people of the Hub and of other ci-
ties put full faith In these Mnnchausen yurus.
We are disposed to think that either q first.
class joke was perpetrated on the editor o,
that paper, or else the individual who
wrote the article may safely be classed un-
der tho head Of "Damphool." Read it and
laugh, oh ye "oil princes and kings"