Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-07-22

There is very little of Importance in
the oil fields to review this week for the
reason that there has been but one or
two wells Of more than ordinary i'm
pOrtance drilled in. Perhaps the most
important in the West Virginia fields
during the week was the we'll drilled in
by the Kanawha Oil Co., on the Hard
man farm in Doddridge county. This
is their No. ( on that farm, three of
which are producing wells with pro-
duction of about 900 barrels a day, while
the other well is a dry hole. Dodd-
ridge county is not being developed very
fast for the reason that the formation
is very treacherous and the majority of
the producers are afraid of that terri
tory. The only operators in that section
at present are the South Penn Oil Co.
and the Kanawha Oil Co. These two
companies are doing quite lot of drill
ing just now.
One of the first and perhaps the moss
important strike of the week was that
of Afford Bros. & O'Hara, on the Lewis
farm, a short distance from the F'rieden
well, near Antioch, o. When the well
was drilled in little over a week ago
il was reported dry at sixteen feet in
the sand. The next day, however, the
drillers went on deeper, and a sudden
strike threw the oil all over the derrick
and running down the hill to the boiler
it caught fire, communicated to the
derrick and tanks, and burned them
down before an estimate of the well
could be made. Since then a new der
rick has been built, but for some rea O)n
the well has not been gagged, or il it
has the worth of it has not been given
out 1t is thought the we'll will be
equal to, if not better producer than
the Frieden well. 1t is possible there
will be some litigation connected with
this well, as the Eastern Ohio Company
claim that it was a part of their pur-
chase when they bought the leases on
which the Frieden well is located.
The talent was startled a little on
Thursday when it was reported that the
well drilled by Mellon e. Co., on the
Rinehart farm. near Jerusalem, on the
Belmont and Monroe county line was
in and was a good producer. The re-
port proved to be a hoax later in the
week. A report received from the we'll
on Friday was to the effect that there
was not even show of oil or gas.
The treacherous Keener sand pro-
duced a very nice well the latter part
of the week a short distance from
Friendly, on the Parker farm. The
well is owned by the L. c. Wilson Oil
Company, and is reported to be doing
about 200 barrels. 1t is not at all like,
ly that it will keep this gait up very
long, as, usually, the Keener sand wells
fall off very rapidly.
The coming week will likely be full
of interest for the oil me of this sec
ton. In the vicinity of the Dye-Brooks
well there Will be several wells due, and
also over on the Ohio side in the Vicir-
ity of the Frieden and Afford Bros. well
near Antioch, o. These wells will be
watched very closely, as they are very
important Over in Ohio the Kanawha
has two wells on the Lohri farm, east
of the Frieden we'll both of which are
due early in the week. Digby & Co.
also have a we'll due about 1900 feet
north of the F'rieden. These wells are
in a position that if they come in pro-
ducers it will show that there is a pool
VI oOllt ulLuCuSlOL0 III llldl SOULFUL.
The oil market advanced during the
week about cents, and the Standard is
now quoting credit balances at $15215
On Monday the Standard raised its
then valuation of a barrel of oil from
$l4712 to S150, and allowed it to stand
there until Friday, about noon, when it
was further elevated, that time to
Sl521a, where it stands yet.