Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-08
BOTH GAS AND SALT.
The Latest Industry to be Introduced
in the Findlay Field
A BUCKEYE VILLAGE IN FLAMES
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F1ND1AY. Nav 7.-As is well known the
trreat difficulty with which oil and gas
onerators in the Northwestern Ohio field
have to contend, is the presence of salt
water. which often comes into a well while
drilling, rendering it worthless and dead
loss; or if the we'll escapes then, an extra
demand upon its capacity will bring in the
salt water so strongly as to destroy its use
fulness for oil and gas purposes. There has
never been any way discovered whereby this
difficulty could be obviated, but within the
past few months experiments have been prose-
cuted in this city by a company, of which
Captain Shank, an old salt manufacturer!is
the head, which demonstrates successfully the
fact that this salt water, which comes into the
Wells with such force that 1t hows out OF the
top of the casing as freely as gas, can be util-
lzed in the manufacture of most excellent
quality of salt
The company, which is known as the Findlay
Salt manufacturing Company. last fall pur-
chased two well known gas wells which had
been abandoned on account of the immense
quantity OF salt water which came INTO them,
rendering them absolutely worthless for gas
purposes, and began series OF experiments
with machinery of a new design and under
new process whereby they have been enabled
TO produce table and commercial salt OF hne
which enables the company to compete sue
cessfully with any salt manufacturing instItu-
. ton in the country. The process under which
this company experimental and is now work
ingis as yet q secret and belongs exclusively to
this Findlay organization. They are now en-
gagged in erecting extensive works and are
backed by an immense capital
The company propose going into the busi-
ness on 4 large scale and as they
can drill anywhere in the gas field
and be assured of a large supply of salt water,
which flows to the top OF the ground as freely
as a mountain stream seeks its level. they ap-
prehend no difficulty in prosecuting their
operations. 1t is, also the purpose of the com
pany to purchase all the oil and gas wells
which are affected by salt water and pipe the
fluid to their refinery in this city, the same as
gas and crude petroleum is now handled. This
new and novel industry is already attracting
much attention, because of the possibilities
which it opens TO those who are engaged in the
oil and gas business of securing profitable
market for whatever the drill may find be it
oil, gas or salt water. Heretofore the presence
of salt water indicated nothing but dead loss
to those drilling for oil and gas, but with a de-
mand for salt water the aspect of things
changes, and the oil and gas operators of Ohio
will be large gamers from the discovery.
THE DISPATCH correspondent paid visit
TO the works of the company this morning and
was shown the different grades of salt which
had been produced from the water found in
the abandoned Barnd and Woodley gas wells
and was surprised to find the article fine white
and strong in flavor. Captain Shank who is
the superintendent of the works and who has
Tuscarawas county, gave the assurance that no
liner or better salt was ever made than that
now being produced by his company from the
abandoned gas wells of Hancock county.