Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-10-05
HEHS Fl0A I.IE OIL FIELDS
What is Being Done in tas Different
Parts Of the State
And Over in the Big Pools IN Mon
roe County, Ohi0-Drilhng Re
tarded by the Lack OF Water.
News from Ritchie County.

Operations over in the Deist and
Freden fields are being retarded great
ly lust now on account OF q scarcity O.
water The large companies oll have
Uipe lines laid from the Little Musklr-
gum river TO the field, but th9J stream
is reported almost dry and already @
number Of wells have been smut down.
In some cases the wells are drilled
every other day, allowing the interven'
ing day Ter the accumulation OF water.
There is q big lot OF work going On
over there that viii have 90 DE di-con-
dnued very soon. unless there rs some
way devised 20 get water to keep the
wells working
That the Deist farm has been @ bon,
ANA the following viii show: The
farm was originally leased with the
provision that O well was 20 be put
down I'm q certain time or rental paid
Iu The event Of q wen producing 40
barrels being struck che owner was 10
get $4,000 The well was drilled In
the time stipulated and turned Que 10
be an immense gusher. Since that
time there have been eight other wells
drilled on the farm. an OF which were
good producers. The production OF the
nine wells on this farm 40 the present
time about $500 barrels a day, which
az The price now being paid for oil
amounts TO $4,000 daily. The produce
U0n OF the nine wells on the place runs
from 80 barrels for the lowest well 10
400 barrels o day for the largcs g.
Every man connected with the company
interested On this farm viii make %
snug fortune
j. T. Jones & Co will commence spud-
ding at their No. on Che Minerva Nc
Kay farm. out i'm the EceuCr district,
on Middle Island creek. on Monday.
Yesterday afternoon the Associated
Producers made two locations on the A..
A. Taught farm. QUE on Middle Island.
The RIGS VIII be put up az once and
drilling started as soon as possible.
The receipts of the pipe line COmp2-
MES in the Sistersyille field yesterday
were 1S.755 barrels. The receipts Of
the Mellon lines We're 4.0S4 barrels. and
those of the Eureka lines 14GS1 barrels
Following is the condition Ct the
wells drilling on the Deist farm. No
10 is fishing at 500 feet, no. is is drill
ing at S25 feet. and the Si4 casing will
be put in to-day; the 10-inch casing
was put in No. IA yesterday; Nos. 10 and
10 are shut down, and viii not be able
70 start until a better supply of water
Is secured.
The Union Oil Company's No. . NJ.
NJ. Holmes was drilled five feet in the
keoner sand yesterday and filed M 500
feet with fluid. 1t VIII probably make
a small well.
Later developments show that the
Associated Producers NO no on the
Deist farm. which has been reported
dry, viii make q we'll Yesterday it
made flow. but when drilled deeper
struck heavy flow Of salt water which
is now being cased on. The owners
think it viii make a nice well when
the water has been iubed of.
The Palmer well. ON Ions run. is now
conceded to- be dry bu, it Is being drill
cd deeper.
The Henry OIL Company no. Brad
field which started to flow when drill
cd into the salt sand q few days ago.
stopped flowing yesterday afternoon
and viii De drilled deeper 1t flowed
about so barrels q day for about q week
Theile No g. B. F0rst & Co.. was ex-
pecJed I'm yesterday afternoon. but up TO
a late hour nothing had been heard
from il.