The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1878-06-26
Petroleum.


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] Petroleum.
From the Parker City, Pa, Daily, W
clip the following item in regard to th,
/ Kentucky oil regions, which, coming iron
such a source and of such interest local
ly. can not fail to deeply interest GU
! readers:
The excitement over the recent gooC
/ strikes at Glasgow Junction still con
tinues Many operators from West Vir.
ginia and PENNSYLVANIA have arrived dur
ing the week. and are now prospecting
and securing leases.
Messrs. Chess, Carley & Co, of thi,
city, are about to drill several wells near
, Glasgow Junction. They are operating
at present near Glasgow. They also pro-
pose to erect refinery at Glasgow June
ton. and ship what oil they refine there
direct to Charlotte, n c., where they
have Il large tank exclusively for refined
oil The tank cars, which carry the oil
Carolina turpentine, and returned to this
city, where it Is put into barrels. cans
and other packages to suit the trade. 1t
is also shipped from here West and
South
Transporting turpentine in bulk in tank
cars is rather an ingenious method adopt
ed 10y Messrs. Chess, CarleY X Co. to
enable them to transport their OIL to the
seaboari free OF charge, and give them a
handsome profit besides This is better
than a pipeline to the seaboard, il it
IT,, g., I Al
refinery recently destroyed by fire and
have taken great precaulion against a
similar accident in future. Nearly all
their tanks are entirely under ground
aud sOdded There l. line Of tanks
however, along the railroad not construct.
ed in this manner. They, however. are
small ones, evidently built in some
Northern city and transported here COM
plete 10y raIl-iust as large as it is possi-
bic TO put on a car. There are about
fifty Of these tanks on both sides Of the
railroad to receive the oil from the cars,
which are constantly arriving from Glas-
gov Junction and Glasgow. Messrs
Chess, Carley ( Co have recently con-
tractcd for number of new tanks. and
are enlarging their refinery, a. the pro~
duction Is increasing rapidly. At present
they are refining ON ar average 5000
barrels per week, and expect to soon
have facilities tor refining from five TO
six thousand barrels per week Their
refinery Is an immense affair, covering
in connection with their barrel works
and other buildings and tanks, thirteen
acres OF ground in the southern portion
of the city. They have at least two
hundred men employed in getting out
slave timber aud making slaves and bar
rels They have also two steamboats, on
Green river Tor the transportation of the
timber Thus, it will he seen that pros
ducing AID refining petroleum in Ken,
lucky l. obtaining great proportions, and
has really become very important in
,lustsy, asd-,vIse+ OPERATORS from PENN
sylyani1 and other States come tiOcking
in great numbers. as they did in Penn
sylvania, it will attain such proportions
as will utterly astOnish the natives. who
know absolutely nothing about producing
petroleum.
The territory here is rich beyond de
scription, and were TO write all that
know in regard to 1t. am afraid your
readers would he greatly astOnished. i'll
not dubious. | have written to you in
regard to wells which flowed over 400 !
barrels per day Just before the war. and
which were abandoned soon aiterwarh |
owing to the troubles Of that period | |
have written to you in regard to the nu-
merOus springs of petroleum which ]
have seen on my travels. and OF the pc
roleum in the caves near Glasgow June
non, aud OF the wonders of the caves !
themselves and other natural curiOsites,
nut | have not said half that | might |
have done
The Glasgow Junction oil territory is
1t present undoubtedly the most desirable |
in the State owing TO its close proximity
10 the railroad, The wells on that terri
IOry are good substantial ones Many of
hem have been yielding tor years, and
are now doing twenty barrels, while
others have declined to two and three
barrels One well completed last Sep
Iemher flowed at the rate of seventy-fve
barrels per day, by actual measurement
The Last one com pletpd flowed at the rate
Of about ninety barrels, and is considered
good for a seventy-barrel pumper.
The hest way to reach the Kentucky
oil fields is to come from Pittsburg to
Louisville, and from Louisville TO Glas-
row Junction by the Louisville, Nash
Vile Il Great Southern Railroad. Gias-
gov junction is ninety miles south Of
louisville. and when You get there you
can consider yourself in the Kentucky !
oil regions There are no wells in the
fr,,y,, "a raffrna1 Eln ]
oil is all found lew miles distant to the !
southeast, on the Settle farm, Pickett
farm and other lands, reaching to the
BOYD territory, where there are
numerous big wells The developments |
are all coming from Boyd's creek through |
the Sinking Creek country The Settle |
well is still casing and throws out peb- !
blfs when it flows 1t flows about every |
hour. This well is two and One-hali |
miles from Glasgow Junction, and is the
one TO the town. There Is de
cidrdlv an immense amount of oil in the
i'm IMMEDIATE vicinity OF the town. as there
are numerous springs OF petroleum on
the surface aud in the caves. \ test
well or two will he put down as soon as
Mr. Puckelt can secure some Pennsyl-
vania operators and machinery, and II a
big well is struck right there on the rail-
road, a greater excitement than exists az
present can undoubtedly be looked for.
operators, drillers, pumI-I
ers and others contemplating a trip 'wn
here can get much valuable information
from Messrs. Chess, Carley K Co.. corner
Seventh and Main streets, Louisville;
or fion DR. Alexander. at Alexander
Hotel, corner Seventh and Market streets
and when they get to Glasgow Junction
from William E Memtz Mr. Logsdown,
Mr. Pickett or Major Proctor.
John Sherman's DiIFuscncss.