The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-02-19

I 9IeQQQQ 70 every mhuulACtuIlue
establishment and Industry in the city
aud vicinity and furnished fgpret
enough to snow that he knew whereof
he spoke, and to convince strangers that
as y manufacturing city Wheeling i
hard to beat. He referred 10 the Btsbii.
ity OF Wheeling's business aud showed
that while other cities were undergoing
financial embarrassments, Wheelipg't
factories are always ready TO pay, and
her banks never failed.
Prof. ]. o. White next spoke on oil
and gas fields as follows:
r4oP. WHITES SPEECH.
The desire TO search out new and hidden
things Is universal. Itwcds alike the aslton'
omer TO his telescope, the chcmiAt TO his cruel
bIe the philosopher tn-thouRht Led by this
enchAntm tment, men explore the depths OF the
teI delVe into noun rs. AId seek 70 penetrate
the earth lsell 10 unyeIl tlg hlddcb mysteries:
This AL prevailoE inpIlso p Is me mmsiEnSP3 Fl
The historic we'll In the valley OF OIL Creek be
low TltWSgIlle, which gave 70 civilization rev
llluminant aud to the business world anewln
duStry.
pending upon oil aud natural gas Is MEuhl!y
awarded % Pennsylvania. This Is not really
true. West Virginia and not Pennsylvania Is
the true birth place Of both. Right here in this
beautiful valley Of the kaHawh ha vas natural Bat
tirSE ut lIz!d i0r manufacturing purposes, 20
ycarB before such use II Pennsylyanih, while
from The other kAuawha, at BurniDg, Springs
oil was shipped In barrels And q regular tTaHie
n i builtnp many Year, before Pennsyiyani4;s y,
the county Of KauRwta (Which He1erally leads
the procession In business rs we'll rs politics.
drilling IoOls and the method o. casing weIls
were both invented. without which the oil aud
gas irduStry would have been impossible. Al
honor 70 the memory OF Col. Drake for tiTst con-
ceiyIng aud executing the plan OF drilling into
the Garth to obtain oil.
WEST VIRGINIA INVENTORS.
hut in this connection let US not forget the
names Of the Ruttner Brothers, whose busy
brains invented casing, nor "BIlly" Morris, who
constructed the first pAir OF "jArS," for without
both Of these discoveries deep drilling would
have been impossible. The question is ite.
quentlY asked why 4 is, that II West Virsihla
really contains so much oil, Il was not diScov'
cred and developed along with that Of her tls.
ter State. The answer Is At hand. The hrst
wells 10 find oil In our State were on the Little
KanAwha, where great arch IN ther throws
the oil sands much nearer the surface than else
where 10 The State, and hence It happened that
although wells were drilled In nearly every
county west from the Alleghenies, none OF them,
untl recent years, penetrated the earth lar
HISTORY OF TIE oil. AND Gas DEVELOPMENT
About eight years ago your speaker took up
the serious study OF oil aud gas problems in
Pennsylvania. The following year became can
yinCed that the great oil belt Of that State wODld
extend Into aud across our own. Acting on this
conviction, had map prepared almost eIActly
like the one you kCe here now. Thls snomit
ted TO a Pittsburgh htni, and tho theory Of
southern extension OF the Pennsylvania field 40
Ds,a aHnH n R1nNEihtR them That tl1F Wnfn LIE
huccd to undertake the oil development nl West
Virginia on a large scale under my directions
Over four hundred thousand acres OF west Vir
ginla lands were leased BY my llttle brother
who now does business Tor The United States
The Pittsburgh syndicate drilled two wells 10
this imIneu!e area and erected about eight
derricEs. The hHt was drilled for gas, with
which 10 supply Wheeling. Some gus was found.
but not rs much ~ the company expected. The
second we'll was for oil, and located near
BOARD Tree Tunnel. at the southwest clrner Of
PennSylvanlA. This found only small quRlli'
~ Of The golden Auid! Tho syndicate WAS dis
neItier oil nor gas 10 West VIrginlR, and bank
riptcy would be the result VI further efforts TO
fad them.
