Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-08-07
TIE WHEELING OIL WELL.


A Slight Decrease in the Output-General
Field News.
The output Of the No. | well of the
Wheeling Oil Company seems to have
fallen of slightly yesterday, the report
last evening being that the flow for the
two hours ending at ; o'clock was 93 bar
rcls. The new tank was announced to be
completed last night, and it is supposed
the well will bc agitatcd this morning,
when its production will undoubtedly 60
above any record yet made.
There seems to he something of an oil
excitement up between Bethany and Well. :
burg, as the following from the last named
place shows:
The oil excitement is still getting worse
around here. Between here and Bethany
the ''Oil men" are pouring i'll thick and
fast, some even buying leases TO get them,
and several read, begin operations in
thirty DAYS" One well is drilling on the
Lewis farm, miles from here, and Scv-
eral Others are to be commenced immedi-
0ltlN, y nulnDtl vi WITS h'lC WIZ SuhN
tn the depth of from 300 TO l,IOO feet for
gas, and finding little or none, were aban-
doncd. 4 few 0ithesc have oil ut the bot
tom. At the escape pipe from ono of the
glSScrS bucket is occasionally set under
and in short time il is filled with oil.
These, with Others, are certainly good in
dications for the fluid.
Last evenings Washington Rcp0fcr had
the following general notes:
Coast x Sons have erected tankagc ut
their No. , on the W. W. Smith and this
morning resumed drilling. The pr0duc-
ton was increased To b barrels per hour
Taylor / was drilled into the lower pay
streak yesterday, increasing the production,
This morning it is doing 10 barrels per
hour.
Hall , has done 80 barrels in the last 81
hours
The DIR. Stewart is being drilled this
morning, and is doing 70 barrels per
hour.
The Morgan orchard well is 30 feet in
the sand, without change.
II is reported that the McGowcn myS-
terry is about through the j0.foot sand, with
but a slight show of oil.
Gordon , was shot yesterday with GO
quarts Of glycerine. She is badly bridged.
Hess | is through the fifty foot, with
some gas.
The McKecvcr Oil Company, on the
Judge Hart lease, have had bad fishing
Job on hand for sometime and it is feared
the well must be abandoned. There will
he another attempt TO clear the hole, but
the chances are that it will be unsuccesS-
full
Shront8 is casing to-day at GAO feet.
Thaycr during the past ~ hours pro-
duced &c barrels; the No. ,, $50. Thayer
Bis drilling but - feet above the Gordon
sand, but several days time will he neees-
Sary to bring her in, owing to the cOnsid-
cradle quantity of oil that finds its way in
from the 5O-foot. This morning the cable
parted at the No. ) and let the tools drop
down the hole, portion of the cable with
them.
The Shirts 3 is drilling in the stray above
the Gordon sand and are making slow pro-
grcSs OH account Of the frequent fishing
jobs caused by the sharp pebbles thrown
up by the gas cutting the cable, The
well is . good gasser from the Gantz and
stray sands,
The Forrest, Fisher Brothers, was re-
ported. this morning. spraying oil, but the
rumor was unfoundcd. The well is get
ting near the place, and oil can be looked
for at most any time.
The tools were left hanging in Barre l
for the purpose Of agitating it, and yester-
day the cable parted, letting them drop to
the bottom, making a fishing job.
On Monday the Gamer we'll was shot
with eight quarts ofglycerine. The casing
was raised absut Is inches, but the well
did not respond. We understand that the
casing will be drawn and the well shot
with a 1O0-quart charge. - CdRoas5urg
Notes.