Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-09-30
VEST VIRGINIA OIL NEWS.
The Big Well at Friendly VIII be Drilled
Deeper-Other Work In DlnerenI
Fields

The Big Well at Friendly VIII be Drilled
Deeper-other Work in Different
Fields
Special 10 the Register.
SIsTERsvILLE, w. VA, September 30
The calibre of the well brought in at
Friendly Thursday night has not been
estimated yet 1t is impossible to tell
vet how much the we'll will make when
finished. u is understood the drillers
of the well will finish drilling it in to-
day and when finished it is thought
this will be one OF the best ever drilled
ia this section.
The Knox Bros. & Co.'S well on the
Cooper farm near Glades Mills, was
shot Yesterday and is now being tubed.
1t is making a showing for good pro-
Queer.
The Fisher OIL Co. at Cochransville,
on the Ohio side, are starting and
drilling fifteen new wells on their
leases. Two are located on the Brad
field, two on the Hutchinson, three on
the Eason; they are also drilling and
starting some new wells on the Arson
Hall and Wilson farms and on Wells
Island.
The Fisher OIL Co. are drilling a we'll
on the Pheil farm and are progressing
nicely.
Cochransville and the territory now
being operated by the Kanawha OIL
Com pany are at present furnishing the
new production for this field, but there
are some good prospects In other direc-
lions which it is expected will be de-
veloped shortly.
A great deal OF interest is manifested
at the Blair well, Mills & Co., on Flu
harty Run, near New Martinsville.
which they are now pumping TO get the
sal water out.
The Fisher Oil Co. are reported to be
running II strings OF tools on their dif-
ferent leases at Cochransville. 1t is
also reported that this company have
sold their interest IN the Bradfield farm
to Russell, Ihrig 81 Co. for sum ap-
proximating $1,000.
The well on the Pollock farm, which
is being drilled by Ernest, Boyer 81
Stewart will not be in until next week.
II is reported that J. w. Boyer has sold
out his interest in this well TO Chas.
Stewart at good bargain.
The McClain well in South Frank
lin township, Pa, owned by the Peoples
Light ard Heat Company, OF Washing
ton, Pa, which created considerable ex-
citement when brought in last spring,
and which was shot recently is not pro-
ducing oil now.
The Carson we'll recently brought In
Cochransville, and which was no good,
only producing about four barrels
dav, was shot to-day and the owners eX-
pected that It will be good producer
when cleaned out.
It's reported that three new test
wells will be drilled at once in the
neighborhood of the big Archer salt
well. The Victor Oil Co. will drill one
OF the wells.
No. 5, on Wells Island, Fisher OIL
Co., and O. B. Ramely, has been drilled
in and is making a large quantity OF
salt water and some oil. 1t Is thought
the we'll will produce about $50 barrels
when the salt water is exhausted.
The Carter OIL Co. are running two
strings OF tools in the CochranVille ter
ritory, and Russell, Ihrg & Co., two.
The Royal Gas Co., Of Philadelpnis,
who have large block OF territory near
here, have erected q rig on the E Stew
art farm. about one mile ahead Of deVel-
opments.
The we'll being drilled on the Logan
farm in the 100 foot territory, near
ShirIand by the Lawrence Gas Co., is on
TOD of the sand, and has made two good
flows. Il has caused q good Bit Of eI'
element IN this neighborhood, and IL
estimated by experts to be good for fifty
| barrels.