The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-09-10
REVIEW OF OIL.

The Outlook In the siSteTsVills Field
Hsttsr Than for some Tims-At'sRt!sH
Directed to the KSensr sAnd Develop
mentS
The southwest fields during the past
week have been OF unusual interest and
have furnished material for good deal
OF gossip in circles where field develop.
mentS are most discussed, says I'D, S.
W." in his weekly review OF the Sisters.
vile oil field. The Ereiden and D.sSt
pools, in Monroe county, have once
more forged to the front with VIOLA that
will make fortunes for their owners aud
stimulate operations in field that had
two weeks ago showed itself money
loser instead of a money maker. OF the
two pools on tho Ohio side OF the Sis
tersville field the DleSt gems the most
promising, yet tho developments up to
the present cover too small an area to
form an opinion as to the dimensions OF
the pool.
A third we'll completed on the Dost
farm that came in with record OF 30
barrels an hour, and to the east tho
Ekleberry well shows the possibility OF
an extension in that direction South.
west, tho test well on the Hill farm IL so
small AZ to he virtually dry, and gives
little encouragement to search farther
in that direction. There is still room
for expansion IN other directions, and
with the work now well under way it
will only be a short time until the story
will have been told.
In tho Freiden pool there have been
three new wells added to the list, the
best one, tho Widow Lohri No. 9, shows
there are rich spots in that part Of the
field.
Tho South Penu's hopeless failure,
the second well on the Vogler farm, was
drilled through the sand aud proved u
dulter. With all tho good strike, in
that part OF the field since its inception
there has been a dry hole for each
producer.
Tho Dye.Brooks pool has done moth.
ing in the past, seven days to hold out
any encouragement to those who had
early in the game played 1t for u win.
ner The two big wells on tho Dye.
Brooks farm have been almost oncom.
passed with busters, aud as u result ope.
rations are almost at q stRud.still. To
the north the South Penn OIL Company
will drill in we'll well this week on tho
d. Martin farm that will determine the
possibility Of northeast extension,
aud II that location should play the big
concern false there is little hope OF
pushing through on any other line.
The we'll on the johnson farm, At Shl-
loh, was as an experiment, drilled
through the fourth and Gordon sanda
and found both formations barren.
The Oxford Oil Company met with
nothing but dlSappointments on the
Grim farm, to the west Of the Dye.
Brooks, but Saturdays developments
show it is strictly in it to the north
east, in the Keener sand development.
That company drilled in its ties! well on
the L. NJ. Thomas farm, located mile
southwest OF the original producer on
tho Holmes farm, AMI were rewarded
with producer that started at the rate
OF thirty barrels an hour. Up to the
present this Ia the best Keener sand
well found in the Sislersville field, and
will be the incentive for more now work
in that end Of the field
The Keener sand territory, on Middle
Island creek, has demonstrated that it
is not well to ignore that formation.
The South Penn Oil Company, Garland
& Hayes aud the Victor Oil Company
have all prolted by their faith in the
Keener sand, 1t has been demonstrated
very clearly that sand in one part OF a
field may prove deceptive, while in an.
other part it will furnish satisfactory
producers.
In tho early excitement Of the Sisters.
villo field the keenor sand wells proved
hashy, and in time it was regarded as
little value, no matter ii tho showing
when drilled in was good.
Near Braden pump station, in Tyler
county, and near tho Doadridge county
limo, the PRova Oil Company, OF Pitts.
burgh, made a strike on the Grey farm
that wac, perhaps, the most important
discovery of the week. Tho well Is west
OF any Big Injun sand DEVELOPMENT and
is rated as good for one hundred bar
rola pOr day.
In Doddridgc, Wetzel and Marion
counties, smail wells were tAe rule dur.
ing tho past seven days.
lie cusher region, north Of Manning.
ton, failed to furnish any now weIl8,
but tho presnt week will sec soIno new
attractions in that country that will
swell the aggregate Of now production
when tho accounts arc balanced at tho
end Of the month.