Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-10-10
MADE A NICE FLOW,

But the Concensus of Opinion is That the
Proctor Well WIN not Amount to Great
DeaI-A Good Wen at Waverly Yesterday
News From the sistersviIie Field.
A well that has been attracting con-
siderable attention from the talent for
several days is that of Graham & Co.,
on the Abersold farm, short distance
above Proctor, in Wetzel county. Inc
well reached the top of the sand sat
urday evening and was shut down until
tankage could be erected, and the own
ers of the well could secure more ter
itory. The well made a showing of oil
and got q nice flow Of gas. Tuesday
evening the we'll was drilled about a
foot in the sand and when the tools
were pulled out ii filed up about 2OO
feet with fluid, and shortly after the
tools had been taken out it made
small flow. The oil from this we'll IS
thick and heavy and very inferior to
the oil found in the Sistersyile held.
The sand is very close and hard ana
the general opinion is that the well viii
not amount to a great deal 1t was
about four feet in the sand last nlgnt
and did not show up any better than
at first. The fact that there is nice
flow of gas indicates that something
worth while might be found when the
well is drilled deeper, but there IS ser
ious doubts that it will amount to any
thing.
The receipts of the Eureka Pipe Line
Co.. in Sistersville field, were 1880
barrels. and those of the Mellon lines
were 5000 barrels. The total receipts
of the field yesterday were 1850 bar
rels.
f. p. Hayes & Cos No. 3, on the D.
German thirty-acre lease out in the
Keener district on Middle Island was
drilled to the top Of the sand yesterday
morning and made several good flows.
There is every Indication that 1t Will
make a big well.
There is report being published by
irresponsible papers, which pretend TO
give oil news, that the Victor Oil cos
No. g, on the Rockwell farm is doing
500 barrels a day. There is nothing
in the report as the official guage OF the
pine lines places the production OF that
we'll at 265 barrels.
The CRY Of an insufficient water sup
ply is coming in from all the oil helds.
Over in the Deist territory several wells
have been shut down on that account,
as have also some Of the wells in the
Middle Island district. From the felds
in the interior of the State complaints
are made, too. Over at Colerain, the
Ohio Oil Company tried to get water by
drilling a well, but the project was
abandoned after going about 400 feet
without finding anything.
The South PENIS we'll on the Mar
tin farm out in the Dye-BrOoks terri
tory is still holding up its production,
Notwithstanding reports to the con-
trary.
Word was received last night that
the Henry Oil Company had drilled
their Nos. I and 8 on the Dye farm. over
in the Deist territory and that they were
both good wells. No. is reported TO be
making 20 barrels an hour, and No 8
is said to be good for about 80 barrels
an hour. Both Of these wells are in de-
fined limits and are not important,
aside from the increased production.
Wiley & Stender's we'll on the Roth
lesberger farm. near New Martinsville,
in Wetzel county, which was dry in
the Big Injun, and which is being drill
ed to the Berea grit, was expected to
reach the sand last night. 1t is not
expected to amount to much in that
sand and will be drilled to the Gordon
Yesterday afternoon the Florence Oil
Company drilled their well on the IN
gram farm, in the Waverly field, in the
sand and it started flowing at the rate
Of about $50 barrels a day. 1t will be
completed to-day and is expected to be
good for better than 200 barrels q day.
The total daily production Of the
wells on the Cooper farm, in the Waver-
iy field, is reported to be slightly in
excess Of 1900 barrels.