The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-10-17

Statistics of the oil business in Russia
have Just reached this country, and
American oil men are studying them
with a great deal Of anxiety. They
throw new light on the business in
Russia. and show too plainly that the
Baku districts are a most dangerous
rival of the American fields. The out
put of many of the Russian wells is
prodigious, and far eclipse anything
ever heard Of in this country. Ameri-
can oil producers have claimed to have
no fears of Russian competition, but
with the new information on the In
dustry in that country they are taking
another view of il.
There is no better way to bring this
fact 70 them than by few COM
parisens Take well at Baku called
the WET Nurse Il has been yield
-.lg oil for twelve years, and in that
time has averaged 80, coo gallons q day
These figures are amazing TO an Amefi-
can oil producer. They mean that
the well has produced 10, 100000 gall
Ions OF oil, or over 8.0D0.000 barrels
These figures are startling TO the peo-
pie Of this section wheL they turn 10
the statistics OF their own industry aud
find this one weH has produced three
times as much as Pitholein q year Of it.
wonderful business. 1t lacks less than
400, 900 barrels of producing as much
as the famous Oil Greek district pro-
duced in 1879, its most prolific year.
The Washington district, among the
richest ever discovered in America, IN
1887, its ba~ner year. produced but 81
SOC. 900 barrels. This is but 500. .o60
barrels more than the output Of this
one well in Russia The wonder
full Thorn Greek pool. in Butler county
produced in its best twelve months but
26s,0O0 barrels more than lis one
Russian gusher.
Such astounding facts as these bring
/ the danger OF Russian competition
home to the people of the PennsylVania
/ fields This well does not stand alone
in this enormous production The
yearly output is given Of number OF
wells, many of them nearly as large as
this one The s-Mirzoef No. s. also
at Baku. has for six years produced
10000 gallons day. This Il above
1900 barrels, and the production OF
Cogley, TarkilI, and Red Valley, three
prolific yenago county pools. pro-
dueed but 1865. 900 barrels in 1886.
their best year.
The record is given Of well drilled
by the Nobel Brothers, called the
.Drooiba WELL Il cost g, 100 te drill
The record of the well is thus stated
This well spouted for lis days. the
yield being 8. 400 tons day for forty
three DAYS. 600 tons for thirty, and 600
tons for eleven days. The wen yFas
then plugged. and the supply KEEP.
under ground for further wzz<s, The
total amount of oil spolted by this
weIl, according to the highest estimate.
800. 900 tons, or LIS. 600. 600 gallons
The spray from one of these geysers
was blown through the air for eighl
miles.
With these figures before them
coming as they do from official sources
American oil men realize that Russian
petroleum deposits are too great fol
computation. Five hundred wells haTs
been sunk in the Baku districts, 200 q
which. irrespective of the enormou:
fountains. are now producing 5ae,eeps
600 gallons of oil e. ry year. tits ths
opinion of American operators now II
that field that this flow could be in
creased tenfoldn A very siguifean
fact to oil men is the interest whiei
the Rothschilds have taken in tn,
Russian field. controlling. rs they do.
large percentage OF the producing and
refining business.-St. L0stts Gl15e
Dey5,orrnf