Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-08-25
RECORD BROKEN.
A GREASE GUSHER THAT LAYS ALL PRE-
yI0US ONES IN THE SHADE,
One Hundred and SsVenty-Fiye Barrels an Hour
Produced by the Marks Well
General Notes.

Every day almost the Pennsylvania oil
field turns up some new surprise in the
way of grease gusher that bursts all for
mer records in the way of knocking the
market silly with flow OF oil so heavy
that the pipe lines are almost INSULT
Gent to carry away the product. Yester-
day, again, the oil spectators were some
what paralyzed by the bringing in of n
well that has completely laid all former
records in the shade.
This phenomenal gusher is in what is
known as the Shoustown, or what
is more properly called the Shanno-
pin field. 1t is on the Marks farm, and
the report that it was producing at the
rate of =, 700 barrels day caused good
deal of excitement in oildom. That was
the record up to 8 o'clock Monday night,
while yesterday morning the record had
increased to | 400 barrels in eight hours.
This would be 4, POO barrels per day, while
it was confidently claimed that it was do
ing 1880 barrels in twenty-tour hours.
This was bad enough rs market
breaker, but it was laid in the shade by 4
further report, and which was confirmed
by officials of the PittSbuTg and United
Pipe Line companies, which are both kept
busy caring for the product. This was to
the effect that the well had increased its
output from eighty barrels an hour at the
time of resuming drilling Monday TO yes
terdav morning, when it was doing 10 an
hour, without drilling or agitation of any
kind If this is true almost anything may
be expected 1t may be that it will come
out already bafreled after awhile.
The location of the Marks well Is about
three miles west of the old Hood, or first
of the RaccOOn'S Oil cOmpany's wells, and
Oh what is known rs the old Phillips line,
from Thorn creek to the Washington cOun-
ty development, thus bearing out the as
sertion of Mr.. Phillips ut the time OF max
ing the survey some years since that prolific
oil fields would be found at intervals on
that line. One advantage afforded the
driller in the ShannOpin field
is that it is shallow territory, that IS,
the oil rock is found ut from one
thousand eight hundred to two thousand
feet. and it is thus within thirty-One days
Oh inc pOinl vi lllt uIlIl' IHCh lHC "'ii'
previously completed there show great
staying qualities. For instance, the Hood
No. THE first important strike made by
the owners of the Marks well-started of
at 46 to 80 barrels six months ago, and TO-
day, it is doing % barrels natural. Sew
eral other wells are now producing lOO
barrels each, and tO-day's production can
not be far from ESQ barrels.
The Washington Rcricc of last evening
says: Interest remains undated in the
Messrs. Dyer, Roth and Pfefer well, on
the McGahcy farm. The tankage is up,
the tank house is nearing completion and
the starting OF the drill is at the royal
pleasure of the owners In its present
condition the we'll maintains production
which is indefinite quaint y as far rs the
outside public is concerned. The
movements of the interested parties have
been the subject of much criticism from
which the conclusion has been reached on
all sides that LISA we'll" Several leases
have been made. Colonel Dyer paid 50,
80 for thirty-onc acres belonging to
Robert Luton, adjoining the McGahey.
Popular sense tlvGrs an early drilling in
Some think that il will start this after
noon; others have calendared it for to-mOr
row.