Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-08-06
IT LEADS THE LIST.
THE WHEELING co.'s WELL DOING SEY-
ENTY BARRELS PER HOUR.
No Further Drilling Done-A Compromise rendered
the West Virginia Natural Gas Company
New Pipe Line.

The No. l we'll of the Wheeling Oil Com
pany kept spouting grease at the rate OF
twenty-five barrels an hour up to about 10
o'clock yesterday morning, when the drill
having been inserted and the sand given a
few prods, the well responded by increas-
ing the output to about seventy barrels per
hour. or 100 barrels in tw~enty-four hours,
the oil coming out in n steady stream into
the tanks, through q % inch
pipe. The company only had
two $50 barrel tanks ready,
and thes, speedily filled up
with the product, but the pipe
line company being called upon responded
by shutting off a number of small wells
from the line and devoted the major pOr-
ton of its attention To the new guSher
with the result that little or no oil was
lost. News of the strike reached this city
about noon i'll the shape of the following
telegram:
WASHINGTON, Pa, August ), 1l:56
4. M.-Wheeling Oil Co. well No. | 4 reg
ular gusher; 20 barrels per hour and in
creasing. Tanks and pump insufficient to
take care OF the OIL.
J. l.. DOWNING.
All the Directors of the company, eX-
cept, we believe, c. =. Brown, Esq, went
M Yesterday morning. Mrs. FraSher and
Mrs. Ed. Rose being with the party. \
meeting of the Directors was held during
the day, but the business transacted was
not made public. Anumber Of the inter
ested stockholders remained ut Washing
ton last night, but MeSsrs. George
Wise. z. l.. Dobbins and one or two
Others came down on the 1920 p. III.
train. As a matter of course, all the gen
| tlemen were pleased with the happy result
of their venture, and all united III predlc-
ting the well would do much better than
ut present, when proper tankage facilities
had been provided. 4 six hundred barrel
tank is now being erected.
The well is now the largest in the Little
| Washington field, and yesterday one en-
thusiastic member of the company nailed
a broom on the rig i'll token of leadership.
The pipe line company had delivered TO
Secretary DobbinS three two hundred and
fifty barrel certificates up TO dusk last
evening, and these were proudly displayed
on his arrival as the first return
of the company for the heavy
risk it has run and the large
expenditure Of money it has made. The
present output OF the well will net the
company about $50 per day after paying
all expenses. which income will soon make
GOOD the expenses. Like all Washington
oil, IT brings X cents more than the daily
market quotations.
There were II good many rumOrS Of
transfers of stock Yesterday, In this COM
pany, but it is doubtful if more than one
sale of two shares was made, the price, IN
this instance. being S22j per share. No
transfers whatever had been recorded on
the %cOmpany's books up Ia a late hour III
the afternoon.
Hon. y. Il. Scott, of the Central Compl-
nv, also arrived last night on the late train.
He reports the tools out of their No. well,
and the hole clear at Il depth of go feet.
They will commence casing to-day.
Last evenings Reporter had the follow
ing general field news:
The Stewart, Craig, Fisher & Co. was
drilled one bit this morning and is now
doing b barrels per hour.
The Morgan still continues 10 make
flows at intervals, and has done - barrels
in the last 81 honrs,
The Coast Brothers we'll, on the W. W.
Smith farm, near this borough, struck the
upper pay streak this morning. The first
bit sent the oil To the top OF the derrick.
No provision having been made for saving
the oil, it flowed on the ground. Prcpara-
tons were then made for running the oil
into the water tank, where it is o saved.
No gauge has been taken. 1t promises
well.
HALL > was shot yesterday and responded
nicely, increasing the production from 300
barrels in twcnty-lour hours 10 - barrels
per hour.
Shirts , is drilling in the bottom OF the
Gordon sand, without any increase Of pro-
ductiOu.
The MelOy, Ten Mile Oil Company, is
1,4jO feet, and drilling in the salt water
sand.
Gordon , will be shot this afternoon in
! the iilty-fOOt, from which horizon it is do
Ing about five barrels Il day. Sumo time
ago ii was shot in the Gordon sand, rs an
experiment, Us no oil had been got in that
sand in drilling. Nothing wa gained 10y
the shot.
The j. b. Miller, on the Cradle Factory
lot, was To have been shot yesterday after
noon, but owing TO some accidents, was
not exploded until this morning. 1t re-
Sponded immediately, cleaning Itself and
spraying in the most graceful manner.