The shut down" movement came en-, aud all
the property, which would have madC Roekaiel.
lers Of It's owGcn, vas permitted TO lapse and
the leases TO become void, Within sight Of the
Hoard Tree venture q valuable oil well was
COmpleted by the Standard OIL Company during
~ ssss Sesofs III. HaEIlI had drilled lis FFss well
at Mt, Morris, was one on the FOnSt farm, near
Falrview, In Marion county. HeIeR derrick ba1
been erected, aud plead with tile PittsbuEgh
men 70 make this test before haaliy aSandontsF
West Virginia. They were deaf 70 my appeal
and to.dSy this old derrick stands iu the midst
OF 4 dozen oil wells, gushing from one 70 nve
bundled barrels each, and sendt1g Two thousand
baFfGls Of the finest oil IN the world tht0bblDg
through tho pipe line on It's way to the sea.
Tho Mt, Morris, Dolls Run. fAiTYiew and
MRnninEton oil and gAs fields, whose southern
end no one hiss yet found, and which, ln my
opinion, will prove the lOOgeSt largest aud
richest oil and gas pelt lh5 world has ever
leases which the PItShuEEh syndicate held
RED LETTER EPOcH
UagI the year 1854 the oil magnAses Of the
country pall no serious attention to West Viz
glnja, This date, however. is red letter" ont
in our oil history. tef y marks shs opeaing q
Dolls Run and MRuningtOn and the rise Of tht
Rise Of tlle Eureka field N prominence. These
three Developments brought the Standard Of
Company 10 realize IhRs hefe IL West Ntfgirt
was 70 be the great oil fields OF the future, and
that much beriet MONOPOLY has come into Olil
state u take possession Of iIs oil business.
| HpT many hundred sores Il has leased OF puT
chated do not know, but the territory II con
IroIs Il vast one, aud the Inll!lOn and hal
dollars It has expended In building plpo llnt
from MorEautown 70 the sea attest that S IS will
US 70 stay. Just what It's influence VIII be upon
our young Commonwealth remains 70 be ascer
fRlned. II Is here at the capita! asking lCsisln
! tion necessary for carrying on This vast buNnes
| al DFOducinK aud marketing tho mil io1G n
barrels OF oil which lie hidden IN our rock!
oil LrGisLAIioN.
II what It asks be fair, 1t is only right that /
should be forgiven. Most Of Us have only see
the dark side OF this monster corporation. 1t
immense resources have been used In this Conn
| I'm 10 crush out rivals whom Il could not puI
chase, but al tho same tlmc only The power o
onish mo MOBILES, R1thschllds OF Europe In jh
contest with the cheap oils OF Europe.
10 meet this competition, and hold ~ well 4
extend the fore gn markets lOr American oils
this iuch abuSed corp IrRtiou has often sold ol
| hscR doue, the price Of our oil would uOt b
more than fliIy cents barrel tO.day.
This Is ono Of the benefits that aggregAle
wealth cOnters OF which we hear very little.
YRSN rESRsYtyAStk 10 GESTycKY.
1t Is my Grfh belief that this great oft bel
which has come down 70 our State through
| dlSIGuCa al 90 mi es Will eX'end clear aero,
| ihe sane from Hancock 10 LO2An. uly ~ dA
| / received a Telegram that 4 large 1Dw Of 81
mad stopped the dFill 1t well In 0llmeT, Will
| Mal0F HolctkllS tells me that u well heln
driiied by his company IN Lincoln has had
Il SfoD for The same cause. The gas wells at Wa
J geld, on the Big Sandy, And those 81 BurDin
eSSinrE above th.A city, complete the chain {
evidence that the oil belt VIII extend enllrcl
| aerO-S our area from the Pan Handle N kci
iucky, for wherever the RaS occurs the heAyi'
luid q not tat away,
How much Of luxury aud comfort this unde
ground wealth will bring 70 the homes ~ o.
> 5Ate NO man can estimate. But our iuluFo 1
1 tbIs respect could not be brighter With II
greatest coal fields 10 tho world, giving uh
] ample supply OF solid fuel for all time 10 COM
Win this Ercsl HteeIl Of liquid gold, cdurSlt
: through our rocks, only WAitiRR TO be MPpei
. with the largest fields Of natural gaS The EOr
/. has ever ever leen 10 bring comfort and ease
our homes, Wbere q the commonwealth Who
, future IA brighter than OnrS'
] LET TaE WORLD KSOw.
: All that We necl to do Is TO let die world knC