He graduated from Higher Realschule in Kielce and from the Polish Military School in Genoa and Cuneo. He also studied economics at universities in Heidelberg, Leipzig, and Vienna. He was a member of the Polish National Government during the January Uprising. In 1868, he settled in Gorlice and took the job of head of the peasant bank. He founded Galicia’s first credit union and was elected president of the Union of Gainful and Economic Associations in Lviv. Biechoński ran the company together with Eufrozyna Dobrowolska. They managed 28 wells and employed 51 people. He wrote the book about the industry entitled: A Quick View of the Galician Oil Mining Industry.
Born in Siary near Gorlice. Nicknamed Ropniok (Oiler). In his land, the oil surfaced on its own. Franciszek Haluch collected the oil in a bubbler, drove it around, and sold it as wood tar in Grybów, Poznań, Sieradz, and in Hungary. He counted his money by pots and gave his daughters big dowries. When he was carrying in his pocket the money he made from selling oil, he would throw it in the streets and enjoy seeing children pick it up. The Haluch family had so much money that they shared it by quarters used to measure crops (32 litres). Franciszek Haluch started a family tradition – his grandchildren and great-grandchildren worked as oilmen all over the world.