The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-07-29
STILL A MYSTERY.
rue M,MANNIs AT rAY1oRsrowN
What it Has Done and What !. HUNDRED
VIII bs DOne-The Wheeling Companies
WelIs-Dad Luck Encountered Gem
sraI oil and Gas Well News.

II was reported here last evening, on
what is considered first class authority,
that at the meeting Of. the Board OF Di.
reCtors Of the Natural Gas Company Of
West Virginia. held at Pittsburgh yester.
day, to-day was set as the time for open,
ing up wide the great Tsylorstown mys'
terry, the wildcat we'll owned by this COM
pany, which has been a disturbing ele'
ment in the oil market for the past week,
1t was also reported that with the sand
just pricked, as is supposed, the we'll had
made a flow at the rate OF 100 barrels per
day and that she did, in fact, make about
that Tuesday.
Last nights Rdyices from Pittsburgh
state that the feeling on the exchange
was beRrish to mixed all day, and that
everyone was wanting news from the
mystery, The scouts telegNphed that q
fity-barrel flow had been made, and that
the well was shut up for the day and per
hApa until pipe line connections are made,
To make these would take at least two
days, the distance to the storage tanks
being about seven miles, With such news
as this 1t was only natural that the feel,
ing should be as It was,
AT TUE WASHINGTON END.
At Washington interest in the we'll con,
tinues undated, A special from the field
In last nights Rsview contained the fol-
lowing; ''Stsam was got up early yes,
terday morning at the MGMaunls we'll and
everything put in drilling trim. The gate
was open ut 10 o'clock and q four minutes
flow was made, Drilling did not commence
till in the afternoon. When the tools
were drawn at 8 o'clock the second flow
took place and lasted three or four
minutes. There Ia very little gas and the
oil seemed to follow up tho tools, After
wards the well flowed twice, making four
flows IL all yesterday. Those who watch
cd the mystery last night say 1t made no
squirt aud 1t has done nothing to-day.
Fires were started in tho boilerthis morn
ing aud that Is all that has been done.
The derrick stands about twenty feet
below the road, on the banks Of the creek.
1t Is boarded up tighter then ever now.
"The road opposite the we'll is filled with
anxious farmers nearly every hour OF the
day. They ara nearly oil convinced that
the well is Que Of the gusher breed and
you cannot argue them out Of this. There
are several questions about the well that
time will unfold, whose solution will
make mighty interesting reading, 1t Is
still q doubtful point whether tho produc.
ton comes from the Gordon rock. The
majority, perhaps, Of those who have gone
through the Sizzling up process will I'M.
hesitatingly say Gordon, but there is a
well founded doubt whether this is the
case. Soms experts think the oil comes
from q lower horizon, In the same man.
ner many will disagree about the color OF
the oil, ons claiming it Is green, another
being positive that 1t is the amber variety.
The fact that no flows have been made
since the agitation ceased, coupled with
the fact that a well which has been shut
up as long as the MCMannis ought to make
a good show, Is a significant element in
estimating It and one that has not been
lost sight Of to-day. One OF the best sCouts
In the field puts It at from 10 10 rs barrels
us II stands nOW,n