The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-14
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pset N. PennsStvauia-The Lana vaiueiNes
rev YEAR, Are. ard worth %siiiiiens New
p, .p,e vyhe Are Making FORTUNES Fast
portyAR. N. Y, Nov. 13.-A strip OF Ponnsyl-
vania mountain ridge, three miles long ana Q
nils wide, 10 to-day attracting more attention
from oil operators than any other section OF the
United States, with tho possible exception or
the Elk Fork district In West Virginia.. The
under side OF the ridge 10 lined with hn oil-beaf'
inr sand 20 rich that 1t has been named the
Klondika. Wells completed within q month have
startod of at a thousand barrels q day. and In
ak months this now pool has produced more
thnn,gOO. 900 barrels OF hiRh-grade petroleum.
and the production IL to-day four times as largo
ns the hiFh-wate mark achieved by tho famous
Chipmunk Run pool in Cattaraugus county,
which created q furry in the oil trade afeW
months ago.
The new strike Is known as the jacksonville
pool and 10 situated in Corydon and Hamilton
townships in the northwestern corner of Mo
Kcnn county, sixteen miles southwest OF Brad
ford, the centre OF the northern oil Held OF Penn
sylvania. The only reason why there has noo
been a rush to tho Watsonvillc district Is the
fact that the oil.producinE territory Is In the
hands of n few large operators and there 10 no
opportunity to got a lease.
The jacksonville pool is q peculiar one. The
oil is in a white pebble sand that is not found In
the wells drilled In other parts Of the county.
Tho frmous Bradford field, tho richest ever
opened, lies only a few miles away, and tho oil
produced by tho jacksonville gushers In OF .
higher grade. showing that tho pool 10 a new
enc and not connected with tho Bradford Held.
White sand pools usually fash out In a few
weeks, but jacksonville is an exception. A we'll
lrtllaI nm tha NTallnry lna M nt,yht NiOnfhu aRn IN
still flowing at the rate Of 100 barrels a day and
has already produced about rs. 900 barrels Of oil.
During tho past fifteen years wildcat wells
have been drilled on every side OF the new pool,
some of them within a stones throw OF the edge
ofit. DIR. 4. A. Van Scoy OF Bradford had been
try ng to locate 1t for a dozen years, believing all
the time that a rich pool existed in Corydon or
Hamilton township. He spent many thousand
dollars drilling tost wells, and now he 10 reaping
his reward; for he Is fortunate enough to have
interests that viii bring him in q lot of money.
ans a arHi M1 BY t the b teUS . ah Sii con Tsnsf on .
Z; ,,mh This was in m 1899; The well pro;
out the location Of a pool. and that was what
S TSan SS1y and MS partners were searching for.
tends northeast and southwest, and tho first
well was on the extreme southwest edge.
Devonian we'll, nd on Aug. 1 of last year com.
p risis it shc il TrS,t big Nell struck in the Watson.
Of 400 barrels q Gay. When Tho oil sand was
fS% nppsd, the an, T tSa a io ~ ID the ne rig caught aro and
fSylns the hSt d iii "s0S to % deS SG66n'3 ne els ws sHm showed SSs5
that that, /, the e, h belt was at least a mile long. and
that the further northeast the wells were driven
th Ei LIT .fGao we FISK ha sal1 b %ste aomn,oted +, III.
Watsonville field and only ten OF them have
bee od drS. ., The he. d nSo Snes NV were tSsts drilled ON
$500 barre lsiHnd the output for November will
Be 6eo At l 10 81 22S; ooG barrels; There is room for
Easy to heare out a fortune for each Il lcaiseSoider.
there is the possibility that the pool may ~ branch
LILO to AGO feet deep, and It requires from
ss1 20 'S eoss 81 . Ssy %el Is IS 81. soe. G and so mhs
Of them have paid for themsolves n four days.
turbed Ss b. nitro IT. slyc:;r haa FIJI" The Rin s1S" si y e as
the white pebble formation IN which the flood Of
feet and a1d" va j ss' from i four eSq"t 70 %i R,Srfise = FEET a;tf IN
thickness. Twenty feet below the Kinzus sand
w VII anf there ns" 3 q little siae Oil V ahd a b tfs. volume q, n; u u
gas; Two Or three wells have bcen drilled down
i ss shs and sFs . s%s1i ' saSx Esis q Il iii 'is i: feand e Il il tsss
f9rmation, deinonstrating that the Watson.
producing strata.
.I Two year II. GO the v enti TT, tract ,ss,, q land sa. that
To-day On offer Of &c 600 goo would be n9
temptation to the leaseholders who control
The hemlooh and cherry timb r was cut away
from the ridge several years ago. and there is
Of It second md Growth row Rse With The here %S and there srsa a stray tray
hemiock that was TOO scragsy to be worth feil.
been brave enough to build q shanty among the
State turnpike that was cpt through tho forest
than q century ago. The old pike traverses tho
centre Of the oil belt, and derricks loom mp
inS a very picturesque sight. The ridge % a
mile wide and as level az a barn floor. In the
sprung un that has been .cbristened KlondiEe.
1t consists OF forty hemlork shanties a story and
feet. Tho only. difference between tho houses
and barns Is this: There arc windows in tho
inside and are i" Utilized as Boarding places BY tho
hands. Only timber enough is cut away to
women folks lie tho clothesllnes to eaplings in
the woods. Klondike now has a store, barber
s sappiy pS o3tlc fo0% and 'G aSo oil e SaIs, f% oil Ofti wsli
Later there win be a Post Office, and perhaps a
s@lS %nis M%il noS " ' comes tsr from m GissC di M.Gsh fno%
Klondike, and both Just off tho oil belt.
ha Te' n"ds monsy are SSt o oqt ih the o GIPf1 SOd nSo0l L T y @
curious, act, that with one or two exceptions all
men rhs "a { Mr ssnG HcieSk Ii tue Of p2 Saa Il Syn e o ny w Of
them; She was a widow in strnitened eirsum;
ft oa = W WhSn Ihe S Si Poem s4a S CO = Her husband
years ago. Before he died he told her never to
fnry; that II she kept It the chances were that an
oil cid would be opened In that section of tho
county some day and then the 100 acres OF wild
land might 6rins her a fortune; Her daughter
they managed to retain the title to tho Wild
land. u was on this lot that Mallory s. Co.
Hotchkiss Inns had o in, ONE OF not less than
S65 a day and sometimes MS much as 300 day.
Nj s Louise Wilkinson 1 / her brother, Samuel
Wilkinson. OF Buffalo; fne land was willed to
them. AM ,inventoried as practically worthless.
amounted TO as much as $3.50 a day, and Will
roll M into u fortune.
The richest lease of all Is owned by Mrs. Half
fey o; BRADFORD: 1t consists OF 1872 acres. and Is
called the Jugulnr Vein lease because IL Is To-
Gated In The very richest part OF the pool. She
sold one'hnlf OF her royalty. to Mallory & Rath-
homo Tor SCI 600 hefOrc the frat we'll wins drilleh