The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-06-22

time. Oile OF the men Ill Cn0lge lOiU
me the story % the strike in this way
"At5 p. NJ. last Friday we struck
the third sand. You can tell as soon
as you strike sand 10y the difference in
the jar to tue drill, and by the gas
which begins to come up. Inside ot
| fifteen minutes the first flow came. |
drilled about eighteen inches more
and she began flowing steady. 1 left
the tools in the hole because they cant
be taken out until the heavy flow stops
don't believe there was ever a well
struck that flowed so regularly through
the casing as this one has. Two men
attended this well, working twelve
hours each"
These two wells and the Murphy
well near Garfield were the only wells
flowing when I was on the ground,
through the Cadwallader No. 2, which
is just beyond the Mystery, and the
Meehoopany, off in the direction OF
the Murphy, would flow if they had
not been plugged. This operation is a
necessary one sometimes. a stick of
pine wood is placed in the hole, and
forced down to the bottom by the tools.
Then several feet of the powdered
rock taken out of the hole is thrown
back, and the hole filled with water.
This prevents oil-flowing, except in
the biggest wells.
THE TOWN OF GARFIELD.
The town of Garfield is three-fourths
of a mile further on by way of the ter
rible road spoken of. 1t is located
quite prettily, and there is plenty of
room for good sized town. 1t is a
wonderful place. Two weeks ago but
three houses were inhabited, now there
are 125 with people living in them
There is one long street, and the car
penters work from early morninguntil
late at night, week day and Sunday,
to prepare shelter for the crowds.
They do not succeed in doing this.
however, for two big oil operators, who
commanded the best rooms at the
Fifth avenue and the Continental, slept
in tie rain under two iron boilers last
night. The hotel is not finished, but
it is full every night. The guests
simply ask for shelter, the rashest of
them do not expect bed. It's streets
are full of busy and excited men,
whose fortunes depend on getting Il
we'll started quickly, or who want Il
house built by tomorrow. Every one
is buying or leasing town lots, and
making money at it, or seeking land
on which to put down hole. Real
estate offices are plenty and IA print
ing office is on the way. The hotel
contains eighty to one hundred rooms,
a telegraph office, a telephone, and
the proprietor entertains three hundred
guests daily. He has kept a hotel in
the early days of several towns in
other districts, and is the most delib-
crate man in town. He calls his hotel
the James town House, and he will
no doubt make much money before
the summer is over. Yesterday board
at private houses was 81 per day with
the privilege Of sleeping out of doors.
Now il is 81. Some Sweeds who had
houses before the town was started are
Keeping forty persons every night at
high prices on low and every way
bad diet. The telegraph wire is already
here, and the railroad will soon be fin
ished. | saw IL boOtblack stealing a
ride on blackboard bound for Gar
field this morning, so it will soon be
civilized city with all the modern con-
license is being railroadcd through at
Warren, and field for the temperance
folks will be opened shortly, if the
numerous inquiries for something to
drink are any indication of the temper
of the public on this great moral cues.
ton.
asked an oil man what the effect
OF the great find of oil would he. He
said: ut has already cost the oil trade
millions of dollars, by reducing the
value of oil on hand and that of future
production. The value of all oil wells
in every district has also greatly de-
preciated. If Il we'll in Bradford was
worth $1,000 last week you could
hardly get s., coo for it now. The field
Is undeveloped, however, and the big
ger it is the greater the loss to every
body bat the lucky causes who have
struck it so rich in this backwoodsp
AS to the permanency Ofth field there
is but one opinion, and that is that it
is !illel y to prove the greatest ever dis
covered. The sand in which the oil
was discovered is the right kind, the
wells are on the correct line rs com
pared with those of other great fields,
the quantity of the oil is good, the
area is large and the wells act like
staying ones. All these things make
the old oil men sick. Fifteen years
ago the discovery of such wealth
would have been godsend to the
trade and to the State, now it looks as
if it would ruin all the small operators.
The land is owned largely by the
Anchor Oil Company and large opera
tors. Congressman Watson, Of the
district, has disposed of several lots of
land which have been making him
poor for some Years, at large price,
and other lucky holders are numerous.