The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-12-01
A New OIL Excitement.

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interest everywhere were thrown into
an excitement last Thursday. by the
report that an old oil well on the Crull
farm, North Warren, had sprung o
leak and was gushing at the rate Of
several hundred barrels per day. In
quiry ELECTED the fact that II was an old
well, never Of much account, In which
II. A. Jameson holds an interest,
and which was being cleaned out and
drilled deeper. At q depth of about
sixty feet In the new drilling the well
began to flow. and at q rapid rate. 1t
was the wonder Of the day, and We'd
nesday ofthis week we are informed
that its product is from 600 to 1000
barrels per day. Whether It is o pool
that has been struck, or q regular
sand that will yield at this rate is not
yet known; but enough Is known.
The supposition is that it will start
operations anew all over the North
Warren and Glade oil field, which
has been supposed exhausted. The
well spoken of is owned by Jameson
& Sanford, and Mrs. Crull Is the
owner Of one quarter of the oil.
Since writing the above our reporter
has visited the we'll and furnishes the
following explicit report Of actual
facts:
The well Is situated upon the Crull
farm which consists of fifty acre
lease, and at the time Of drilling 1t
was put down to $40 feet and started
off at big rate, but soon it settled
down to six or seven barrels and held
that for some time, when it began to
weaken and before long only one bar
rel could be had and that by pumping.
For some time past the amount of oil
which was received was not enough to
pay for pumping 1t, and the owners,
seeing that they were not able to stand
this long, concluded to drill the well
about 500 feet deeper-to the same
depth as the Hoffman we'll situated
some distance below. So drilling was
again resumed upon it Saturday noon
last and kept up until Monday night
at one O'Clock, when heavy vein OF
gas was reached, and for fear that some
accident might be the result, put their
fires out and went home. Early Tues.
day morning drilling was again re-
sumed, and after they had drilled a
few feet their drill seemed to drop, as
II crevice had been reached, and soon
the flow Of oil began. The tools were
quickly removed and the oil shot
high above the derrick. Not expect
ing to reach this crevice Of oil 80 soon,
no casing head or oil saver was on
hand and they were obliged to go In
search Of one. All this time the well
kept on flowing until they arrived
and the casing head with two lead
pipes were put into position and con-
nected with the tank. This was about
ii o'clock and about 5 o'clock in the
afternoon a 250 barrel tank was filled.
For some distance around the derrick
large pools of oil were lying upon the
ground which had flowed before the
lead pipes were connected with the
tank. Judging from the number Of
barrels it flowed when connected, we
would not be surprised if $50 barrels OF
oil were lost here upon the ground
All night long the well flowed with
out ceasing moment, and when we
visited the we'll at the expiration o.
twenty-four hours 700 barrels haG
been received, and still the we'll il
flowing at the rate of thirty barrels \
hour. AS to how long this will las
we are in doubt, for we were unable t.
see the sand which was reached, il
any; but our opinion is that it is just 6
crevice of oil which was struck, anC
this will all be exhausted in shor
time, for at the time of the North
Warren fever O number of wells neal
here struck such veins and started of
at the rate of 800 barrels, but only
kept 1t up for a short time. But fol
the sake of its owners and also that Il
will enliven the town considerably b,
bringing to our place number Of OF
men, we hope that this well will re
main spouting forth, for some time Il
come.