Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-04-20
RIGS ON THE RISE.
BUSY SCENES IN THE OIL FIELDS.
New Wells at Eureka and Something Of a
Belmont Boom.
A FOREST OF TAPERING TOWERS
A Depot and Two New Hotels on the Pro
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BELMONT. April 19.-The Belmont of
January would hardly be recognized in
the Belmont of to-day. The oil fever is
on, and double-riveted about the town.
Well after well is being projected, and
the scene from the car window is an al
most forest of towering rigs. In No
vember last there was but one rig, and
now there are between 20 and 25. and
many more contemplated. IL is belicv-
ed that i'm the course Of another sixty
days fully fifty of the tapering Struc-
lures will adorn the field. There seems
to be sort of Oklahoma rush TO get at
the bowels of the earth. and so rapidly
are the rigs going up that many of them
are i'm uncomfortable proximity. In or
der to secure the much-cOveted position
of "long DRAIN" the operators are
rAXING THEIR INGENUITY
in the matter of location, and networks
of wood spring up from the most uneX-
pected places Two are located on the
line of the railroad, one north and the
othet south of the depot, the latter only
little over three feet from the rails.
1t is owned by Frank NJ. Brown, but it
it is thought some of the railroad Off
cialS are more or less interested in the
project.
The much talked Of Two Brothers
,,ron lin tbroxyfucr bpr uniform 9OO
barrels day. Up to this time this
well has never been drilled below the
first pay streak, but the work of eX-
tending her depth was commenced
today. 1t will be remembered
that this well started in at
400 barrels, but afterward
dropped to $50, when the drilling was
resumed, but soon had to be abandoned,
for the time being, on account of the
heavy volume of gas. This is still the
only well in the Belmont section that is
established, and oil men conversant with
the lay of the land, and the staying
powers of wells. say they would not be
surprised if the Two Brothers held out,
though at a greatly reduced capacity,
from Is to 20 years.
A well owned by Barnesdale and
Boyle came in this morning with 100
barrels, making the second producing
well so far in the Belmont section. All
the others are
IN VARIOUS STAGES
of getting there, the next oil expected
soon being from a well on the William
Locke property, owned by Brockunier
and Johnson. c. B. Hart, of Wheeling,
is said to be over-elated at his success
i'm the Two Brothers venture and IS
placing spare dollars right and left. He
is now Interested in some three or four
other wells now being bored A new
rig is just being started on the Lower
Brother Island. One Of the wells in
which Hart is interested, just back OF
the store at Belmont, commenced drill
ling day before yesterday. There are
now three rigs on the Two Brothers
Island, and Mr.. Brockunier informs
us that fully six will be erected on this
Island. 1t is believed there is sufficient
scope on this Island for ten good wells.
The Duncan Oil Company have just
finished putting up rig on the Taylor
farm. and will commence drilling Mon
day.
William Johnson recently sold a half
interest i'm sOacrcs of land on the Ohio
side for $4,000 to MesSrS. Brockunier
and Hart.
over in the long established Eureka
field there is scene OF hustle and ac-
tivity. At the present time out of 81
wells that are drilled there are - produc-
erS. The Standard Oil Company have
begun TO recognize
THE WONDERFUL RESOURCES
of this section to the extent of a 25,OOO
barrel iron receiving tank which they
are now building on the Mary Ellen
Hammett property. about one-half mile
southwest of the depot at Eureka.
About 40 wOrkmen are now employed
on the excavation. The oil will be
pumped by pipe to Parkersburg, and
the two immense boilers have arrived on
the ground. There is but one new rig
going up on the Eureka field at
present. and it is known as the Big John
Hammett No. 4. The well is being
projected by William HenderShaw. The
William Boyle well No. > on the Corbett
farm has struck favorable conditions
for good well. The Rus Ham
NELL No. &, owned by Barnes
dale & Co., was caSed yesterday.
They are close to the sand, and
oil is expected in two days.
The Rus Hammett No. has about
commenced to "Spud." The Mccullough
No. 3. controlled by the South Penn Co.
is down 100 to 1900 feet, as is also one
other well in the field owned by the same
company. The Rus Hammett No. is
generally regarded as the poorest well
in the field, having made very feeble
output from the start. a new hotel is
talked of for Eureka to be built by
Marietta parties, also one
at Belmont with Pennsylvania
narties for hackers. What has
long been needed and what is now des-
tined TO be realized is new depot AT
Belmont. 1t is the outcome of the
largely increased travel Of the past few
weeks. 1t will be located near the in
tersection of the rails with the county
road. George Bos and James Story will
have another rig up in few days at
Belmont, as will also William Johnson,
lust under the railroad.
NEW OIL FIELD.
A new development has taken
nlacc at St. Marys, just back OF
the upper part of the town. between
the railroad and the hills. The
well has had checkered career. 1t
was last January bored to a depth OF
500 feet for shallow oil and then aban-
doned as 'duster.n During the pro-
gross of the boring she showed quanti- !
tie of gas and salt water but not drop |
of oil. About two weeks after she was
abandoned as duster she flowed guam
titles of saltwater showing a small guam