The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-12-26

Where and How the Gushers
are Working.


Gated several wells in the Eastern
District. Prot. White located most
Of the wells in Washington county,
and has been very successful. He
will be employed to locate well
near Rutan, and has expressed him
self that the surface indications for
oil in that section are the best he
has ever seen. We shall see what
we shall see, as it is generally under
stood that test well will be sunk
in the neighborhood within the next
few weeks.-Republican.
Work on the Mt. Morris well is
progressing. Our old friend, Lee
Strosnider, on whose premises the
proposed well is located, will have a
soft snap in case the drillers strike
"ile. e-Aesseayer
The derrick for the new gas we'll
at Connellsville has been erected
and boring for gas will begin to-day.
Democrat,
THE wAYNEsBUR6 WELL ABANDONED.
We understand that meeting of
those most interested in the East
End gas well of this place, was held
on Friday evening last, and it was
finally resolved to abandon the well
upon which some eight or ten thous-
and dollars and much time and la
Dor have been spent. For months
past, as our readers are aware, the
boring tools have been lost at the
bottom of this well, which had
reached the depth of 2,700 feet, and
for this length of time the most per-
sistent and determined efforts have
been made to recover the detached
apparatus so that the drilling might
proceed We had hoped these per-
sistent efforts OF the contractors
would be rewarded with success, and
that a big strike Of oil or gas would
follow the work of drilling the well
deeper But it seems the obstacle is
insurmountable, and though with
the greatest reluctance on the part Of
the projectors, the well has finally
been Abandoned for good This,
however, does not solve the question
whether this section is an oil or gas
producing one or not. In the best
producing oil territories of the I'm
ion, dry holes are frequently found
Immediately adjacent to regular
gasses and big gushers, and it will
require a number of wells in this To-
cality to settle in the minds of the
people whether this is oil or gas ter
ritory or not, especially since gas
was found in great quantity in the
abandoned well, while no oil was dis
covered. More holes should be drill
ed in the immediate vicinity if the
necessary capital can be secured
Messenger.
AT BLACKsvILLE AND ACROSS THE LINE.
The oil fever still RACES in Greene
county, and hope runs high that the
near future will reveal the fact that
we are located over one of the vast
reservoirs of oil that dot our State
here and there.
In the Whitley section, while we
have nothing new to report, we are
reliably informed that the work of
sinking test wells at different points
throughout the field continues with.
out abatement. The last three wells
put down, it is true, have proved to
be clusters" but, nothing daunted,
the operators and their employees are
hard at it, and the work of testing
goes steadily on. There are now said
to be three wells on the line of White
ly creek, each of which is producing
more or less oil In the Dunkard
field but little is being done. There
are two companies interested in this
section, and each, it seems, is holding
back for the other to make a test of
the territory. However, it is reported
that both companies are moving slow
ly toward with their preparations,
and there are now several derricks
completed with others in course of
erection at different points along the
line of the Dunkard waters, while the
work of leasing still continues. Our
informant says that in conversation
with practical oil men that have been
and are now on the ground, they are
unit in expressing the belief that
the oil is there, and can be had by
going deep enough after it. The
work of leasing has extended up as
far as Blacksmith and considerable
excitement is reported among the
people of that neighborhood. Work
has commenced on an old well at
Mt. Morris, from which gas has been
escaping since '64, and the prospects
are very flattering that gas, if not oil,
will be found at this point in suffi-
cient quantities to heat the town
named.-Republican.
The news from the Dunkard and
Whitley oil regions indicate that the
several wells now being drilled, are
proceeding downward, with the oper-
ators confident that new strikes will
soon be made The third sand in the
regions named, is still the objective
point with many drillers, and until it
has been reached by number of OPP
orators, and thoroughly tested much
interest will center in it, both on the
part of those in the immediate vicin-
ity, as well as by oil enthusiasts in
all other sections of the country
Messenger.
1t is said that derrick has already
been erected on the Parker Keys
farm on Crab Apple Run in Richhill
township, and the boring for oil is
about commencing. 1t is now claim
ed that this first well is only one of
many that will be drilled by the re-
liable firm of J. w. Guffy d Co, of
Pittsburgh, which is determined to
thoroughly test the territory of Old
Richhill, and soon the people will
know it's capacity for oil and gas.
We hope the Richhills may prove
rich, deep in the bowles of the earth,
as they have always been on the sur
face.-Messeuger
The Book Makers Overlooked Him.
Chicago News.
What is human greatness? Here
was William H. Vanderbilt, the rich
est man on the American continent;