Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-07-30
IN OIL CIRCLES.
Drilling Resumed at Tayiorstown-Gsnera
News.


Drilling Resumed at Tayiorstown-G General
News.
Itwas announced yesterday by those in
position to know, that the Taylorstowr
well, so long the bug-bear of the oil mar
ket, was to be drilled in at once, and the
injunction of secrecy removed, but up tt
last evening little reliable information could
be obtained as to the results of the day:
work at the well. Steam was 90,
up in the boiler at daylight yester
day morning, and at s O'Clock the drill was
running Little progress it seems, was
made up to evening, il being alleged that
but three bits had been run during the
day. There is stilla wide diversity ofopin-
ion as TO the output of the well, stimates
varying between 20 and 100 barrels per
day. During the day civil engineers sur
veyed route for pipe line from the well
TO the receiving tanks on the Hall farm.
Union No. 4well, on the Taylor, penetra-
ted the sand about dozen feet, yesterday,
flowing at the rate of about 100 barrels in
"a hours. Cameron did 1l9 barrels, by
pumping, in the same time. The record
at Willets No. was ,032 barrels, and at
the McKeon 2,720. Willets 4 is increas-
ing her output with string of tools in
the hole
There is nothing new from the Wheel
ing Co.'S No. we'll The tools are still
fast. On the Nail City lease, No. , well
has been shut down to wait for No. to
come in. A telegram from Cannonsburg
says:
Reliable information received last even
ing from the Connor well is TO the effect
that the pump was placed in the well and
put in motion, but refused TO raise the oil
to the surface, Its refusal to throw oil
was not because there was no oil in
the well as some people might sup
pose, as Contractor Butler says that
there is oil in the we'll and il over
flows at the rate of five barrels daily. The
pump was withdrawn yesterday afternoon
and was undergoing an examination by
pump experts and was replaced this morn
ing The news that oil had been struck
in North Strabane township, east of our
town about two miles, on Mr.. McGahey's
farm, was received yesterday afternoon,
and created quite an excitement. The
news came authenticated, but what amount
of the grease was found could not be learned.
The story runs 10 the effect that when the
drill penetrated into the CAN'T sand oil de-
veloped itself"
A high official Of the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad company is quoted rs saying
that agents have been sent here To look
over the Washington oil field and that
their reports are very favorable. II seems
highly probable that the company will
build tank cars for transporting crude oil
to the refneries of Baltimore, Pittsburgh
and other points. At present the
company's only oil carrying terri
tory is the Volcano region Of West Vir-
ginia. Most of that oil goes through the
pipe line TO Parkersburg, where il is re-
fined and distributed through the west.
Quantities of lubricating oil from that re-
giOn come by rail to Baltimore, but this
trade is not large. Until a few years ago
the Baltimore and Ohio had heavy ship
ments of oil from the Pennsylvania
fields, and Baltimore was large
export market. Then the Standard Com
pany which controls most of the oil re-
gion, made a contract with the Pennsylva-
mia road and the Baltimore and Ohio dis
posed ofthcir tanks. But the bulk Of the
Standards oil is brought through the pipe
lines, and the railroads do not get much of
il to haul. The official said that Philadel-
phia ships great quantities of refined oil
to foreign ports, and il is an important
trade TO that city.