The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-01-04
TusLlSD FLowING wITH OIL
Some OF the Wen. that Made on Wiley Fa-
nous Fighting the Combination.

Trrrsv11LR, Pa, Jan. AIS long ogo rs
1909. Nat Caroy. the pcddlcr bcrnn his oil spocu-
lutions on Oil Creek. He placed flannel cloths IN
i,n stream 10 absorb the oil that iipnted on the
surface. VIZ neiug out the cloths. he bottled
the product and pcddlcA IL nloui tho country na
IA liuimcnt. Hrrniicd It Srnr noiinnd 1t became
famous. IN 1915 the late Gen Hayes Of Frank
in shImmcu "a throu barrels Of this oil from
.nrinsa along the creek Tho oaldy subeo-
.u.nly bmamc tho celebrated Ia .hannn OF
,,i, gnd il now occupied by tho village of
housewife. G'n. Hayes shipped tho ihrcc bar
rrs ny wagon to Baltimore. They wer1 con
sli.u'd ton merchant there. Tho smull nrising
from the oil YVES SO Offensive TO thc merchants
customers that he WIS compelled to take II from
his cellar. lee ordered it to BE- cmrticd into
Chesapeake bay. Thus ended he lrst attempt
ut exporting crude petroleum.
In Au-u.i 1859. L. l.. Drake forced II drIll
through the rocks ON the NJ ElhHny fnrm. Sow
cnty-onn feet down the driil tapped u stream Of
petroleum 1t spouL'd oul in such quantities
that 1t Was given the name OF the Fountain.
Three hundred barrels day spoutrd from this
pioneer oil we'll. In few months the valley Of
Oil Creek wis u forest of drrrcks. The second
Woll that reached the river Of oil" ns il WIS
called. WIS The Phillips ON tho TArr fnrm IL
flowed 3 900 hnrrls u dry. The Empire well.
not TAR from the Fountain followed with an
DIV. The pric. Of oil in 1850 wns f26 "A barrel.
In December. 1860 II had fallen 10 $3.50, Thon
followed other big strikes. and the yield hecamc
great that the prcc fell IN October. 1861. To
merely nominal n-urc. the hignrst price for
over u year being twentv-twO cents. In 1862
tho market again became active. and tho do
maud continued to increHse until, notwth-
stand ng ihe grcnt wells mt were nddel 70 tne
worth $3.50 1t declined again In 1865, md
the prices ot tina, year averaging about t6'l5
Tn Ia tho fall of 1862 the nonrost railway sta
tions % III. oil trrritor, were Cory and Union
Great Western Railway, thirty miles distant.
for ihn nurpose ,nost nf the way. To these points
for shipment During frcshcts II wns noatcd
on FIT 6oats 10 Pittslurgh. The Oh Creek Rail
rond WIS rpmplrt'd to Titusville in October.
menis The wells IN OIL Creek that be' anne cello
hra5,d for tho,s srca' prT9dugton reached their
n"5 d%y. wwilo% MGTn,oek wiz Whose 0| ergai
/ Weld OF 1000 barrel, day litcd
+ come o., u prince ard started hun IN ihnt rock
/ Ices lif' inut gave h'm IA name Of Conl o !
JOHNNY, and redlrcd him acinn. with th...ol-
/ ~ A. ~ his wells. To- n LIE 81 druds"ry; Tnrr
Farm. i,pon harr".e a lay; McCihi" <; 1000
Farm. 5000 blood. 3OOr; and the Wild Cat
, Bonn nghuuf. ana Strphrnsons farm each yield
/ csirtcd Pioneer Run wells now lng 1000 bar
/ rel. those IN Dcnn,n.,ngi Run. 6,wh barrels (;
/ anl ,hc Bun. Cow and Calf Runs. 1000 barrels;
Oh tfrrk oil TORI tCrv Was on nm average $4,000
/ barrels day. l9 1868 ihrrr wcrra nj least zen
different farms tho yield OF any one ~ which
I Na~ douhl" The rn'ire nrodu along OIL Crock
t-dny. flNn itims winch in 1860 produced
nearly 2lmO ndfr'ir % ray. NV = ye up i"e+
/ than lhl. which -. 81 Ythrrs. whOss daily yield
T W. u iittunr tn it"ii owners. Ar' ~ Try ~
cai-. 1.oNMi.yo of Oh Creek nov produces
+ Ol j. worth ron .l.G0io 81 u barrel and I'M
ao il rr.lH rr' nHl some way 10 - npa
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