Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-08-04
STILL ANOTHER GJSHER.
Three Big Wells in as Many Days
on Dog Skin.
Afford Bros. We'll on the Lohrl
Comes in Good and the Excite
ment is Intense-Operation Near
FarmingtOn-Field News.

Afford Bros. & O'Harra's No. l, loca-
ted on the Lohri farm, was drilled into
the sand Friday evening about eleven
o'clock. and it turned out to be another
gusher. 1t was turned into the tank
and a gauge made yesterday morning
which showed that it was making over
s barrels an hour. Three such strikes
as this company have made in the past
yeal, are the wonder Of the world, and
nothing TO equal them has been known
since the early history Of the Mcdonald
field. The other wells Of this company
are holding up to the gauge reported
Yesterday morning, and these strikes
are conclusive evidence that there IS q
pool Of large dimensions in that ter
ritOry. despite the fact that the Rlne-
hart and several other wells came in
dry. or nearly so. 1t is now evident
those wells were out on the extreme
edge of the pool, and that these wells
are on the inside.
The receipts of the Pipe Line Com
panies in the Sistersville field yesterday
were 1906 barrels. The receipts Of the
Eureka lines were S,25S barrels, and
those Of the Mellon lines ISIS barrels.
The Alpha Oil COmpany's well, on
the Nippert farm, in Wetzel county,
has been made a mystery and it is i'm
possible to find out whether Il has BEEN
drilled in or not. There was a report
in circulation yesterday that it had
been drilled in and was buster.
There is considerable work going on
in the COlerain field now and already
there have been eight locations made
and there are several contemplated.
There are also quite q number of deals
being made in royalty. the latest re-
ported being the transfer Of the Bailey
farm to 4. A. Franzheim and Mcclure
Brothers, Of this city. and the transfer
Of the Bundy tract Of six and One-half
acres to Mcclure Brothers and others.
The Ohio Oil Company have in con-
temptation the erection of a pump sta
ton az the river near Bridgeport for
the purpose Of furnishing water to
those drilling in the vicinity Of Cole
rain.
Major Ran Stalnaker and VIM.
hearne ESQ, have purchased an in
terest in the C. ?. Thaker farm and will
make arrangements to have their ter
r-tOry tested az once.
Thompson & Gasmire have made a
location on the Starbuck Bros. farm
and are putting the timber on the
ground for q rig.
Grayson's well. on the Greenlee. will
start drilling this week. as viii also tho
well on the Lupton farm, owned by an
other company.
]. I. Jones No. . Thoburn, mention
Of which was made yesterday. was
drilled deeper into the sand to-day. and
at 40 feet was as dry as a bone No. ,
on the same farm was put to pumping
yesterday and is showing for q very
small well.
The gauge taken of the three big
wells drilled In over on Dog Skin the
latter part of the week. last night
showed that they We're producing oil as
follows; The CulbertsOn we'll on the
LOhri, 80 barrels an hour; the Lewis Oil
Co. we'll on the Lewis Iarm. 20 bar
rels an hour; and the Afford Bros. and
O'Hara we'll on the Lohri s barrels an
hour
The Kanawba Oil Co.'S well on the
LOhri farm, which was drilled in a few
days ago and reported dry, has filled up
1000 feet with oil and water.
The name of the new corporation re-
Gently chartered at Moundsyille has
been changed from the Ohio Valley Oil
and Gas Co. to the Grave Creek Oil and
Gas Co. The change was necessitated
by there being another organization of
the same name already in existence.
There is considerable oil excitement
down about Bruceton and BrandOnville,
in Preston county, and several thousand
acres of land have been leased by par
ties from Morgantown and Pittsburg.
The lease require the operators to begin
work inside OF three years or they be-
come null and void.