Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-05-03
The Oh FIELDS Up tho River.

There is no diminutiOn in the OIL ana
gas interest up the river, says the Seuben-
Vile Herald. Leasing is still in progress,
and soon there will probably not be farm
within radius Of fifty miles, at least In
the ravines, which will not have been Sc
cursed by TIE oil men. Some of the farm
ers are 90 excited on oil that they are as
vet making no preparations for the spring
crops, being engaged in hauling for the oil
operators. They say they can make more
thus than by farming. There is ten
dency 10 extend the TurkeyfOOt region
down stream. The Holiday Cove Oil and |
Gas Company of West Virginia has just
been formed, composed exclusively Of AL
ltgheny people. The capital stock sS4O,-
OO0. All the stock has been subscribed
and there will be some extensive develop
ments this summer. DR.. j. B. Keagy
is President, w. c. Galbreth, Treas
urer. and Frank McComb, Score.
tary. The company has leased ], O75 acres
in the vicinity st Holidays Cove on the
Ohio river, ABOUT one-half mile from
large producing well and Onequsrter OF
mile from smaller one. The territory IS
considered good, and considerable rivalry
existed in the securing of leases. The COM
pany has closed contracts for putting down
three wells, and work will be commenced
on them early next week. A well is ready
for drilling on the George Crawford farm,
about three miles from the city.
The Heron well, on Lsugtitt, was drill
ed in Tuesday. 1t is good WELL and will
likely make 80 barrels day. The Calu-
met Company owns 500 or 600 scres of
lenses in Beaver county, Pa within 8 short
distance of the new Rayl well, near HOoss-
town, and about light miles north Of the
Gardner we'll. Will try well there. A
rig is being erected at Collier, or the Fresh
water farm, for G. W. Marsh.
The Union Oil Company's well on the
Saxton farm, Murdocksville, was shot on
Tuesday and il is now producing at the
rate of sixty barrels per day. There are
five wells due within the next ten days,
one on each of the three Colley farms, one
on the Bubbett and one on the Mrs. Burns
lease.
The Calumet oil well, on the Levi Gard
ner farm, Hancock county, has reached
the sand and has fine showing of oil.
Operations are suspended waiting on con-
nections Tue Big jim well, owned by
! New Cumberland parties, ia due on Saiur-
! day.
Messrs. Booking and Harding, of the
Wheeling Oil and Gas Company, have
leased 3 600 acres of land in Brooke county,
for oil ani gas purposes Samuel George,
of Wellsburg, gave $50 acres with no roy
atty, provided the company would begin
, we'll in thirty days, which will be done in
mediately.
THE CIGARMAKEBS
The cigar manufacturers are feeling the
effect of Congressional monkeyipg with
the internal revenue. So long ss the quss-
ton of abolishing the tobacco tax remains
! in sbeyaLce, tbs jobbers refuse 70 stock
up, and the siocks OF cigars eli over the
e country are allowed to run to the lowest
ebb. The fact that dealers would get re-
: bate on oil unbroken packages does not
u snswar for the reason that q wait for may
be year before the refunding would be-
c gin. does not suit dealers Several Of
: Wheeling's factories sre running low now,
and more of them have been up to the
time Congress adjourned, and satisfied the
dealers that no farther changes would be
: made for some time. If the matter was
definitely settled either way il would at
once improve trade.
ANOTHER REDUCTION.
Yesterday the Bailers at the Laughlin
T mill, over in Martins Ferry, we're in
formed by the management that they
7 would be expected TO stand . reduction in
q wages which will plaee them on the same
basis as the Bellaire uailers, who settled
few days ago. Heretofore the Llughlin
nailers have been cutting nails at she six
teen cent scale, excep; reduction W ich
= went into force q few weeks sgI, and
which was only to last till June l-r The
Laughlin men hsve had but very little
work since the beginning of the present
year.
About three hundred rates Of lumber
, came out of Elk river into Ksnawha dur
ing the recent raise, making il one of the
largest runs of lumber on record. 1t took
about five hundred men to bring the stuff
out.
Some big operations in the way Of devel-
oping the Kanawhs valley coal deposits
are projected. The Winitrede Railroad
Company is surveying its lands on Big
Coal river, and making other arrangements
, fol an extension OF it's railroad by tunnel
ing from Fields creek, on the Kanawha,
through the mountains to Joe's creek, on
f Big Coal river, in Boone county. The
Davis Creek Railroad Company is also
preparing to tunnel the mountains be-
tween the Ksnawhs and Coal rivers, and
enter the Gal river coal field on the
waters of Birch creek.
INDUSTRIAL NOTES.
VIM. Mann's foundry is running full on
lob work.
Tue North Wheeling Bottle Company
are running.
Good building brick are selling at from
s. to s. per thousand
/ The miners at Bellaire are organized in
to the National Progressive Union.
L. Spsuce's machine shops are working
on portable and traction eugiaes. They
have none in stock.
Wilson K Dunlevy are running foil to
a good demand. They now employ fifty
men.
The Eagle glass works at WellsbuTg put
fire in the furnace yesterday. They will
begin operations Monday.
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