New Oil Well.— The editor of the Oil City Register has recently paid a visit to the wonderful flowing oil well in that neighborhood, which throws every vein yet struck entirely into the shade. He says :—" While there the parties owning it were making preparations to put on a stop-cock, so as to control it. The first joint of tubing was taken off, and the oil spouted to a height of 50 feet, with a roar like a hurricane. The stream from the pipe, which was two and a-half inches, was incessant, and we looked at the scene for an hour or more, and finally had to leave before the stop-cock could be put on. We could form no definite estimate of the capacity of the well ; some estimate it as high as 2,000 barrels, some 1,000 But we are satisfied that it was flowing at the rate when we saw it of 1,200 to 1,500 per day. The depth of the well is 450 feet. A despatch from Oil Gity to the Cleveland Plain Dealer states that the market is unsettled in consequence of the new well.
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Southland Times, Volume 2, Issue 99, 9 October 1863, Page 6
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