Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-08-01
NOT A HEAVY ONE.
TIE ACRE-AND-A-HALF WELL STRIKES Oil
BUT FLOWS LIGHT.
The Hart Well On Top Of the Sand and Expected
In this Eyening-Chnrch Burned in Kan
agha COunty-DespsradO Cap
tgred-State News.

Special telegram 70 he Register
BElMoNT, July 3O.-The operators here
are on theqd rirc Just now. Those who
have bit on a financial slice of the oil field
are very much concerned over the out
come OF the acre and half well The
several owners of the hole have visited the
scene Of operations with u good deal of fire.
quency of late, and such has been the in
terest in its welfare that inquiries on the
streets of Wheeling are not uncommon
This is partly due 10 the fact that upon the
success of the acre and half well depends
the value of good deal of recently pur-
chased and contiguous territory over which
Wheeling capital is scattered
The acre and half well was due Wed
nesday evening shortly after o'clock, but
owing 20 circumstances Unforeseen, she did
not come in on schedule time. She post
poued il until yesterday afternoon about 3
o'clock, when the much coveted fluid came
% the surface. She made q light flow of
from fifteen 10 twenty minutes duration,
and stored away, so one of the oil wOrkmen
connected with the well believes. between
30 and 40 barrels, although no accurate
measurement OF the flow has been taken. As
soon as the strike spread there We're
various stories ailOat, some Of which gave
the well as high as 5O0-barrel gait All
admit that the flow was 4 light one, and
was probably a long way this side of 80
barrels All Interested in the well have
given up the idea of its being = heavy pro
ducer The most sanguine do not regard
the well as over s5-barrel hole while the
majority are rather inclined 10 be sat
slied with % barrels, and most of the
owners are confident that it will settle
down 10 this gait. At present there is not
enough gaS In the hole TO force the oil out,
and tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock she
viii be shot This performance Will prob
ably determine the situation. The well is
/. 100 feet in the oil. and disclOses = fine
quality of Sand The oil is OF excellent
grade and ranks well up with the product
Of the field
Taking everything into consideration,
the well would not seem 10 be blooming
success. still. there are surprises even i'm
oil wells and, after being operated upon, it
NAV yet prove 90 be % fair producer and a
stayer as well
The Hart well ON the Town lot, near the
store. reached the top of the sand Wednes-
day afternoon. and was expected i'm this
evening The general opinion is that il
viii come in as big producer.
The new well on the Freidel farm, on the
Ohio side. has come in rs dry hole, and
work ON the scene has been abandoned.
The j. NJ. Brown well, on the Ohio side,
is doing some l25 barrels day, and Is de-
lighting the hearts of the investors.
The Bos aud Story well has recently been
shot, and is now doing about 80 barrels a
day.
a gentleman who has had much eXper-
iencei In the Belmont oil field remarks upon
the unusual proximity of the wells. He said
there were four wells where there ought 10
bc but one. and further remarked that he
would rather have a lOO-barrel well on an
aero lot than 20 have two or three wells OF
the same lot that started out at POO or 300
barrels But the trouble is ii is war OF
wells against wells. People who own prop
crtv dislike the idea of neighboring prop
ertv owners putting down wells near the
boundary line and draining the oil away
from other property. and in order to Offset
this wells loom up on all sides, and on every
corner Of a lot. This makes the multi
plicity of tine wells
The matter of who was the discOyerer Of
the Belmont field, mentioned in the REG
i~rEG. has created considerable interest,
but certain it IS that the parties who have
done the most I'm uncovering the riches of
Belmont are MessrS Johnson, Brown and
Brockuuier. although II. y. BOs and G. b.
Hart have incidentally taken prominent
hand.
Alexander Frew. who owns some 500
worth of stock i'm the Acre-and-a-halt
well. refused am offer of l,5OO for the
same few days ago.