The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-10-26
qHI BBREEA OIL EIBLD.
The Mecca Of Played Out Penn
syIyaoia Operators,
PLEHSHNTS COUNTY GREASE
Examined by an IntelIIgencer Re-
uorter-A 100 Barrel Gusher
Throws Sixty Barrels In Thirty
Minutcs-lts History.

gelds pog. Tint these oil men are on
the right tack is rapidly developing
into a certainty, and that West Virginia
i,to be tie scene OF future heavy oil
on ralions becomes more apparent every
day,
The biz boom at Huntington Is now
followed by extensive Developments in
the Eureka field In Peasants county,
A well which does 400 barrels with only
one biltn the sand has been brought in
and its product is now in the pipo line,
About week ago a new well Of Moore
K Blrnslull, nn tho John EIammat farm,
,brre.onarters Of a'mile from Eureka
station on the Ohio River rONd, showed
signs Of pay sand, aud work was stopped
Mn the necessary apparatus for contrOll-
inc the oil could be procured, On Sun.
day lust the biz was again put TO work,
and wien single length had been sunk
into the sand the oil spurted, Opera.
lions were necessarily discontinued, and
thc well closed till tNukago could be pro.
yidcd. Wh,n two tanks, one with 500
and another with $50 barrels capacity,
Garl hrrn put up and connected with
the pipa line, the well WIS opened as
n pradur,rt Since then it has
averaged 400 barrels u day, and tho own.
en-, n0tsaristird, have again put the tools
10 work, aud are drilling through the
sand. The sand varies in the field from
twelve to eighteen feet, aud NJ the big
well lust mentioned it has only been
tanned 10 the depth Of eight feet. Yes.
tefday afternoon, while visiting the field,
An lETgLLIGENCgH reporter saw the well
eputt Blxty barrels IN thirty minutes.
Prominent oil men, among them Ed. II.
london who has been working in the
S!UCksbnrg aud TAylOrstOwn fields re.
Gently, and who put down the first well
ever sunk in the Eureka field, say, judg.
inv lrom the quality Of the sand aud
pnst experiences in the Eureka field,
that thu new well will probably do from
800 to 700 barrels when the sand is bored
through. They also think the new we'll
is on q line which will develop n new
and enlitcIy fresh deposit in the field.
HISTORICAL MATTERS.
The history Of the Eureka field Is
about as lOIlows: In 1885 the first well
was sunk on the Russell Ilammat farm,
located in the hollow back OF the first
tier Of hills, about threG.quarters Of II
mile from tue river. Gas was struck in |
the shallow sand, aud tho derrick burn.
ed down. The derrick waB rebuilt and
work commenced again, but the tools
we've lost, and remained In tho well a
year. They were tished out aud drilling
began agiiI, and oil was struck at 800 |
feet, After the sand was punCtured, the
well flowed eighty barrels day, which |
was, With the MD Of torpedo, Increased
to 90ObarruIs day. The well was then
dubbed tho "Burntn well and is 30
known to-day. 1t has produced 5000
barrels and ID now doing thirty'dve bar.
rrlsG day,
The well was put down by u. n. |
Blown, Of New York City, and was
located by scout named Boss, from
Bradford, pA, When the "Burnt" well
camr in at 200 barrels it created much |
interest, and Brown was induced to sell
half interest to 7. NJ. Barnslall, OF
Bradford, Pa.
In The meantime, however, while the
tOOla were still in the "Bnrnt" well, an
otherOne WAS sunk on the sane farm, aud
four more on the farm Of Friend COCh.
rau, which joins the Russell Hammat
farm. These four wells came in light,
but they have had wonderful staying
qualities, aud arc still flowing from ten
10 twenty barrels day.
Three more wells were drilled by
Rlfuslall and Brown, on what Is known
As the liammAt Bros farm, belonging TO
George aud Mary Ellen IIlmm0t, aud
located southeast OF tho Burnt" well.
They were all TOO small to pay for the
lnyrslntnt
A FEW my WELLS.
Two dry wells were drilled east Of the
"Burnt' well on the El Hammat farm,
aud another cluster on the Friend
Cochran farm cast Of the "Burnt" well.
lht'e dry holes put damper on the
enthusiasm, aud for some time there
Wet1 no further operations. About u
year ago another well was drilled On the
Russell llanmat iarm, concerning which
nothing Is known. 1t was reported
pd4strr,' butt vas always Il "mygtery"
aud hR never been opened. Many pGo.
pile In the field think 1t was "Qupured,"
tut Ntany rate, Immediately after It's de.
elrtioN, Mr. Brown sold his interest In
tac IrIl to +. W. Moore, Of Bradford,
Pennsylvania.
BafnSdOIl 4 Moore, MS tho new firm is
Known, went immediately northeast OF
The burnt we'll to put up derrick,
aud dtllcd the well which Is now doing
AGO barrels, mentioned above. These
men Lave Il row Of dCrtiCks building
along the amo line northeast OF the
Burnt well, and will start five or six
mo'r bits in II few days, Ono Of these
derLIcSs is on the highest point In all
ihat part Of the coudtry, there being
only one higher peak In pleaslulg
county, II is on the Uorbitt farm, aud
OIL men think II will bc successful
venture ON account OF Its relaLiye posi-
hol TO the "BurnP well and the now
gISlCr.
When Russell lIammat was leasing
lils farm originally, he refused TO cover
mttyScycn acres, and held II As n per.
sohal venture. Recently he leased that
uavl ioJ. II, Mccullough, Of Washing
toh, Ia, ata very much better percent.
aW l'nn was Ut Hrst offered. MCCul'
I9ngh Is building derrick, aud will be.
Ah aWeIl Oh tho tract In q few days.
cue Tract Ii we'll located, and the scouts
pttdltl blg things for II,
DmltlS0 IN ANOTHER OBJECTION.
Directly south OF tho "Durnt' we'll
bmSh y liugrlns arc drilling u well on
lho George llammat iatn, II Ia down
lW feet aud Is expected TO bu In the
Mhd IN two weeks. II II Ia not u
'dn'ict" II will open up tho field In n
new direction, and will greatly incrCABG
llc available territory. II ls farther
south than any well yet drilled, and II Is
mioPtd viii open pool south Of tile
inll found by tho "dustCrS' Oh thU
ilammat bros. farm,
Opposite Eureka, on the Ohio aide,
Joel Il Bingham drilled d well some time
since, liO found tho sand, but Il was
lo9 hard for oil, and tho well proved d
AZURE, 1t is istho,oplnlOn ol the scouts,
however that oil will bh found In that
direction, Several good phallDw wells
nave been sunk on the Ohio side, BolDl
WNGlch started Ut IVA much 10 two hun
uteu teu barrels day, and i've Of them II