Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-04-28
TURKEY FOOT OIL.
Remarkable Development Of the Hancock County
Feld-Oyer Two Hundred Wells Pro
ducing The Situation.


Special Correspondence Of NE Register
NEW CUMBERLAND, w. VA. April -.
The oil boom" has come To stay in
this section. The opening of spring has
produced unprecedented activity
throughout the whole field and an i'm
menSc number of new wells are being
put down. over two hundred wells re
now producing oil in the TurkeyfoOt ter
ritory and their entire output is many
thousands OF barrels day. The terri
Ntory has been pretty well defined,
and few busters are now being struck.
All over the field derricks are being
erected and a large number Of new wells
are expected i'm in few days.
r. II. Herron's five wells ON the Her
ron farm are making twenty-four inches:
No. g, on the same property, is drilling
at 500 feet. Finnegan x Downing's
twenty wells on the Thompson Patter-
son farm are averaging ten barrels per
well. No. -, on the same property, is
drilling at POO feet, and is expected TO
reach the sand ON Wednesday. Rigs
are building for Nos. 2l and %.
The same company has five wells ON
the Liuduff. and the rig for No. is
building Evans x Co. : well. on the
Logan farm. is drilling at 500 feet. The
South Penn Oil Company's three wells
are making 20 inches No. : is rig
building; no. > is drilling in at 500 feet:
No. is completed and has been torpe-
docd Il will make a fair producer.
The Fisher Oil Company has seven com
plctcd wells on the Gardner property,
and the same number on the James
Chambers farm. The wells are ayerag-
ing six barrels. The same company's
No. /, on the Abe Ewing farm. failed
70 show for a well. and No. .. on the
same property, materializcd as a good
gaSser.
John McKcown's Nos. and ., on the
Gardner farm. are producing twenty
five barrels per day Nos / and 3. on
the Jones farm, are making ten barrels.
No. !. on the Wiley farm. is doing four
barrels per day, and his No. !, on the
Roach farm. is making fifteen barrels
per day. Staley a McDouals four
wells ON the James Crago farm are pro-
ducing thirty-two barrels. No. is
down POO feet. Mandrill a Nealy drilled
their well ON the b. DOran farm 10 "A
depth OF l.45O feet and failed to get
more than showing OF oil. The cas-
ing has been pulled and the rig is being
torn down. and they expect to ship the
material to Smithlicld. Ohio. about
twenty miles from Steubenvilc. where
they have a large block of territory un-
der lease.
Galley Bros. four wells on the Sutor
farm are producing eighteen barrels per
day. The Bridgcwatcr Gas Company's
eleven wells on the Brice farm are max
ing fifty barrels per day. The same COM
pany's Nos. and ., on the Morris farm
are doing ten barrels per day. No. !. ON
the Widow Brice'S property, is making
three barrels The four wells on the
Crawford farm are producing twenty
barrels: Nos. and .. ON the Young
farm. fifteen barrels per day. George
GiyenS Nos. ]. 3. e and @, ON
the Crawford farm. are making
twcuty-onc inches Nos. and are
making forty-one inches. The Fisher
Oil Company'S Nos. .. 3 and .. on the
Crawford farm, are producing Z barrels
per day. Nos. ! and . ON the Sutor
farm are making inches. John Nc
kcOWn Nos. ! ana - on luc Alll>ou
farm. are all gasserS. The five produc-
ing wells are making 20 barrels per day.
Coast Il Evans four wells on the Nor
row farm are making lG barrels per
day. The same company's Nos. to
ON the Swearingen farm are making -
barrels per day. \ pumping out
ft has been placed in No. >,
which has been making barrels
per day. and No. g is making 5 inches
per day. Their No. on the Standish
is making 10 inches per day and No. is
drilling at zoo feet. Their Nos. /, > and
g. on the Frcshwater farm. are making
go barrels per day. Nos and .. on the
Warwick. are producing 80 barrels
day. Auzzcll * Johns Nos. ! and >, ON
the Smith farm. are each producing 30
barrels. and Nos. and I are each max
Ing 35 barrels day, and their No. O, on
the Forsha farm. il drilling at 800 feet.
The Brdgewater Gas COmpany'S six
wells on the Smith farm are making go
barrels per day. Coast a Sons four
wells ON the Forsha farm are pumping
GOD barrels per day.