Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-12-13
BIG SANDY OIL.
A FIVE HUNDRED BIRREL WELL IN PIKE
COUNTY, KENTUCKY
TIE Standard Oil Company Back Of the Operations.
SONS Very Lucky WildcluiDg-Ihs Dsvsl-
opmsnt Being Pushed Forward at Several
P5ns-Prospscs for Big Production.
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ASHLAND, KY, December 13.-The
great possibilities OF the Big Sandy val
ley as an oil producing territory have
never as yet been fully appreciated by
the operators az large, nor has the work
OF development been brought to their
notice. Though for a yea past the
New Domain OH & Gas Company, con-
trollsd by the South Penn Oil Company,
q branch Of the giant Standard, has
been putting down test well az different
points. The great preeautloh observed
80 all times has kept the result Of their
experiments. till the present. in CON-
plste darkness The New Domain
hold at the present fully 100 600 acres
Of oil territory leased in the counties of
Pike and Floyd aud they have put down
on this large tract eight wells Of which
five are paying ventures, a
bit Of validating that is
considered phenomenal Toe result OF
their experiments has been most en-
cOuragiug az an times, but never so
much so as now. The first test was
made ln Floyd county, on Beaver creek,
aud along that stream they have four
wells that are estimated 20 have an
output Of 400 barrels per day. All or
these wells are plugged aud constantly
guarded. Every pr0cautlon known 70
the operators for maintaing secrecy Is
adopted, and no clue as 90 what Is be-
ing done is allowed 70 escape. The
work is under the personal supervision
Of George X. DimmiCk, OF Dimmick X
GOrmley, famous for their work az No
Gao, the mystery field OF Pennsylvania,
aud be is sustaining his reputation.
With four paying wells out Of six Efforts
in Floyd county, Dimmick
CROSSED OVER INTO PIKE,
a distance Of Is miles nearly due east
aud putting down TWO wells One Of
these was abandoned at tBe depth OF
100 feet because Of the tools sticking,
but the other was pushed % completion,
with the result that few DAYS ago az the
depth Of $500 feet a tremendous flow Of
oil was struck The fluid covered the
derrick aud rushing out flowed like
water down Cedar crock a distance OF
three-Quartsrs Of a mile, before contrOll-
Cd. The lowest estimate places the
product Of this we'll az FIVE hundred bar
rels per day. The strike at this point,
about two miles below Pikevilie, is Of
vast importance. The trend Of the belt
which Is Of indefinite lenghJh, Is from
southwest to northeast, and this strike
clearly gives il q width of eighteen
miles. Such continuous width IS quite
out Of the ordinary, and but foreshad-
ows what Is yet 90 come. Beyond the
establishment Of the fact that the oil is
extensively present other interesting
features have been revealed. 10 Floyd
county the oil is found 40 the depth Of
900 feet, while 10 Pike county the depth
Is doubled as is the product
The conditions Of the strata are dig
ferent 10 q considerable extent, the
thicknesSes varying, and the oil pro
ducing sand as found 10 Pike county be-
iug In far greater volume. Altogether
the indications are regarded as more
than usually promising. While the
Sew Domain Is having success they are
NOT ALONE IN THE WORK.
Across the river on the Cancy fork Of
Johns creek, Greenlee s. FOrst, Pitts
burg operators, who have been sue
cessful in the Mcdonald field, the
Warrington, w. Va. field, and the
Montpelier, Ind, field, are putting
down a we'll thu has 50 far possessed
all the psCuliaritles of the we'll on
Cedar creek. Al the depth of 1900
feet they are delayed by lack Of casing,
a lot OF which Is now en- route and will
reach them IN time 60 allow the COM
plstiOn Of toe we'll by the first Of the
year az farthest. This we'll lies north
east Of Pikevills a distance Of seven
miles. and is az least ten miles from the
Cedar creek well, but directly 10 the
trend In that section the company
hold AsaseS on 10000 acres or more of
the e. picest territory. They are very
coDfdNnL
Agah, scross 10 Floyd, on the Salt
Lick fdrk OF Beaver, on land adjoining
the New Domain wells ADD leases,
GufeyE Queen are putting down a new
well. This was also delayed from an
e1haul lion Of rope. their cable giving
out AZ The depth of 500 feet During
the pa few days, though, an additional
Supply was received, and they ought
now TO be nearing the point Of striking.
This company holds about twenty-five
acres Of valuable lands, aud
are unusually lucky Ia all OF their
ventures.
should each OF these companies find
oil IN paying quantities., it is
expected a pipe line will De put down 10
she sRrinG 20 carry the product 70
polht fhere it can be worked. The oil
Is lignt aud is not lubricant Ia its
crude state it burns readily, and the
cost Of, refinement
"a ESTIMATED REMARKABLY LOW.
The New Domain Company already has
a. line surveyed 40 miles across 20
where the product Of
mir Wells will be handled by the re-
fnerje4 of the Standard Oil Company.
There has been talk OF bringing it out
lis Wv. aud the matter may later be
20 that end. The present
IndicaIions. though, point TO Parkers-
bnrg l. the favOrite. Additional ad-
Y ices a re daily expected from the wells
nsarlnk completion, aud the results will
he watlhed with the greatest interest