Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-11-21
PROMISES WELL.
LIVELY SCENES ABOUT THs TURKEY FOOT
OIL FIELD,
In Hancock OOunty-l efsz Many New WsN'
sinking-wha. an Operator links Of
the Future Of the Field.

Tbe success OF the 1Ukhey
ia Hancock county, is still predetermined,
says q correspondent of the Pltt'pufs
Times, although il is attracting the attsn.
ton of the operators of the county, d
they are putting Their money into IL Is
freely as thfy have tesn placing 1t In the
Butler aud Washington county fields
the first well is little more than thirty
DAYS old, apd lis more successful ntighoor
was brought in last Monday. Both ans
the property of the Bridge water Gas Com
pauy, of Rochester, Pa. No. l was sstuef
BY d.illers who were prosecuting q search
for gas. Oil was encountered at depth Of
rather less than q thousand feet, what is
supuossd to be the Gantz sand sppeailug
at q depth Of $50 feet:
It is on tho Widow Brics farm. Inls
well produced from 100 to 100 barrels al
first, but it ba, sstttsi down to a daily
production of so barrels, and e1p'rs
doubt its ability to keep up this outpu'
much longer. No. . is on the farm Of the
Brics Brothers and is only 800 or 4oo
wards from No. 1. It's initial output
ranged from 40 TO $50 bir;e!s and thus
far there has been little fuctuation in the
daily flow. These who have seen TINS
we'll an6 are competent to Jucge say !,
promises to be a much better sSying well
than No /.
The Given well is either q dry ore, or
its owner, George Given, hiss it ready 20
bring in and IL holding it as a mystery:
Oil psople here think it is q "duster, - ano
give it or its prospects no weight IN theur
calculations. ,
In the meantime there Is 0 regiment OF
prcsp.ctors, lsasers, lard buyers, fakiIs,
oil sharks and schemers here and here
shouts every day. Then there are the
legitimate oil people, such as John Nc
Keowp, the Galley brothers, Pster Grace
and many other we!l.knowu operators,
who are here for dsyelOpnenth purposes
McKeown is one OF the boldtst operators
In the country, backs his Judgment WIN
ulenty of money at all times and uader Oil
circu instances. He will buy 8 farm just rs
readily as he will lease it. He has already
bought tie Consnt farm for $l3, 100, which,
six wesks ago, was going begging at % Ooo.
Hs has leased the John Bdchauan farm,
paying 8 So. 900 bonus aud promising an
eighth of the product; the John Owens
farm at s., 600 bonus and one-eighth; the
McMorrow farm at II. 500 bonus and one
eighth, and the Csruthers farm at 81 600
and an eighth. In addition ID these he is
undert BOD TO have options on a score Of
other farms in this locality. He is drilling
a we'll on the Conapt farm and has tao ad-
ditional rigs going mp on the same farm.
Rigs sre multip' yIpg oa the hills a n
rayines herestouts daily. The Bridge
water Company is drilling one we'll on the
Youpg farm and another on the Widow
Brice farm, a thort distance from the first
strike. 1t has also Just completed a rig
on the Crawford farm snd started another
one on the same farm. The Fisher Broth
ers, of Pitsburg, have paid Col. w. i
Crawford S., 700 bonus Cor his farm and
one-tishth OF the oil it yields.
The owner OF the TAR farm cold ffty
acres cf it a day or two ago to George
Given for S., 200, a prico much in excess
of its value thirty days ago. A company
of re7t'e men of Calumet, D, at the head
of which is Dr.. Goelick, Of Calumet, has
put up n zig on the Levi St,ndish firm
and will begin drilling ntxtweak. George
Given, Of Toronto, o, has a zig mp ready
for work on the Mason Tarr farm. An.
other rig is UP on the SWausgan farm.
This le lse is held under cover by a Wheel
ing man named Walton for persons whose
identity has not yet hem disclosed.
The largest holders of leases are tie
Bridgewater Gss Company, which started
out with o nucleus of 1900 scres, when it
brought in its first well; Galley Brother,
who hold from 1900 to 1000 acres: John
McK.ewn, who has fully ga much; George
Given, James Hurd, Grace aud Brown,
who hold q portion Of Browns leland 10
the Ohio river below Toronto, and u or
two others, who have not yet declared
themselves.
Hogan, one of the oldest apd shrswdest
men 10 the ssryice, says that while the IN
dications are still largely superficial, he
regards them ss mcst encouraging and
promising. lie thinks the field will be q
second Washington one. The oil possesses
in q very large degree the same character.
istic aud IS fully as good in every essentisl
az that of the Washington county field.
The sand, he thinks, bears a remarkable
resemblance 10 the CAN'T and Gordon
sands. The pips lire people feel very con-
fdeft that the new field is one Of abundant
promise, ss 10th the Unltei and the At
Isntic and Western companieI have lines
completed into it. The Atlantic and
Western has its pumping station completed
end will send its oil to the Freedom Ie-
finery. It, as well a, the United, will
complete lines into the Washington isld
at q