Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-08-19
A WEEK OF BUSTERS.
The Record Broken in the Number Of
Dry Holes Drilled In
In a Single Week in the Sistersville
Field-Dye-Brooks and Dog Skin
Both Look Bad - Ferris No. 3,
Will Make Producer - The
Weekly Review of the Fields.

w eekly Review Of the Fields.
With but one or two exceptions the
events in the West Virginia oil fields
the past week have been Of a very IN
profitable nature. The principal place
heard from and the only oil field that
is attracting any attention of note was
the Sistersville field. Early in the week
the operators commenced to bring IN
dry holes and this was kept up until
the latter part of the week. The first
thing, or rather things, in, were the
wells Of the Ohio Oil Co., and that Of
Ernst & Co, over on the Ohio side, in
the Dog Skin district These wells were
on the southeast Of the big gushers re-
Gently dr;lled in and q great deal was
expected OF them. For some reason
they We're delayed for several days, and
this was taken as an evidence by many
that the wells had already been drilled
IN and were of some account a few
days later, however, Il was developed
Jnat such was not the case. and that the
wells were really not in the sand yet.
When they did come in there was con-
siderable surprise expressed among the
operators at the results, for the reason
that it was almost a foregone conclu-
sion that the pay streak in the Sig
gushers extended in the direction of
these wells. Following these wells
came the Wanahas, owned by the
Wheeling Oil and Gas Co.. which was
at first reported dry. Later it was
learned that the we'll was not actually
a duster but that it was so small that
1t was not probable it could be made
10 pay with even shooting and pump
ing
Follwing these wells mentioned above
the Dye-Brooks No 3, a well that was
considered almost certain of being
producer came in dry as a bone and
me extension Of the field in that d;rec-
ton got another black eve. Several
other wells were drilled i'm in that seq
tlon during the week, but so far none Of
Vnem nave amounted to anything.
Coming back to the Ohio side again
the Crawford and Treat well on the
Bachman lease, was the next well 10
come IN dry. This well was owned nv
tenderfeet Of Wheeling and near nv
towns, and Crawford and his mariner
were drilling it for an interest. or
course When 10 came in a buster II made
me parties connected with il feel nrett,,
blue, and some of them are inclined n
Oeleye that there was oil found and
mat the report given out about the we'll
was not correct. No matter. the well &c
perfectly dry and no mistake
During the week Just passed there
We're seven dry holes drilled in the Sis
tersyille field. The fact has won mat
section the cognOmen Of "The Land Of
busters When. a cOuple of weeks
ago, the big gushers were coming in the
place was called an easy street for
some reason, presumably because the
territory looked so good Now The
operators have changed their tune. The
coming IN Of the dry holes both on tbe
OHIO and West Virginia sides will havs
a very bad effect on the work now 90
ing on in the field. Already there have
been quite a number Of wells closed
down in The vicinity Of the dry holes
recently drilled by the companies men
toned above. and there is every indica-
ton that there viii be more closed down
IN the near future.
Another well Of some Importance that
was drilled in during the week was
that Of Sutton & Co. on the Thiele
farm. about three miles from the river
on the OHIO side. This well is I'm de,
Veloped territory, but it was not ex-
pected TO be more than very small
producer, when In reality il is doing
about 300 barrels.
The kanawha Oil Company's we'll on
the p. & II. Williamson. about which
there was so much mystery the early
part of the week, has turned out to be
little or no good, and it is doubtful
whether it will make a paying producer.
This well is out in the Middle Island
district and was very important one.
A Sunday paper printed Yesterday
morning a telegram purporting to come
from Sistersville at . a. m. under a
scare headline. to the effect that the
NOgler well had been drilled In Satur-
day evening, and that it was good for
about 800 barrels. In the first place
the statement that the telegram had
been received after a. m. was of it.
self enough to prove to anyone who
knows anything about the matter that
the article was a fake. The telegraph
Office az Sistersville Is never open after
1880 p. H., and they could not pos
Sibly get a telegram from there at the
time they claimed. Then, again, the
rumor that the VOgler we'll had been
drilled in was current on the streets
here early in the evening Saturday, and
a telegram was received by the Regis
tr about o'clock saying that the same
rumOr was current, and the item in the
Register was printed as a rumOr for
what it was worth, and not as a positive
fact under glazing headline Another
bad break on the part of thai Unreliable
sheet was in the item printed Saturday
that the Bartlett we'll on the Boles
farm was in the Big Injun and that it
would be drilled 10 the Keener." If
the writer of that stuff will consult
any oil man, or even a geological map,
he will discover that the Keener sand
is about IS feet above the Big Injun.
In Pleasants county during the week
a very good we'll was drilled in by Mall
lory Barnsdall & Co., on the Brown
farm, on Broad Run, a short distance
from St Marys. It looks very much
now as though there was a considerable
field in the shallow sand in that county.
Some time ago Caldwell * Co. drilled in
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