Sketches in Crude-oil: Some Accidents and Incidents of the Petroleum Development in All Parts of the GlobeJ.J. McLaurin, 1896 - 406 páginas |
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... sand- stone . Springs of heavier petroleum flow from hills of volcanic rocks in the vicinity . Open wells , in which the oil settles as it oozes from the rocks , are dug sixteen to twenty feet deep . For countless generations the simple ...
... sand- stone . Springs of heavier petroleum flow from hills of volcanic rocks in the vicinity . Open wells , in which the oil settles as it oozes from the rocks , are dug sixteen to twenty feet deep . For countless generations the simple ...
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... sand daily , which piles up in high mounds . Stones weighing forty pounds have been thrown out . The common way of obtaining the oil is to raise it by means of long metal cylinders with trap bottoms . Pumps are impossible , on account ...
... sand daily , which piles up in high mounds . Stones weighing forty pounds have been thrown out . The common way of obtaining the oil is to raise it by means of long metal cylinders with trap bottoms . Pumps are impossible , on account ...
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... sand and pumping at the rate of fifty bar- rels per diem ! GEORGE BUCHANAN . This singular well merits a brief notice . From the first sand , not a trace of which was met in the two wells on the other side of the road , oil and gas ...
... sand and pumping at the rate of fifty bar- rels per diem ! GEORGE BUCHANAN . This singular well merits a brief notice . From the first sand , not a trace of which was met in the two wells on the other side of the road , oil and gas ...
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... sand , but the possibilities of such a sum of money afford material for endless flights of the imagination . Thirty - thousand miles of pipe - lines handle the output most expeditiously , conveying it to the seaboard at less than ...
... sand , but the possibilities of such a sum of money afford material for endless flights of the imagination . Thirty - thousand miles of pipe - lines handle the output most expeditiously , conveying it to the seaboard at less than ...
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... sand and tunnel the rock for petroleum by whole- sale . The shaft reached oil - producing sand at one - hundred - and - sixty feet . The miners worked in squads , eight - hour turns . Holes had been drilled into the rock at various ...
... sand and tunnel the rock for petroleum by whole- sale . The shaft reached oil - producing sand at one - hundred - and - sixty feet . The miners worked in squads , eight - hour turns . Holes had been drilled into the rock at various ...
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Página 31 - THE harp that once through Tara's halls The soul of music shed, Now hangs as mute on Tara's walls As if that soul were fled. So sleeps the pride of former days, So glory's thrill is o'er, And hearts that once beat high for praise Now feel that pulse no more.
Página 370 - Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave. A king sate on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis; And ships, by thousands, lay below, And men in nations;— all were his! He counted them at break of day — And when the sun set, where were they?
Página 38 - Some months since, in the act of boring for salt water on the land of Mr. Lemuel Stockton, situated in the County of Cumberland, Kentucky, a vein of pure oil was struck, from which it is almost incredible what quantities of the substance issued. The discharges were by floods at intervals of from two to five minutes, at each flow vomiting forth many barrels of pure oil. . . . These floods continued for three or four weeks, when they subsided to a constant stream, affording many thousand gallons per...
Página 396 - I would rather they would bring them out in my weary and troubled hours and open them, that I may be refreshed and cheered by them while I need them. I would rather have a plain coffin, without a flower, a funeral without an eulogy, than a life without the sweetness of love and sympathy.
Página 26 - The healthful balm, from nature's secret spring, The bloom of health and life to man will bring; As from her depths the magic liquid flows, To calm our sufferings and assuage our woes.
Página 396 - Do not keep the alabaster boxes of your love and tenderness sealed up until your friends are dead. Fill their lives with sweetness. Speak approving, cheering words while their ears can hear them, and while their hearts can be thrilled and made happier by them ; the kind things you mean to say when they are gone, say before they go.
Página 131 - Cowards die many times before their deaths ; The valiant never taste of death but once. Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, It seems to me most strange that men should fear ; Seeing that death, a necessary end, Will come, when it will come.
Página 29 - Oil," and besides is subject to such tremendous explosions of gas, as to force out all the water, and afford nothing but gas for several days, that they make but little or no salt. Nevertheless the petroleum affords considerable profit, and is beginning to be in demand for lamps, in workshops and manufactories. It affords a clear, brisk light when burnt this way, and will be a valuable article for lighting the street lamps in the future cities of Ohio.
Página 6 - ... oil at the bottom we could not judge. The owner of the rope, who followed our guide, affirmed that when a pit yielded as much as came up to the waist of a man, it was deemed tolerably productive, if it reached his neck, it was abundant; but that which rose no higher than the knee, was accounted indifferent.
Página 396 - If my friends have alabaster boxes laid away, full of fragrant perfumes of sympathy and affection, which they intend to break over my dead body, I would rather they would bring them out in my weary and troubled hours, and open them, that I may be refreshed and cheered by them while I need them.