Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-05-18

:, ,.,,,y onanriliss, aad great excitement
~ c,saIsd thereby. A numoer OF o,oe'
VII. we're supk To the sand IN which tue
Gan. found It's Of, but they came 10 ory
and me new f-ld received a BLACK eye
Aooat rbrs me Thorn Creek also player
m, and with rhs new Washington bear on
the horizon, oil Jumped from tue 10 % - Z
l. AID moi stay there lJug. aO7syer, Tor tue
.PHkL Co having csilled we'll on
,ba Gordon farm 10 the CAN'T ssnd
and finding uei'her as nor on, I u .lso'
10 sink il 10 the level where the acuuiSsn
yas.ar found ia sand fuis was some zoO
roe, balow ~. CAM They id 80, snu
The rs.nlr was the famous strike ct Goraon
NJ I which started o.y a. toe rate OF 10y
barrels pa- day aud il ye' dong lts lVV
osr diem though it long since passed the
inns vb-, II shoals b. doing less than lO
lsriels ger dAy. Gordon No | s'ar'ea Tue
oil erszs again. The result can Dc SUI
med m in 70, oil: 10 tie celebrated Dyer
or smith we'll wh,ca has already produced
lo0OD barrels and Is still doing at us
original rate OF 400 per day; IN the Z'uo
b,rr.l Thsyer No. ,, aai the 67e miles oil
developed territory, producing loOO oar,
Tel5 Of oil per day aud hs'Iog over %
dnlling wells nov under way. me pOpu
ls,iou Of toe civ has b4en incresssd 10
nearly 1000; and splendid future Is as
sured
Washington takes irs oil boom IN q mat
ter Of fac, wav IL hasn't become unauly
excited nor lost It's head, nor taken to gam
oHrg on the m ,rkst, a. did Warrea, BRAD,
ford, Butler, franklin AID other former OIL
cenlers, which made fortunes 10 grease, but
lost ard mortga led everything to buck the
slippery market. Whether the average
Washingtonian possesses better Judgment
or uo,s csut on than the other tolSs we
kno1 not but is certain that De does no.
Spead bls precious time hanging ABOUT the
U2 Exchange, bowling like q lnnsne' ana
secunuv h;s frends' endorsements TO notes
90 thar he can play the cured Market
Vii, h has knocked out uEny good man
and be.rer friend The Washington oh
boom il not tie red hSt article when enSr
se,enz-d Thorn Creek, PstrohA, 6reeee
City. and other palny places 10 the upper
regions You do rot have TO sleep ou 'u1
stars nor walk about sl light for want Of
lodgings There il plenty of seeommoas
tiou TO meet the crowd plenty OF room 'o'
al, and consequently no undue pusning
and Crowdirg Then the deep orilhpR
The expensive Quitting sna Ln'
sOnsEbat bszardous nature OF !n'
territory hiss bad the stfrct OF keepipe
tie small frs operator 8, q GlSrsEce Ioi'
latter parsonage is lively, n"S , De
Hrable CHRISTIAN gentleman, and he msSe'
'h'Ogs hoHl when be arrives, Washiug
toa don't agree with him he can ger
license 10 drink nor license to bsht mo-
n fact any kind Of a license save q mar
rage license and h. don't want thar
The result. IL he stays away, and the boon
~ robbed Of the grace OF his smlsole pres
enCe Large firms, as 6 rule. operate AM
oUu Sll The territory Tney look 70 10
future ss much as 70 the present. Ihei
iOcs'ioas are made on common sense pr'u
eiplss-s reasonable distance being place
b7ESeen Wels-aud the result is 3 s'esd
increase IN production, = gradual exter
500 Of territory, and the hndlng
wells which say" as tSey hsg
The territory whence to draw tAsi
Sappiy. There u no forrest OF derrieki
40 rigs resting on each other; no eroWdln
OF lines; no drainage OF territory; q
lighting and squAbhng EyeEythiBS - o
rene, and the boom Is 6 solid, substsntla
allow paced and lasting one.
Ehe final result can be nothing save u
gradual extension of tue field into OF
own State. Toe day is coming Shen thu
VII be q line a derrieks from WsshinRtc
70 Burning Springs There ls nov such
procession from AIlegsaF county IN Ns
Iok to near the State line. OF eouF
gsefe u g break in il here GSa thar
H!anps Tor instance from Washington