Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-03-24

coal AMI oil measures. Hitherto science
has afforded but little light upon the
origin of rock oil, while operators have
given more attention to processes for eN-
tracing if from the earth than TO the m
v@cstigation of the question rs to no" IL
came there. There are but few iacl'
which will support any theory whatever
aud these point to a product Of Tue o,'
composition of aquatic plants aud am
mas, as coal is TIVE result OF enormous
deposits of vegetation, Otherauthorlii''
have asserted that it is the result OF ans
tiilation in the carth's crust. rs yet lis
origin is utterly undetermined.
In the winter of 1852 Colonel +, l."
Drake. Of New Haven, Ct, started IN
a~rte,ian we'll on an island in OIL Creek
a small tributary of the Allegheny river
4 neiehboring spring had for 4 long
time uiyen out about twenty barrels OF
petroleum in each year, which had been
bottled and sold for medical purposes
under the name OF Seneca OIL, II was
with q view of increasing this yleld Ihal
fine artcsian we'll was started. In me
| latter part OF August, 1899, the driiI
rsgrhed the oil.hearing rock AZ a depth
of ,ayrnty-one feet, and resulted IN /"
weld of over LOCO gallon" per day tor
centuries the Indians OF that section
md collected the oil from the creek by
spreading their blankets upon ITS sur
face. their 1abors being rewarded ny
small lots. with which they mixed thelI
war paint or which they burned to lIIu-
mine their tca-ts and war dances our
inc these centuries no effort had been
made 10 secure it in large quantities, ana
the first one to drill for the product had
caused a glut in the market by proluc'
inc twenty-five barrels per day, bui
| SUBSEQUENT events showed that CoIohel
Drake builded greater than he knew .,
II. near resemblance to crude coal on
the first product Of the productive
distilIatiou Of coal-led manufacturers
TO subject petroleum to those same pro-
ccsscs to which crude coal OIL was sun
icc,ed in the manufacture OF mn llluml'
nator. and in a day a demand tor the
nrod,Irl was created. From a daily
/ -. IA nnu hurrrls rrOluC.
yea OF - o'FIcl' ooiY ,,J nassad From
t'0n has 6fel 'e"V.eu a S!,' flr corrq rbiI.
S3'.S o' my le.' rnns,ctions have
piaihs'anV rue,'u,',i,n., anJ arc daiIy
enlarged 10 eI'v'Ie ,'Isot9 w., mart NJ
carried from W.! 'l Do,or, =. one iterrt-tbc
the gIooe, rL?m, ii Se os,r, ,%e Ill drilIer
uePIh Oh 'ne l'''''L ~ -,0 f,ot Ieon-
OF to-day INKS a 'u"lS .,''' InIood .d,re
nearly olc-tnIlu "a i" a i"''' ~ a Gertb M
wells nave peen u'it,y" e. twon,v.
nearly @,0oo letI' il'',JI" y" n,rotor ba.
hVe ''PumPeI .ue oI . 0oo har.
sometimes oeen It""Iusu ny 10 n,na
rel SPouler' ann ",e Wo' gno.nJ + Nm,
+f'y 'atni ir'' n.y. v,'Vsi ,., ~twentv.i fam
oaft'I' during 'ne 4,' ol,,nwn amon'
nouns. FROM pIoouI' H',|I'' ,rnso a. in
American exports peuIie s .n sit' Lo
decade oil years 3Ins my F ,rJ catton
,ng surpassed ouly GS s,@.'' ,b n,'' indnstr,
between ''' y, lt'',i n,;rt of No Vol
gay laoV) dj,' -ne n'Etu'''I1 onaLt Inf,
Just passed NIo'o] 1t n', .II@0 noo
the tniteI states Ihoie Iu as ta hoa,,,
Voo IN go'a-'Iiio1V elu'' VIZ rrar J.,
premium IN goIQ u'''!9H we "S ~,
considered to me e"Vlf' Hllo "nt;n W inv
ci'cHIa'lnS meul'm VI snV AND n"y n]ot;ona
cluIIng the l~re's''I! toe,. "" or,.inr ~
BANK circulation, rom n'" ar,o ~
iea'ts and orgies '' S'aEeS ~ mas sii ~
TO the foremost position J" tue WIZ "
an lI'umln3(of' anu no" e,,'en ny;m~ =, nn,
OF households carrying huI'l"iI.1,"i a." Nv
ciyilizlng effects Wl,cn can n n"i''' fl |"
estimated, FROM ozone h'li ia o VII
solitary operator OF IN2', Mnim "l omn ,I7,
assistant, the NUMBER .t'el,'"5 pPIN'9
ment from driIIlng mas 'ic''' ,! ~ -,og
men, while those Who"''lEe uPPo'sn ~,
I, pumping, refining, ana u~auspo,,,n
petroleum, t0gG,iA,r WIN 'ne uvC ,",rn,
saIesmen, ana cIefkS ei''P'1!'u ~ '" nL,
dependent INDUSTRIES auu ""ao9- "mo'
may be lhcIaogu menus, oI,r ""' driiIin
+ .1aI' aLon,iools olue lamps, and tn
. like. wculd form a larger army tina
! won for us American independence.
Nor is the sudden growth Of this il
du.try the most remarkable event in j
: career. Colossal fortunes have bee
= made and dissipated by dealings in
), stanla which has ever been subjected