Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-07-28

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II is very evident from the comparison
OF the two fields that Belmont leads in the
output population and general progress;
in other words, the boom is unquestionably
at Belmont, and thither are the energies OF
operators being directed. The aggregate
daily output Of the fields is3 l20 barrels; and
while Belmont contributes l,S60 Of this.
Eureka maintains
UNIFORM HOLD,
and continues its experimental projections
The last well in at Eureka was the Nc
Cullock No. ,, on the Rus Hammett prop
erty. which came 10 the surface last
Thursday She is owned by the South
Penn Co, and is doing 100 barrels a day
On the same day the Corbett No.
| II came in as small
producer. The Hugh McTaggart
well proved dry one. Three new pro
1ections are being operated on the Rus
Hammett property by Barnesdale and
Moore. The Rus Hammett No. 10 is near
the sand and is expected in shortly. The
Cochran No. II is also one of the wells
which is likely to fix its destiny soon. The
Corbett No. - is near the sand and the
indications are that she has struck respon-
sive soil. All the old producers previous
~ mentioned are holding out remarkably
well, and give evidence Of long life. The
series of dry holes which resulted
from the efforts TO extend the
Eureka field in a southeast direction
has somewhat dampened the ardor OF the
operators, and they are now conluring up
new theories. All the cardinal and sub
cardinal points of the compass have
been tried in this field, and the only hope
of extension just now seems to lie in the di-
rection OF the southwest, where three miles
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deal of excitement over the shallow well
that came in two weeks ago. y deep well
on Calf Creek, adjoining, came in recently
as big gasser. Parties are now building
five more rigs az this place, and
WILL SOON BE READY
10 drill. All the new projections at Eureka
are following the southwest line, and some
twenty new wells will be due in thirty
days.
The operator who mas drawn more money
out Of the Eureka field than any other one
man is T. NJ Barnesdale.
The new hotel at Eureka is finished
but not yet thrown open TO the public.
! There has been some sort of a temperance
imbroglio between the owner and the
lessor. II has been finally decided to run
a barlcss house
The Standard Oil Company evidently
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here. from the fact that il is about TO build
three more y, 600 barrel tank receivers and
in place of the 3inch pipe which conveys
the oil to Parkersburg 6-inch outlet pipe
will be used. New boilers will also be
| placed in position.
As an instance of push in the oil opera
tions at Belmont il may be stated that the
Brown Oil Co. i'm the space Of 33 days has
completed two wells, and has eight more
under way. From the two producers the
company has paid dividend of 500 TO each
of its thirteen stockholders, and has
considerable Of sinking fund in the
treasury The ten wells will have cost
about $}0.O00 The stockholders, with one
exception, are all residents Of Pittsburg.
The Castle Oil Company. on the
Brown farm, have well that
has begun to show some oil, and is being
watched with a good deal of interest.
Harry Mcclure, of Wheeling, was one of
the excited stockholders who gathered
AROUND \ WELL
on the Ohio side to-day that began to as
sumo lively aspect. She threw consider
able oil. and threw it about promiscuously,
as Harry's summer coat will testify.
Harry bought home a bottle of the pro
duct to show his friends. Another well on
the railroad right of way owned by the En-
cry Oil Co. of Bradford, Pa, on
the Belmont side. also showed up well
Yesterday. but the exact flows OF the two
wells lust mentioned could not be ascer-
tanned The well in the acre and half
property is expected in within a few days,
and many eyes are centered on this hole as
determining the value Of contiguous terri
tory in which large investments have re-
Gently been made. The siXty-four acres
Of the Whitten Stewart property which
has Just been purchased by the Prince Oil
Company, and which lies Just beyond the
acre and half land, is pOising in the bal
ance IL is reported that Timothy Mullen,
of Marietta has purchased the one-eighth
ROYALTY in these o. acres for $4,000, subject
to conditions depending on the outcome of
the acre and a half well. The Story Oil Com
pany, composed of Wheeling parties, hold
80 acres of this same property, and are
organizing a company with 4 capital stock
of ZOO.
A well on one of the railroad lots, in
which c. B. Hart is said to be interested,
is expected in next week On the French
Creek property
THERE ARE THREE PROJECTIONS,
with two of the wells quite distance
down. All the producers in the Belmont
section. which now loom up to nearly a
score and half, arc keeping up Il steady
flow, and giving promise Of Il fertile held.
The Bamesdale and Boyle No. 3, which
has flowed at 100 barrels was shot this
afternoon. There are about fifteen new
rigs in process of construction.
Speaking Of the longevity of the wells
here. one of the prominent operators said
to day that in his opinion the Big John at
Eureka would probably hold her own
with any wells vet TO be hoard from.
He did not think her record would
be beaten in this field. She
started out nine months ago at 400 barrel
gait. and without being shot is to-day doing
- barrels But it is consoling to know
that after a well is once running it takes
but wonderfully short time TO pay Tor
itself
The correspondents are beset with some
difficulties i'm obtaining reliable oil news,
as il is not an easy matter TO find an i'm
martial and disinterested informant. Much
of the news impaired by different persons
is based more or less on what each in
dividual owner or operators desires TO
boom or detract, and consequently fair
estimate can only be arrived at by aver
aging up the different statements. The
oil business is particularly eXcitable one.
and owing TO the usual perturbed condition
of those most interested, it IS often neces-
sarv 10 interview quite number OF per-
sons before arriving at the true status OF
affairs.
SOME OIL NOTES.
The Dye well on French creek has final
/ ly been cased at 800 feet, and drilling re-
sumed 1t ought TO find oil sand next week
Drilling has been begun on the river
bank above the Acre and Half well on
Whit Stewards farm. The contractor Is
to dritl the well to the depth Of sixteen
hundred feet
The Acre and Half well above t'rench
creek. was cased on Thursday and should
have the first sand the first OF the week
The indications for good well are said 10
be very fiattering. a.,
The Simpson well adjoining the Acre
and-a.half property is now down about i10
feet. some mishaps have been encountered
in this well. but the work is now progress
/ ing rapidly. 1t is expected to show OIL III
about - days.