The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-09-08
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Some Statements Ia reference 10
Wood, Writ and Richie Counties,

Some Statements Ia reference Il
Wood, Writ and Richie Counties,
From hc F1rkcrsbury Daily Times,
At considerable expenditure of tim
and any amount of Inquiry Of thOSI
who IRE engaged in developing, Opcrn
ting or boring for oil IN the section com
posed of Wood, Writ and Richie coun
lies of this State, MS well as from thoS'
who are actually engaged in pumping
or producing, relying only upon state
IncntS from persons Of VGrncity, Nnt
not from information derived from ~
reliable gentleman" We are enabled Il
lHy before our renders, for the benefit
OF the curious, the doubling, and more
particularly those who are interested
In oils and oil lunds the following in.
formation. The Burning Spring Re.
giOns, being ut the present time tho
most important point, for the reason
more oil IL now being produced on the
ltun bcHring TINT name ind It's trihu.
turtles than any other III West Virginia
We therefore naturally turn our Ntten.
ton 10 this lOcnlity. Continuing our.
selves for the time being TO giving the
names of the most important wells
with the quantity produced at encll
daily:
White well flows 400 barrels daily.
COZZCns' well pumps 20 barrels daily.
Jones' well pumps 60 bnrrcls dHily.
Fitch well pumps 80 lmrrcls daily.
GrOnt well pumps 10 barrels duly.
Ilnzlctt well pumps - barrels duly.
Reed well pumps ~ barrels daily.
Marshall well pumps ~ bblS daily.
Besides the KHrneH, WritZGl, Witt,
Wilson Hnd others, altogether prOduG.
ing IN aggregate Of about 100 hbls. per
day. We consider tho above II true md
inithlul statement, ind the only one
that lInS yGtMppenrCd IN print. So many
fabulous stories have been circulated
with rcgnrd to the immense amount al
oil daily produced 1T IIurmingSprings,
az well on the contrary absurd stories
limiting the quantity 10 tritllMg
amount: tmlsClOOdS which nrO cnlcu-
lated 10 inlurc the oil producing inter
CSlB Of our StntG.
OH Run, II branch OF Goose Creek, II
tributary Of Hughes River, being next
IN importance To burning Springs,
ranks SECOND on III" list, Tho oil Oh
tanned on this run IL more limited In
quantity, hut much more valuable, be-
ling til" finest lubrimllnR Oil, found In
tho country. Upwards Oftwonty wells
nrG now pumping, nntl yield IN Nggrp-
gniH of nearly ono hundred lmrrcls PR
dny. The IInndlln well pumps thirty
five ljnrrclR. The Glance well pumps
twenty-five lMrrrls. The IIOrwI we'll
pumps fifteen barrels. And thOsixtocu
wells Of llnmdlln, Ford 4 co., about
iiilcrn barrels per dny, besides one or
two others yielding sufficient to make
up tho amount NhOVH stated.
Goose and Walkers Creek and their
tributaries promise to become hinIOus
ny oil EtrCnIlA. Several wells NrN now
pumping 'lllr Mount fIrn, Of Phlln-
dolphin, have u twenty hnrrrl; Long
mnDr & Go. twOmty.ilvo barrels, ttliU
first we'll over struck In Wood county,
Ono on White Onk Fork produces
thrty.iIvC hMrrClS, all luhrIMllng, no.
Sides several others yielding. pnyimg
quantities. on Hughes river, OnpOsitU
tho California House, n CnnnndnguIn,
rel, md n Cleveland Company thirty.
i've barrcl we'll. W" mNy hive over
looked SOmN other SircnlHH, hut think
we have included Nll thMi uro now pro.
durlng IN tho counties named nhOVr.
Sufficient IL shown 10 satisfy even
tho most doubling TINT WOEt Vlrglnln
takes hNr rink M tho SECOND oil hGnrng
state ~ tho Unlnn. II II Ind not been
Tor 10 lHlO rebellion, Hll0 would iO.tny
Al0oh perhaps IN RINK first; but during
tho PREVALENCE Or tho war, while lG.
vnlOpmrntA wore bong cnrrlUd on In
OTHER Stnlcs, operators III West Virginia
were Obliged To Rwult tho nnd Gf tho
conflict Now that peace Is restored,