Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-10-24
WEST VIRGINIA OIL.
-e e1VgRS AT MANNlN6T0N RISING
ON THUR OARS.
sT.rgsi W.aS?'-2o-s-Aarvs.loasC Change
a Las C,g1Iy llage-luma1se
Appreciation Of PCPsry-O.aar
OF Developments.

IA tA1 -~f
o say that the first
.. issuance that the Hamil-
.,- e.r-i. .aa. il, is claimed TO be, viii
b. ossi by remarkable activity
t---. 1t ths entire region.
vANNINGrON' BOOM.
uks has worked marvellous
Warrington. The quiet ht.le
village has pat on an air Of busi-
..t..rrt that would do credit to the
.,-...re boom town. Land specula-
-lresssrs tbrcug the hotels aud are
s,-..-.rg oa every street corner Property
.,. so--.cs.sd immensely in value within
m. Iss- Eve days Men were refusing
-..... which they would u0i have hoped
F.. -s.i.s tgc weeks age. An offer came
..-i.-f-e notice of the kEGlsIEE repre-
...t..rs tc.s morning. A Joung man,
.... .....- % eighteen acf5s of land iavcr-
.... ..ralel Iu the Oh. belt, was ohsred
So .rs ls--e. w tl guarantee oi one
...--of t1s OIL product and g provision
Ed. f-- wells should be- sunk 90 hls
------.r Within thirty days. The offer
refused. a-i yet ten days
so The owner would have been
g'sl to- s,.ep. $50 an scre for tiils dsed
to tler land.
srE. Arl0S lN IIHN LOIS
A small iar no the heart o. town sold to-
d,v torSIO1. Before -le boom 10 could
have bsea bought or lat that sum
Nearly the ert,r. RANGE of lots known as
tbe s5r.a $ Dee h,s changed hands 40 ad-
yarces from sd tl 700 per cent. Farmers
all through Mann.ug'0n distuc. ar5 re-
,o.ciug iu plenty Of lltly -uc-a. which
the avrrsge West Nrgual Isl stranger
to rroruous sums l8ye already b-en
paid ont in bonuses sld whether ,he on
boom comes up 90 every 5ypscalon or
not their homes viii h3 great dsa.
brighter To- ihs coming winter Bl1usss
rom 81 to i5 an acre hsYe been paid for
immea.e tracts. located within Soy reason
able distance o.. ths OIL hne and atven-
turous e1.c1'a'ors have gone miles from
90. and taken up territory.
AyrsIr ro rHE HAMILTON WILL.
Since ths duu entered .bs Big Iojun'
ssnd ls.t Frl8y week ard ths oil first
began to f1w tHe Hamilton sell has beeu
shut down and carefully guarded. Five
h-ee plugs eere i1v-l into the css'7g,
t1s ssi-tt o. .aa tools applied, and every
effort made t0 prevent any escape Of the
rr.c01s il.i which Nigh. indicate 90
rivals tne extert,i the strike. To- add
t,ou OBJ this armed guards have prevented
The near approach of strangers, and one
TIVE serious encounters have resulted from
the efforts of o., men tl lud ont something
about the mysterious hole in grouud.
Through the courtesy, however, OF
the owners of ths we'll. The kgGIsTER
representative Was enabled to visit 10 and
make a personal examination. 10 is i0-
Gated oue-hau miIe south 0. M3nningi01.
on the farm of ID r. Hamilton. Toe deg
rick and The ground ar0u1d we're covered
with traces of che or, which bad escaped.
The men il charge removed ihe eek aud
Che accumu'atei sis escaped wI'h o deaf
ening roar. In t-F moments tee Ul be-
cau to sp1r. and ,1s golden stream was
thrown with terrific force h-ough the gas
valve egs1-t tte sides Ci fhe derrick The
l3w was soon shut OH The on that mad
escaped had forced ll- way up
rHEoraH FIVE PLUGS
wsjged io inorder To- make tlsu Oh tight.
Only "a g1ess can ha made at tle trsmeu-
dous pressure necessary to produce such % /
result Some o, The escaping OBI was
caught snd 8. sloue vith bright golden
color ln Che Hsht The experts pronounced
10 premium grade. aud .q1al 20 any pro-
ducd ia the as.t Pennsylvania fields
Tue ank8ga Tor th- we'll which has
been aux9u..y eXpscei arrived to-day
and me1 VIII begin pCt ng it in position
Tomorrow Ili- vorS wiIl REQUIRE three
or 'ou days. and the we'll viii probably
no' ne 'et .n before Mo1day. Cnul that
is done nothing ike an accurate estimate
o. Che value 1l fhe weii csn b. made. but
-1e mo' experienced oii operators here
ars c.r0i.ll th7t B. viI prove a rich
+,rse lle .t proof of their confidence
l' in .ra thousands bard dollars they
nave .'n ONT to ss,u-e a ,00thold ia the
territory
V. OIL DEVELOPMENTS.
Besides tls Hlnlca vsH. the oil de-
ye.opueats lear Ns-rirg'on are very
-catiernr lae South Penn %. is drilling
on tle p'ii asm. th-es-four.hs of mile
''utn o. Dore-s Gsp hut they have q
l-linc 'n. and che well VII not be- into
tne nni Ior some time. Ira Dewitt of
I'''7no b. s dul1g another on Plum
hln, llI'c miles northeast of Manning
lo1. i. 5 down 400 OF 50l fsat Tbs
same ole'aior has contracted TO .i,k a
vel. ca Mods ,un, ir che same Iaeighbor-
hood, bat work has ro. been hernB %
Cunningham g run. ten miles south of this
1ace. Gibson & Co.. Phiiadelphia opera-
ts hsve Teen drilling tor some time
.1sy struck the Big Iriun' sand and
Ne-e rewarded With "a heavy dow Of Vas
AS soon as possible the work will be push.
ed. a1d toe owners hope 10 strike oil in
as r',don sand, which is ! Zoo feet below
1919 llun. The Hamilton s'rike
'e.i. to sloF trat the South Penn Will De
z .i-are. aad the operators about Glover s
''i a'e very s.oomy over The outlook.
OWNERS oF THE TERRITORY.
-ls Hamilton ve'l is owned by F. NJ.
i.ss'r Is Co., Prots White and Jackson.
.. ,-e ,'l7ersty, and Hon @ l.. smith
-'- i,e principal stockholders. Besides
rren. development, the csmpaav has
r. i1 immeu.e tract Of territory in
c-.,c 30 part Of this region. This land
%, han1ugion and runs southwest
tle 45 degree line FOR q distance of
e-7t to t,n miles. These leaset lie
Fl .'.' sides oi he line. and the prospects
'' '7us ievs opmenls OF oil In them ia
t. The West Virginia OIL and
mpany has numerous leases near
uap which era noE being tested.
...t,d Trust Company controls con
3l1 west ot ManuingtOn, which
itat operators aud Wild CATERS
sands OF acres in the western and
pats oi the Warrington district.
oIiy OF these contracts sTe very
able lo the land owners, and If the
answers expectations many of them
.oe -o hgurs their wealth ia the
ie of thousands.
rHE DOLL Run TERRIrORY.
l-g cciion of the Hamilton well is sn-
.-tr feather in the cap Of West Nirginia's
'..l sso'o4ist Prof J.. c. White, of the
a.- lniye-ity. When The Dolls run
.to7 was irst opened up, cid OIL men in.
lei ,o lhe theory that the bslt extend
Gu due south from the Lsmley and Smith