The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-04-10

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r There are few OF the old oilrnen,
J, whose connection with the existing life
] of the oil regions began on Oil Creek,
i that can not recall the interest excited
| by the eccentrieities Gas theYWere sup
posed to be them, of q well on the
Buchanan farm, at RodseVille. It was
the first flowing well ever struck in the /.
oil regions, and it developed peculi-
arity of ceasing to flow at twelve I
Iho'clock Saturday night and starting
again on Monday morning, that gave
1t the name of the Sunday well9@ SIA3 lia
A.. It was. located on q lease ten rods
square, and the post-office building at
iPRbaseville was afterwards put ep ON
] the lease whore the well was, Drilling
was done with a spring pole. Drive.
4 pipes were used to- reach theroekgf for
i which twenty-five dollars point was,
paid. On January II, 1861, the well
iahad1 reached a. depth Of 191f feet and
\; was on top. of the, first sand. By, this,
time there was q dozen producing wells
! in thenEicinitys all pumpingy andaHF
!. drilled wet, as was Mr., Curtis also. A
hard she'll was struck on the top Of the
ab first sand. on which they drilled for a.
Il long time, the light tools of those days
1 making very little impression on IL. At
3 last it was broken, when the oil isud-s
denly began to flow, Not expecting a
flowing wei. there was no tank up, but
q fthes planks were, Qp the ground for IT,
Ia those days Square tanks were built.
1 The we'll flowed strongly and q large
stream of oil ran ndown the creek
LflorSs meis si az ohcs mace 20 oO5ain
oprIois, eis.;a anu sne ;ss. .anHr"as pusiiea 20
ny e q, = = 9
- saw tno Sn Hnlal tne !ank aAo,N,ss wa $
III p5 "a -. "aS ooealneu ana
Y u - ! !: r ":ss
i pp' of so9nelin anu ItlSen inso 70 tnS :,
tSoL VI tn0 +b u,i,e = ~. was I
fd' u :.llI ol.e ptp5 t-1iss
;eao Rlp1 soG - ~ anu penS over
,i"d Il no Wen ees1e ~, 1ne1a en-
II .1 4 s.As =, y s1s ~ ~
M.tn p'lIS ss,e Ioul = ny
fInna7s No ono enoroSt.,d tbo+ tha
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dsvs t@,iSor,t. - = srha 80,
3oIty of fo,,-;T,r ,.yolI J,.o,r, ,1,-5s
81 10 tto S,,l7 ~, r fo,. 40 ~ ,,,a
tia ton;o os oonrorHa+;o,, "Gor,o ,.' y va "a
: men. >'''''-N'A 81 -
: - m In, salul9s ~. lala Ia ss, tgus
L. i
4 for several z- T wdaES or t mill I'' tsnh -
ii ca1yd ba bl,;if ffSr H. ta,i S,os -,
ona.,9io;nt 'af two, n nd i,' ona4bam , I'D
fnbng tras MT into tba dr;ro , ,,;,,a and
ssxtanihd M ir,to tT,a Ftf,,a
tbes hottonis of a 1coron,o;1l nil, ho,.sal.
which ,ros fa asfo,,ad tharo ~, Saafo1S
i+bo =. ;S;f ~
that was ever INIT into the ven "a ''S0IJ
I cIotbos and rasta ,varo naoIyeJ oronnJ
! the tyIhin,r ;nsi5a fbe drira 1,sySt a,,t4
bro,.eS en- tba,,. Is 80 ' ~,
s;5es of tbo de1r;eL - ,,~ovort tha;,. ha
inc o,,tIi 5sFb i ts,,oy ,s+iy,.,s ~
fbe hast Observation-Disclosures, of tbeI ,seli
tst siXtg barraIs pr nossibI,7 Seysn+v ID
q -hart{siS fl16iioI, atb ays mn III
g sq Toe. .barrals,,1 Oil was snlds frau, tbis,
tiki 4 in fba- month ~ .Tannory - II tan
|. dollars ! barreItS RS'5s II. 1SssSGIl III
! Afto a. ii, ,,..,, eo..4,.. a.
~ tn9 ~ "oIi ah ai nomins NY lIl 1ne
u ',i ~ Z, ~
80 A. $50 tSl. d I ~ .L -,
- -.- - "a Su0
! od II - IN 4, = 49,. ~. e
~ - 80 fIIoJ
In Ll +se,,r 80 VI y. ~ SesL -
ao,.sS - 49, t-f ~ - 'eyYglEs = M ~ riSi
Q ~ . 1oo
9 AIter Delng turned anto 5ne tank 1er
!otll =. tlye uays, Iile wen pegan low
d1 III WIN Ine grealese LegularIty. ~ ~
doMeu lour 1ILlies eag :. anu 20 reg uia5s
9 Inal ior a nu:noer @ %, ~. aaas-lne n9ws ulo
d hot vary 9 niin"Le. lI, u IIs slIe u MOVING
oecane - .a Jei hnomh snas en ~ wouid ,'
Ell 'oomo VIZ ~ o1,uG y ts,i ~
/ anl'lSe fls tfnetnsetYes i. Dy, gsslatln fne
4 Ime o. gay py -. Un 1ns secona. , =! or
tnlru sapoao1 alOer Dem :, =, naEneAs nto
tne tanx lt 11g mace l no on; s ms was re-
PGrSe4 70 WI dpr's ene owIspi . aa4
ai'u - u,oJo NJ ao% ~ A. @ tai1"wo. oaa.
2 Mo,sss, ,n ~ nv nj;5 ~ i tpat the sat;S
th;no had ID oco;3r,ad nl I C,,,tisn art S1,,,. r.
. derad ! gnaoe ~ be taken the naxt Sat-
8 Hr1sv n5sltt st f,ye1ge al . II,
otbog IA IonSav Toorr,nr 11rh;s i.a NO =
8 Gona and tba g1;aores showed that not :
9 dror & ~ a. o;i bsd f5sen mt ;rllhtat
This occn ~ w rrad N zach SUNDAY. forIs LONG
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