Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-04-30
ALL ON THE BORE.
RAVRNOUS OPERATORS DIGGING FOR RICHES
IN THE BELMONT SECTION.
Wells That are in and Those on the Verge Of Spout
ing-Mr. c. B. Hart Enlarges His Pos
sessioDs-The Eureka Secton-The
Oil Review Of a Week.

Oil Review Of a Week.
Special telegram 10 ne Register.
BELMONT. April 2Q.-The same feeling Of
expectancy. though somewhat intensified
by the lapse of time, permeates God S
bounteous acres in the Belmont and Eu-
reka oil section. To paraphrase Shakes
perian remark. it's MY Kingdom for
well" But such has been the extent OF
the leases that it is now difficult to obtain
speculative property within a wide radius
Of the hotels or depot.
The chief item of interest of the last few
days. at Eureka, is the strike last Sunday
of the Big John No. 3, owned by Barnes
dali. Moore x Co. She is doing between
300 and 400 barrels, and IL is believed with
further drilling she can easily rank with
the 500 barrel wells The territory Just
below the established Eureka field IS now
being rapidly developed Five new wells
are under way Charles L. Caldwell and
others of Parkersburg, have Just COM
pleted rig on the William McTaggart
farm. and George w. Boss is drilling a
well for the Republic Oil and Gas Co. on
the Ex-Governor jackson farm. This
last named well is down 200 feet. The
Hanmett Brothers and Brown also have a
RIG up in this locality \ firm by the name
of Hydrick X Co are putting up derrick
on the Hugh McTaggart farm. and Fisher,
Bartlettc ,S Co. have stationed one OF the
airy structures on the DR.. Bartlette farm.
Three new wells are being projected by
Barnsdall on the Hammett property, south
west of the Eureka production.
Much building is going on near the rail-
road at Eureka The ground is broken for
a two-story =, 900 hotel by Friend Cochran;
two dwelling houses are going up for the
sons. Parker and James w. Cochran and
also one for W p Simmons. The large oil
receiver Of the Standard co. has 50 Tar
progressed as 10 be ready for the roof by
Thursday night. This receiver is 50 feet
i'm diameter. The well of the Hammett
Bros, on the Beason farm, just drilled IS
reported dry.
~ TIE BELMONT SECTION.
The speculative oil outlay in the Bel
mont section since the opening Of the boom
is thought 10 be not far from Sl5O,0OO the
construction of the wells alone represent
ing some $40. 600 Of this sum.
The Two Brothers. well remains un-
changed at 30 barrels a day She has been
drilled some of late, but not 70 any consid-
cradle extent The tanks connected with
the works has 915-baTel capacity, but
the oil is shipped from this every other
dav Mr. c. b. Hart one of the success
ful cO-partucrs besides being in
terestcd in five other wells now
drilling. is constantly investing IN other
and more vCuturcsome property. tie has
perhaps. to-day, more varied interests IN
this section than any other operator at Bel
mont. His latest achievement is some
what amphibious in its nature. IL includes
theprchase of an acre of land on the ONO
side by the terms of which he practically
becomes proprietor OF the ferry line be-
tween this and the Ohio shore. II came
about I'm this way. John Hcrvey, former
lv of Wheeling, owns 100 acres on the Ohio
side, one of which he leased 10 Edwin
Bond TO live upon while running the ferry.
II was this same
CHOICE PIECE OF PROPERTY
that M Hart has Just become enamoured
of. and 10 secure IL, paid Bond $1,000. in
Guiding the ferry line Mr.. Hart already
has well under way ON his newly acquir-
ed territory. and pays Bond $50 month
FOR running the passenger ferry boat
Two wells In the Belmont section have
been shot within the past two days, the
No 3 Corhett at 80 barrel rate. and the
Barucsdall X Boyle well on the hill for "a
record of 100 barrels. This makes but
three "oilers" IN the Belmont section up 10
date. The next well expected i'm about
Fridavl is the William Johnson well No. !.
Ii is now down LOCO feet and the easing
was put i'm YESTERDAY Mr.. johnson is
proprietor of four wells under way, ana
Joint owner of another ON the Ohio side
with Mr. William Boyle. Al least five
wells are expected TO DE in in the next
thirty days.
.H na..ra
Frank NJ Brown well. on the line of the
Ohio River road. almost touching the
track and il is reported that the County
Commissioners are going 10
CLAIM : ROYALTY
ON the ground that the railroad company
had no right 90 let the land for that purpose.
The seconbwcl on the Two Brothers ISL
and is down 300 feet II is thought that
one of the large wells now drilling near the
hotel win strike gas instead Of oil. and If
i'm great volume just at this particular
time. 10 will bee "a very marketable quantity
i'm Belmont
Some of the prominent Wheeling gentle
men who are now trying To coax the mud
out of the cold sod are Judge K. II. C0ch-
ran. " b. Scott. Harry W. Mcclure,
Frank Stamm. Peter Casscil, y. \. Franz
helm. and Mr.. Baker. operating under the
name of the Casscll Oil Company. The
new ra lroad depot al Belmont has just
been completed. and In view OF the Increase
of business at this point, "a telegraph Office
has been established I'm the general store.
The Standard Oil Company, on completion
of their big receiving tank, will keep two
telegraph operators on the ground at Eure-
ka all the time The visitors 20 this sec
ton are increasing In numbers every week.
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