Mysterious Oil Pits of Titusville Pennsylavania
Mysterious Oil Pits of Titusville, Pennsylavania "Pennsylvania Sweet Crude", a golden olive colored oil was extracted from the oil pits. History of Venango County, Pennsylvania 1890 Again, the ancient oil pits reach far back of the historic period. They are found on Oil creek. These pits are very numerous and bear the mark of antiquity. They are generally oblong in form, about four by six feet, and from four to six feet in depth, notwithstanding the wear and tear of centuries and the accumulation of extraneous matter. The deeper and larger ones have been cribbed with timber at the sides to preserve their form. This crib- bing was roughly done; the logs were split in halves, stripped of their bark, and safely adjusted at the corners. The walls seem to have been so thou - oughly saturated with oil as to be preserved almost entire to this day. These pits are on the west side of Oil creek, about two miles below Titus- ville , and in this county. They cover perhaps five hundred...