Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-06-01

The New Well, which Cuisines q Thou.
sand Barrels q Day.


The New Well, which Cuisines q Thou.
sand Barrels a Day.
POOR SPECTATORS LUCKY sTRKE-THE RUSH
OFPEOPLE TO THE DIsTRICT-A TOWN ALREADY
UP AND RAILROAD BUILDING VERY FAST.
Correspondence N. Y. Sun.
WARREN, PA, May 26.-Although the oil
market has somewhat steadied itself from the
effects of the staggering blow it received from
the news that the wildcat venture on lot $40
Cherry Grove township, was gushing crude Oil
at the rate of a thousand barrels per day, the
excitement at the scene Of the bonanza is at
fever heat. Many of the heaviest producers OF
their agents were on the ground early and
having quietly satisfied themselves have de-
parted, or are making arrangements to try for
strike themselves. The district Is overrun
with an army Of small producers, operators,
land brokers, and not few curiosity hunters.
The origin of the now famous well may be
briefly told as follows:
Some years ago q Mr. Landerath, of Rouse
vile, while owner of dry hole on lot $50,
eighty-two miles southwest of the Gusher,
obtained leases of 400 acres of land in Cherry
Grove. In 1881, VIII Falconer, of Warren,
bought a few leases, and, as the time of their
expiration was near, he interested Fred. MOrck
Warren jeweler, with him, in order that o
well might be drilled, but the failure of well
at BalltOwn discouraged them. and nothing
was done. The Allegheny field was booming
and matters looked blue. short time before
their leases ran out George Dimick, founder of
the famous Sarah Jane well at PetrOlia, Butler
county, and who has been interested in so many
wildcat failures that he had not money enough
to drill WELL came to Mr.. Morck and for half
Dt4rpSt N foo hNI Tba
means he obtained from Capt. Grace, Of James,
town, N. Y, who took three interests in
Dimick's half OF the rignal 400 acres. The last
of February saw the start on the northwest cor
ner of lot 646, but when the drill reached depth
OF fleet, the leases expired, and Chris. Larsan,
Swede, who owned the land. stopped the
work. For $500 they had the time extended
and also secured oil right for 100 acres from
Larsen, which land they have bought. Larsen,
who made his home in this thick hemlOck
wilderness, has cleared $4,000 or more since
the beginning of the present boom. Dimick
figured that oil would be found in the Claren-
don sand at depth Of 600 feet. and when near
that depth MOrck and Falconer were with him
at the derrick. The next few feet discouraged
Morck and he left, but soon afterward the drill
struck hard pan. The tools were lifted, and the
sand line showed bits Of hard white pebble, the
formation peculiar to this section. Dimick knew
that he had won. After further drilling for
short time, the tools were pulled, and the
This was about the middle of March, Ali oil
men recall the excitement when in April it was
reported that the we'll had broken loose and
covered the derrick with oil. The truth of
the matter was that the Union Oil Company
having bought an interest, had caused the plug
to be drawn, when the we'll made a flow, follow
ing which it made lis barrels for several days.
1t was then plugged, and the Union Oil Com
pany began its pipe line from North Clarendon
to the wells. This was finished on Thursday
last. and, anticipating it, the plug was drawn
and the tools run on Wednesday, when the we'll
began to flow, increasing until it reached its
present rate, which has been maintained with
little deviation since.
MOrck and FalcOner have cleared S33, $50 and
their royalties. The flows now average six min
utes each through two twO-inch pipes, with in
tervals of fourteen to eighteen minutes between
flows, and Trustworthy estimates agree that to-
day the well does even shade better than ], 200
barrels. The immediate territory is fully occu-
pied, and rigs are going up with the utmost
speed, while the adjacent territory is selling at
prices 1t would be folly to attempt to quote in
this dispatch. The township lots contain six
teen acres, and the average price Is perhaps
fairly given at $3.50 per acre and an eighth roy
atty.
Surrounding the great gusher work is active
j. A. Cadwalader & Co. have two wells drilling,
one north and one west, each about 500 feet
from the spOuter and have two rigs completed.
The owners Of GAG have four rigs done-two
east, one south, and another nOrthwest-dis-
lance apart. $50 feet. The rig south is ready to
drill. Cadwaladers wells are about 1000 feet
down tonight and should be ready to pan out by
Tuesday. Visitors to the 'front.' as 646 Is called
90 over plank road down nearly to the well,
and to be completed to Garfield, the new oil town
of magic growth on the summit of the divide
southwest of the WELL half mile distant and
563 feet above the level of North Clarendon
Here hemlOck city, Boosting already Of gro
Gerry, palace hotel, oil well, supply depot, and
other shanties, is located. Western Union
wires are soon to be stretched from Warren to
the city, which will also be the temporary ter
minus OF the Warren and Farnsworth valley
narrow-gauge railroad, now building from
North Clarendon, and which will eventually
connect with the narrOw-guage roads to be
built in Forest county. The distance to Gar
field as surveyed IL 9H miles, and rails will
be down to that point not later than July
20. Among the stockholders of this enterprise
are Lieut. Gov c. w. Stone, the Hon. L. d.
Wetmore, the Hon. T. Struthers, F. II. Rock
we'll, esq, and prominent bank officials of War
rem; j. A. Cadwallader, j. j. Vandergrlft Of the
United Pipe Lines, and others. The road will
prove bonanza, regardless Of the success or
failure Of the oildOrado. The United Pipe Line
company Is laying two-lnch pipe to the new
tract to carry the crude oil to loading stations
at Clarendon. From an impartial standpoint,
experts regard the new find and the prospect of
Others as the most gigantic lottery ever known
in the oil region. Should the several wells down
come in big, operators may look for quotations
In the fOrties.