News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-09-03
ou,o,s OIL eEYsER.
49,. 81, fl. ns,o Of 10000 barrels Of

,,,. u.to Of 10000 Barrel" OF
1,1,,oIcum in Twcnty-four h"u'
OFT. hos the biggest oil well 10 tls
rnitod states. II not In the worm ~ \.
70 identified TO flow its fun cal'"c'y /"
u Pa ,noro than dll two Of the monster
% W 600 barrel tanks every twenty iou,
sonrs This great oil geyser Is loc NJ
=, LII u,,cock county, Just four niiles
nth of the town of North BaitiinoIo.
The we'll has been drilled w. M
- M n depth Of thirty-hve feet ~
,,os.nd n strong gas pocket was strucN'
II .,,s well showed for gas produce'
- about I. $50. 600 cubic feet capacl'y'
- -. ',ot what was wanted, however
and the drill was sent eight ieet ueel'o';
WHICH made the total depth IN t'le s'l'i,
fortv three feet, where oil was louiiu'
The total depth Of the well Is 2,Zos ieet,
VII tbe nool was struck the oil starred
a.,r;no aud n connection was inade
tl,rorgh n 2-inch line from the casing
head 10 a GOO barrel tank. WHICH W.
filled with good. clean oil IN prec'se''
ninety minutes. A.. ,I,ov
The company then learned that tney
had drilled into n wonderful laAe ~
oil and II was also discovered tha' OF
dinorv tankage facilities were far from
sufficient, and work was Mt once oesun
ON another GOO barrel tank At Jug
same time several dinkey pumps were
started. and pipe lines were laid WINE
.l.',,aa,ig,,s vere being made 10 the
main line.
ON the afternoon Of the same day
II was decided TO take the tools rom
the hole and thousands OF people nav
inc heard Of the gusher. locked IN from
oIl directions 20 see the famous geyser
opened up. At about o'clock the
engine was started and the tools were
gradually being brought 60 the surface.
The drillers were being drenched Win
oil. which flowed all over the derrick.
When the tools were within few hun
dred feet Of the surface the rope com
menced TO slack. and the drillers, after
reversing their engine, made for place
OF safety. rs the tools were being liited
from the well by the heavy pressure oil
the oil.
Il was thought at the time that the
rope had broken and the tools LETT In
the hole. but the drill was found sitting
beside the casing ia the rig. As soon
as the tools were out n solid column OF
oil belched forth from the casing head,
rising far above the derrick. where u
spread IN all directions There where
two pinch lines connected on the ems
ing.
IL made rs beautiful a sight rs any
one wished 10 see, and II thrilled the
hearts Of the oil men, who witnessed
the sight with delight, 20 know that
they had looked upon what was prob
ably the largest oil well ever completed
on the globe. An effort was made TO
shut the well in, and eight men worked
for nearly two hours until they sue
ceeded In getting the well under con-
troll
Afterward It was turned into n GOO
barrel tank through 2-ince line, run
ming the tank over with rolly oil In
sixty-th minutes The well, at the
rate It flowed through the casing for
the space Of time il was opened, would
in twenty hours produce n good
20, 600 barrels Of rolly oil. making near
" double the size of any well ever com
pleted. not barring the Russian wells.
Cor Cincinnati Commandments.