Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-08-11
A BOOMING FIELD
TIE WHIRL OF EVENTS DOWN AT SISTERS,
WILLIE.
New Wells Going Down on Every Side and the
Territory Rapidly Extending to the Great
PROM. olal Concerned.

Donald uelQ OOtl To punt Oh Sl-0 "i "a
productlveness. The original limits Of
the field were bounded by narrow
strip Of land along the banks Of the
river. on either side. with one or two
widely separated wells in the valleys Of
rms. distance of a mile or TWO back
from the river. AS confidence in
creased, however, from a steadily grow
ing Output. other wells went down upon
territory not at hrst looked upon with
favor uutil to-day the field has an area
of al least forty square miles,
with fully fifty wells, To various
stages of progress. From being esteem
ed strange aud wonderful thing, a
three hundred barrel we'll IS now re-
garded as commonplace, and attracts
but limited amount OF attention ana
but a three-Iue squ0 IN the local
papers. Oh men have Hooked 10 the
feId from near and Far, and the Invest
meutS 50 far made can only be measured
bv the hundreds OF thousands OF dollars
i'm the vast majority OF cases yielding
very satisfactory return upon the ven
ture made. The indications are that
the field is still. iu it's infancy, and oil men
of experience and SagaCity are we'll
grounded in the opinion that the present
limits of the productive territory will
be very largely increased, and that 10
Will iu six or eight months be producing
more oil than did the Mcdonald field 40
the height OF It's output. Already the
lucky owners OF the oleaginouS territory
have re6ped a gOOdIy number OF dollars
in rentals and royalties, the income or
some of these gentlemen running as high
as 5000, 500 and $500 per month, and
the total amount OF money dropped In
the little town of R1veuwOod Ia one
way or another is very large. Many
persons who gruObed along for genera
ti0n. barely making both ENDS meet IN
an uncertain and unsatisfactory sort or
way, now find themselves in pos
session of an income far
greater than they can possibly
spend, and some very tidy sums are be-
ing laid away against that seemingly
far-Od day, when the oil and gas snail
give out the derricks tumble into de
cav, and the whiri of the buli-wheel and
the steady puff OF the portable engine
be no longer heard In the land. or
course, the producers are laring even
better. while all the surrounding farm
ing country has felt the beneficial re-
suits accruiug from the sudden influx OF
a large population, every man with mon
ey which he is willing 20 spend for L h.
pecessaries and Injuries of life. the
town itself has undergone met
amorphOsis, which leaves 10 In shape
difficult of recognition by the
vyavfaring man who knew 10 in its old
and Dlodding days. The places OF bust
ness have multiplied, boarding houses
blossom out here and there, machine
shops are RAINING, the railroad is doing
a rushing business, handling dozen or
a score OF cars when it formerly han
died one. strangers ill the streets, and
come and go necessarily, and above all
is 10 be heard the snort OF the steam
engine, and the pounding OF carpenters
aud pipe-ftters, while towering der
ricks rear themselves alOtt on every
side. They are TO be seen along the
river shore, beside the railroad, dotted
through the fields, on the hill-SldeS and
along the valleys OF the little streams,
while in the town proper they are scat
tered i'm back aud front yards, on vacant
lots. and even in the streets, while great
iron tanks fli every available nook and
corner, and network Of pipes, great
and small, runs i'm every direction. That
is the Sistersyil.e of to-day, and the con-
trast is wonderful and striking one.
The following notes, from the current
issue Of the Democrat give an idea OF
the whirl OF events In one West Viz
ginia OH county
Last Saturday morning between the
hours OF . and g o'clock a. am, an OH
derrick on j.. b. McCOY's land below
town was burned down, The drlllers
were working with a torch light aud
the drill suddenly striking a hOw OF gas,
il was ignited and burned the derrick
down and the rope off, leaving the tools
fin the hole The we'll is flowing, how
ever, and will make a good well. A new
derrick was completed Sunday.
2. III. Gafney's we'll No. 3, on j. b.
McCoy's land below town, came In Sat
urday afternoon and is a good we'll.
Mr.. McCoors well, on Miss Blanche
Wells town lot, adjoining the Presoy-
terrain parsonage, Is IN ana VIII make
good so barrel well.
Mr.. Gaffey has located another wei,
on J. b. McCoy's land below the run be-
low town.
Hervey Bros. & Bartlett No. on
Eliza McC0y's land came in Sunday
evening and will be a good we'll
The we'll on Dixie McCOy'S town lot
Gu the river bank below RusselPs old
store, came in Sunday evening aud Will
be a good $50 barrel well.
The well on the beech which Wallace
& Parker are drilling will be in to-day.
The well on Mccoy Bros. lots on the
river bank i'm front OF their old store
room came in early last week and Is
flowing well. making 500 barrels day.
Smith & Shay's we'll on Robert Var
ner's farm back Of town is In, and will
make a good pumping well.
Ludwig & Mooney have started new
well on Mccormick & MOrrisOn'S farm,
about two miles from town. They will
commence 20 spud to-day.
Tine well on the lot OF the VIM. Rus
sell heirs on Water street came in Sun-
dav evening, and will make fairly
good pumping well.
Several new rigs have been put up
during the past week on the Wells farm
below town. This is all good territory
now, and is worth q fortune to It's OWN
ers.
Ludwig & Mooney brought another
big well In last week In the rock cut
above town on Mrs. Eveline RussellS
farm. It's said TO be the largest well
vet found in this field. 10 is TOO wild
vet with gas TO say what the production
Will be, but it's James Dandy with
big J.