Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-08-20
OIL NEWS.


Sistersville, w. Va, August 10
11:40 p. m.-The Vogler well will not
be in until morning.
The briggs well, on the school house
lot, is in, and is buster.
What was a very few days ago a
Furnishing town of considerable dimen-
sions and population over in the Dog
Skin district, called by the oil men IN;
City, Jr," there is now hardly a trace
eft. On Friday last, after almost
a week OF nothing but dry holes, the
exodus commenced and the place now IS
almost deserted In speaking OF the
matter yesterday one man, who has been
there right along, said that everybody
stayed until Friday hoping against nope
but with that prOyerba.y unlucky day
nothing turned up and everybody seem
ed TO make break at the same time ana
all day people could be seen leaving the
place with their belongings on their
backs, until al Saturday at noon there
was not one at the hO-el which had been
doing a fourishing business, for dinner.
The well on the Eddy farm southwest
of the Friedon, being drilled by 10y &
McMullen, is reported TO be flat hole
and an attempt IS now being made TO
straighten it out.
The wells drilled in in the Dog Skin
district continue to come in dry with
Christian regularity and that field IS re-
receiving a very black eye. During last
week every well drilled in was buster
I,,o
latest dry hole was that of the Deep Run
Oil Company OH the Lewis farm. TINS
cOmpanys No. was drilled in Sunday
and at first was reported to be showing
for a producer, but yesterday the well
was drilled almost through the sand
and is reported to be as dry as a powder
horn should be-
A curious sight in this field is that oS
every one Of the wells drilled in during
the past week there has been an UNI
Ibrella hoisted and tied on the top OF th5
derrick No one can explain why this
was done but il is supposed some wagS
placed them there for the purpose Of
The Oxford Oh COmpany's No. l on
the Grim was drilled in yesterday morn
ing and is a buster. This well is To-
Gated out on Middle Island in the Dye
Brooks territory.
The South PENIS No / on the Boles
out in Dye-Brooks district put in GA
casing yesterday and will probably be
drilled in to-day or tomorrow. The
same company's well on the Bell Willis
will also be due about the same time.
The SA casing was pulled yesterday,
The School House well on the Ohio
side in the vicinity Of the big gushers,
owned by Wheeling and Bridgeport par
ties, about which there has been so much
talk lately, is drilling at about $50 feet
and will not be due for about ten days.
The Gould field has come to the
front with another god producing oil
well, No. Brew, drilled by George CIV
en-, is in and is making a good show
ing that ranks it as good for from so tex
100 barrels a day.
Some Bellaire parties have leased con-
siderable land around Jacobsburg o.,
and intend to drill at least two wells.
They begin on their first we'll this week
under the name Of the JacObsburg Oil
bnd Gas Company.
A new oil company has been formed
called the Standing Stone Oil Company,
and consists Of Wheeling, Benwood and
other parties. They have leased a block
Of land near the WoOdsfeld tunnel
and will commence putting down a we'll
at once.
LEASING IN OHIO COUNTY.
Deputy Sheriff J. NJ. McCuloch has
made the following leases in Triadelphia
district, this county:
Andrew J. Halsted and wife, II acres:
Mr.. liner, A acres; Katharine Fisher,
12S acres; Joseph Wagner 104 acres;
Ernest Stephen and wife, 112 acres;
George Holman, 1873 acres; Randolph
Fisher, PSI acres.
Operations in the Burning Springs
oil field are on the boom. and several
new wells have been located. All the
wells which are producers in this held
have been IN the shallow sand, some Of
them not over 300 feet deep. They are
not very expensive to drill but none of
the wells were very large producers,
and they have to be pumped.
Some years ago a few deep wells
were drilled in that field, hut they wera
losing ventures.
Recently Krebs &, Lorentz drilled
we'll into the Big Injun sand, and they
were rewarded with a good flowing
well, which has been making about 40
barrels a day. The well is located
right in town, only a short distance
from the postohlce.
The strike has stimulated others to
go to the deep sand and two wells are
being drilled on the Moore farm, a
short distance from the other well, on
the opposite side of the river, and sew
eral wells have ben located.
ARRANGING FOR THE FINALS.
New York. August 19.-The commit