Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-12-16

,wsr Overon the ONO
rss s.awaf. " w ~ r,,oortant Well in
side the IN. o-l,' F.oid-Review OF
the 5 S5,... r,ds OF tho State.
r+,,eTsn5sriae' Get INC " " "
OF the ID
ro been great deal IN
There he state ,h.s week on
.as oil can BE- hung There is
Which of work going on N all
q -. STATE. and more par,'eu-
,is the ease in the counties
al,rr ,he river.
,,lr hng Of importance that
t- the s.stersyllle field this
driu.rg IN Of the No.
-. sewar- farm by Crawford &
s.r~5sv afternoon. This we'll
most important one drilling
The Ohio side. in fact the only
.t,r had any significance TO the
The coming in Of this well has
eno-strated that there is an ex-
- to- the northwest of the Deist
and that the people operating the
- farm are strictly IN it.
v-e1 -hs wen was drilled in it start
flow. but after it had been drilled
sand about one bit a break was
and the well ceased flowing. 1t
drilled deeper and may yet be
r--at. although Z, is extremely doubt
The people who are developing
s-ritory have made arrangements
immediate drilling Of two more
u the vicinity Of the one just
.I in. and it IS expected that work
rI De commenced in very short time.
IN other parts Of the territory across
river there has been a great deal
t work done during the week, but The
Of it IS defined territory and has
attracted the attention OF the tall
s-- Reports have been received of wells
ming fin in the defined territory that
ars good for 10 barrels UP to 100, but
as they are OF no importance aside from
The production, no one pays any atten-
ton to them.
On the West Virginia side the prin-
cipal object Of interest this week was
the well drilled on the Riggle farm by
the Mountain STATE Gas Company for
gs. THIS we'll was drilled in early in
the week. and instead Of getting a good
-asser. as was expected, the we'll filed
MP 200 feet with fluid within q very
.clc time after It had reached the sand.
I. was drilled deeper Friday and filled
D 200 feet with fluid. and it is thought
-.lI make az least a ten barrel well. tt
555s very much as though there was
some oil out in that section now and
1 attention Of many Of the operators
been turned IN that direction and
vould not be surprising if quite a bit
Of a5rk would be started out there this
winter Or early in the spring.
Tr have never been any wells drill
a w in that par tof the county to
ur To- anything and in fact nearly
hing to the northeast of Middle
rra is undeveloped. Some opera
us have taken up blocks ofaleases out
flare and VIII develop their holdings
as soon as they possibly can do so.
Down in the Middle Island territory
here has positively been nothing drill
Cd In this week. There is considerable
-ri1g going on. however, and there
vim be some wells due in a very short
ting. In this section the only thing
Of Importance was the action Of the
South Penns Martin No ., after i, was
a5sI and put to pumping No reli-
able gu3ge Of the well has been secured,
,,- it is reported by persons who have
sen the well since the rods were put in.
chat it is doing almost. if not altogether,
IS much oil now as it did when first
lued in.
There rs no positive news obtainable
about the well recently drilled in by the
Connolly Bros. on the Gorren farm.
When the well was drilled in. it was
rel showing up nicely and that
Oh. prospects were for a paying produc-
".N bus since then nothing positive has
.1 learned except that the well was
ls u5ei and would be put to pump
Ing
Nothing Of more than ordinary i'm
'rance has been reported from the
Huntington field. for the reason that
& there was anything TO report. the
south Penn, the principal operator in
aat section. would not allow it to be
SVEN out. Despite an this, some little
-.o-ms-ion can be CLEANED from that
cher0us field. There is consider
BE validating going on out there at
Hasan, I'm the different pools surround
Che town. In an probability the
-es. important Of these is the well being
-.0ed by Bur, q Co. south Of Manning
-a near Joetown. All the other COM
l'-.es operating in that territory are
ing a great deal Of validating. and
-'1o1Id only be a short time until sonic
good or bad news should be re-
i from that section. if the COM
operating over there VII only