Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-12-07
oHlO's OIL GEYsER.

Flowing at the Rate of 10000 Barrels Of
Petroleum in Twenty-four Hours.
Ohio has the biggest oil well i'm the
/ United States, if not in the world, and
/ if permitted to flow its full capacity it
would more than fill two of the monster
| So, 900 barrel tanks every twenty-four
hours. This great oil geyser is located
In Hancock county, just four miles
south of the town of North Baltimore
The well has been drilled in, and
when at depth of thirty-hve feet in
/ the sand a strong gas pocket was struck,
and the we'll showed for "A gas producer
of about /, $50, 900 cubic feet capacity
Gas was not what was wanted, however,
and the drill was sent eight feet deeper
which made the total depth in the sand
forty three feet. where oil was found.
| The total depth of the well is 2, POS feet.
When the pool was struck the oil started
/ flowing and Il connection was made
through Pinch line from the casing
head to a 600 barrel tank. which was
filled with good, clean oil in precisely
ninety minutes.
The company then learned that they
had drilled into a wonderful lake of
oil, and it was also discovered that or
binary tankage facilities were far from
sufficient, and work was ut once begun
on another 600 barrel tank. At the
same time several dinkey pumps were
started, and pipe lines were laid, while
connections were being made to the
main line
On the afternoon of the same day
it was decided to take the tools from
the hole, and thousands of people hay
ing heard of the gusher, flocked in from
all directions to see the famous geyser
opened up. At about 3 o'clock the
engine was started and the tools were
gradually being brought to the surface.
The drilIers were being drenched with
oil, which flowed all over the derrick.
When the tools were within n 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, as the tools were being lifted
from the well by the heavy pressure of
the oil.
1t was thought at the time that the
rope had broken and the tools left i'm
the hole, but the drill was found sitting
beside the casing in the rig. As soon
as the tools were out a solid column of
oil belched forth from the casing head,
rising far above the derrick, where it
spread in all directions. There where
two pinch lines connected on the cas-
ing.
1t made as beautiful a sight as any
one wished to see, and it thrilled the
hearts of the oil men, who witnessed
the sight with delight, TO 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 600
barrel tank through a 2-ince line, run
ming the tank over with rolly oil in
sixty three minutes The WELL at the
rate it flowed through the casing for
the space of time it was opened. would
in twenty-four hours produce a good
20, 900 barrels of rolly oil, making near
ly double the size of any well ever com
pleted, not barring the Russian wells
Cor. Cincinnati Commercial Gazette