Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-11-04
GENERAL. OIL NEWS
A RESUME OF TIE WORK GOING on IN
WEST VIRGINIA
Coohransvills Still TO the Front-Ihs Willow
Island We'll Shot This Wssk-Ohsr
Oil News.

much work going on as ever, but very
few OF the fields have made any lucky
strikes and in such case, in mems
parlance, "thlngs are quiet"
A Plttsburg company have been drill
ing several wild cats in the vicinity OF
Darlington, this fall, and the indications
for oil are good. It is expected that
something big will be found.
About the only thing Of Importance
brought in during the week was the
Fisher Oil Co. s and A. B. Ralney's No.
. Davenport In the Cochransville extern
sion Of the Slstersville field, which is
reliably reported TO be doing about 200
barrels. II was something OF asurprise,
as there had been several dry holes
drilled on the farm previous to this one,
and it looked rather dubious TO expect
anything worth while in the face OF this
fact.
Connolly Bros, who have had so much
trouble recently with their wild cat on
GorreiPs run, back of Sistersvile, COM
menced to drill the early part OF the
week and expect to finish the we'll by
the latter part OF the coming week II
they have no more bad luck.
Pliny Parker decided last week that he
would shoot his we'll at Willow Island,
and put shot in her last Saturday, and
as result she is producing between SO
and 60 barrels day.
The Atlantic OIL Company's we'll at
Funnel, which started Of at about 1000
barrels a day, has fallen off until now it
is producing only about $50 barrels.
The Mountain State Gas Co. are put
ting down two new gas wells. One Is
located az Pine Grove and the other az
Braden's Station. The wells were due
yesterday.
The early part OF the week. The
Boston Oil Co. struck big gusher on
the Stevens farm in Newport town ship.
The greasy fluid was found in the Cow
Run sand, at depth of seven hundred
feet. The we'll flowed strongly for q
time and the oil was thrown over the
derrick and completely saturated the
clothing of the drillers. What the regu-
lar output will be is not yet known.
In a few days something more def.
mite will be known about the Steuben-
Vile field. Given 81 Co.'S. we'll on the
Hook farm, a short distance west Of the
famous Fetner well, is drilling near the
sand, and will be due In q few days.
This is an important we'll and Is being
watched very closely by operators Is
on which very probably depends wheth-
er several other wells are drilling, will
be finished or not.
A well of some importance as to loca-
tion is now drilling on the M. K. Sim
mons farm, located seven miles north Of
Spencer at the mouth Of Little Spring
creek. The venture is owned by the
Baker Oil Company, OF Pittsburg. They
are down l, 100 feet. The owners think
this we'll is on the belt and are backed
up in their opinion by several well
known biologists who have gone over
the territory very carefully.
The Kanawha OIL Company is still
active at Cochransville, on the Ohio
side of the SistersvlIe field. This COM
pany is drilling eleven wells at present
and all are likely to make producers
Their No. 2 Walters was drilled in this
week.
In Jackson county, Pittsburg COM
pany is drilling test well on Bear
creek, in the southeast part OF the
county and about one and one.half
miles south of the well drilled some
years ago, 10 which II was reported oil,
gas and salt water were found in the
big Injun." Owing TO the presence Of
salt water and ignorance as TO how to
handle it, the we'll was abandoned,
North OF this we'll mile a we'll was re-
Gently completed, but despite the fact
that a good sand aud salt water were
there were no indications OF
oil.
A com pany of ParkersburE capitalists,
known as the Stevenson Oil Company,
has started well near Spencer, Roane
county, on the lands Of the Second Hos
pital for the Insane. The well ID now
drilling at 500 feet.
The South Penn Oil Co.'S No. l, Leife
Lenuart farm in the Jake's Run dis
trict, is doing about 20 barrels an
hour and Indications are that IT will In
crease the production when it is put to
pumping.
The operators on the Seldom Stone
farm, ia Roane county, have had some
bad luck recently in losing the bit and
bailer in the hole. An attempt was
made to drill past them, but the hole Is
crooked and they have met with poor
success. The hole has been straight
ened and drill is going on all right now,
The well is down about 1900 feet and
will be due 10 about a week.
The we'll on the Spencer farm is flow
ing about three barrels day.
About three-eighths Of mile west Of
the Perdew gusher, az Tunnel, Apple
a. Elyea have drilled a well on the Eos
ter farm. They reached the sand In
which the oil was found on the Perdew
farm, Thursday, but is was only foot
think aud dry as punk.
The Ballard we'll on Schultz fork Of
French creek is down 900 feet and Is
cased. They have been hauling water
for two weeks.
Operations in the Cochransville ex-
tension OF the Sistersvlle field are
brisk, and 8 number OF new locations
have been made this week as follows:
The Fisher Oil Company and Rainey
have made foundations near their strike
on the Davenport farm. The Victor
OIL Company has made two locations
near the same well. The KanaWha Oil
Comdany, Bettmsnn il Co., are rushing
locations near the Afford Bros well on
the Craig farm. The Eastern Oil Com
oany is drilling in the sand on the
Moore farm on the Ohio side and has
the rig up for No. 90 Hisson.
Drilling is still progressing on the
big Panther" we'll on McKtm. Is Is
down seventeen hundred feet and will
urobably be drilled over two thousand