Show ABOUT PETROLEUM its history in america mining t world gives interesting account the history of petroleum its production and acs is in interesting alic geological trend of oil inci suria and hoi nature has stored tins valuable product lias commanded alic attention of not a fatt and eminent bas alic aiming world katurah gaa and petroleum arc supposed to be products aliu proposition to a cert nn extent to hold alie right of afta in alio same territory there ma occur a of gis ind a strank or pool of oil in alic gas barcik there kiy IQ no oil lut tho oil 1 will invariable carr or gaa were it not so would 10 no and no spontaneous flow of oil termed a oil nian nastuni flowing wells alic geological formation too must by of a blut will confine alio oil and gis in these nn 01 or pools did not nature thus provide and guard tace products neither would be nastuni gas or oil in piling quantities thoo tho o alio operated in alic petroleum oil fielda of from ilg to 1880 vill not soon forget and exciting tunes during this period bradford count alic tenter of act nit alic firby oil ell WAS drilled by colonel dr ikc atto in to the tins vaa alic beginning of alie production of in commer cail pi ing in tin united at ali it rime there acre no 4 fowl derricks equipped etith im inane imal bull wire oa 01 1 and 18 abts dutli tp spid in and J to 50 to alit tin drilling of alio fant donouan dono Uhn by armstrong gocr further 3 bit in dailing but all grait undertakings a rule needs haw fornall alic whip and 3 macli bit kiib grown and eloped vast and perfect of oil mi chinco eliat too of alic inott unproved kind for alic production of petroleum millions of dollin liao ican indebted in mills foundries and machine for this grait and cipully 1 to forti mc pry llada as as lost af pf oil and its production in 1878 iv id by alio ozior of tlc alc oil in bi adford latip alpy ind ithon a good phoc for ou 1 ati carrl lar rl tharo vas a borso lechli alc us more in fact tilis compact ind conceived alic idea tint alic in control of alio entire output of oil in pann alvinn tl vinn and if an of thur jhc thc wire in position not oab to name price but to hikato at all canth frigin tint tuna faid oil S IH lierl oy the producer filpi ind cd alty lhost bior rrt represent iti vi a nl agnas h id laii lt ii ild patting ass 1 oil lc not only wild amt u cudog i bt ilkin alic ical thin tor bli orti aliu ornton of bradford county ind clo cd doit their wells rockefellers Rocke fellers men hid brought in one tint gushed forth 1700 barrels per day soon following the firby well alic second came in with a production of barrels per day with tins amount of oil and a fair prospect of more later on in a dignified and manner informed alio bradford county operators eliat alicy could keep their oil alic did so and as a debult less than anc of the entire lot the agreed tint oil is generally w litre ou find it and to close down producing well is ruinous in the extreme outside of penni hania alie finding of oil ins been largely alic result of accident the fi oil d iban cred in alic san joaqim lallay cal was alio result of accident at mc kittock the people were drilling a well for water and struck oil ir accident occurred on alic kern cast of these accidents and discoveries encouraged cou raged other to enter alie field and at los angeles they were successful in finding oil in large and pacing quantities alic wonderful production of oil led to large fortunes in gomsi ina tho railroad coni piny was drilling for and f truck oil 1 led to alic discovery of oil in beaumont this bit of history wab repeated in kansas fanner desired utter water ali in lie was getting from a mudd little stream that me through his pic that b sinking into alic lindstone eind stone lie would get an abundant supply of pure wholesome water to ins grait surprise lie baruck oil then followed alio kansas indian territory and alic list two art boft alic state of akl ilione i oil excitement and eventually the dincov cr of alic large it oil field in alic united states in colorado utah and wyoming oil ins lean found in ar ing quantities at 1 lorenec colo alic oil lias awn tarried on ali good and although at ali there man obstacles that had to axi cn and alip fort matlon aaion and in nian respects alic formation Is not unlike that of thon baing an of granite alinio and hard tina coupled alio fact eliat gnat depth was re muirid 2 to feet finding oil made alic product un ill alic quality is to eliat of punish ann but alic expend of drilling and producing is much In glicr alic vintah indan in utah gic few au ago 0 an abundant buppa of oil toi tation was earned on to a ion i on patent anit th irr n lt at tlc alc writing hoer aldi fr tn hoina af tw arii hi alp nf at wo ft of gnido lub oil was civra igo alie oil Is unique in tint it docs not decd to be refined and 18 for all lubricating purposes alic oil brings from 7 0 to as per birrel oab limited i taken from alic wells acry twenty four lioun i in oilier 1 of oming uon giai laci gnp ditl piping results iru aiu gohl y measures nea but too r motu froni to in ali ail inia nabi anies pal o 0 lias o 0 as inhere bildt 1 wiled poll oil a and had to anul no d it irises froin alie fiet tint is demud from two latin words ectra rock and oleum oil rock oil for many irs after its disco cri it via knon 13 rock oil and simply used is a pathological pith remedy the recognize recognise petroleum as cintli oil mineral and panf finc oil it is formed b alie decomposition of and animal bittor of alic inina theories of tho origin of petroleum this of ditc his uan advanced it is alic result of distillation of long bunca flints anu nils fishes etc gradually during decomposition or gentle it lias also suggested tint nn be of metallic carbide in alio cintli to which charged with cirl acid and atmospheric airline penetrated this however is in conflict with alic cil condition of the births firths interior alie two geological periods most favorable for alic production of oil v arc the cretaceous and alio eocene alio formulaic for var owing in to the ilsc or ind alie of carali gi ilic liblit oil vieb a base is is the illuminating oil alic oil amali in asphaltum bise ib for lubricating and fuel purposes an oil tint ill stand 2 45 and 40 be test produces a of and acio acne alian an oil etli only 28 to 30 test ind ciering cir ring an asphaltum basc therefore alie alio anut and baso alio more alic oil natuis his most icat h m tin of oil and natural gia ill occurs an of al ilium sand and matli a frantum of rock i of bloc a striatum of daiy diy WV and cl luibil fini lly a stratum of hind bone carries gis g is alln termed a oil inan gas 1 it is of i nature tint it hl althora alio agns gns scap ing from tho ou confined in liioi is cry arm and la oil buind bylo aliis stratum h usual ly formation of clay ylitalo or hard limestone alio latter alio oil from coming in condict etli sale water should alio for nution be ind i amk occur alic oil is ruined aiom these data alie practical oil proceeds with his drilling keeping alic log of lin well as ind as alic mariner who guides ins o 0 oclin olgo |