Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-08-05
REVIEW OF THE OIL FIELD.
The Principal Events Of the Week in
West Virginia.
The Big Wells in the Sistersville
Field the Event Of the Week.
Nothing Of Importance Reported
From the Other Field-What the
Coming Week Offers.

In writing review in the situation OF
the oil fields this week the writer has
a great deal more to write about than
for several weeks. During the week
iust passed the events have not been
many. but they have been Of excep-
-ional interest. The early part OF the
week was the bluest ever known in the
history of the oil fields OF the State
On Sunday the Ramey & Co. well on
the Hillman lot. in the vicinity OF the
Friaden well. came in very small and
his started the blueness. Then' 100
the Rinehart we'll, on the north OF the
F-ieden well. also came in on Sunday,
and il turned out 10 be as dry as
hone Roth these wells were though 70
be in the best part OF that field anu
when they came in busters the majority
of the "kn0w-it-alls' commenced shaK-
ing their heads and said that the Erie
den was a freak. More conservative
persons held their peace and waited,
and they have been handsomely repaid
for waiting.
There were several wells on the south
and west OF the Frieden well due dur
ing the week. and 10 these all attention
was turned. The first event worthy OF
note in that district was the Culbertson
& Co. we'll on the Widow I-Ohr. farm,
on Thursday. No one expected that II
would amount 10 much, but. when It
was reported in Thursday evening, and
showing for 800 barrels a day, the ex-
element became intense. Then the
next morning when the drilling was re-
sumed and the production began 10
increase everybody started for the field
10 try 70 get hold of lease.
From this on il seemed that good luck
as we'll as misfortune never come sing
", for on Friday. the next day after
the Culbertson people made their big
strike. the Lewis Oil Company drilled
in their No. on the Lewis farm and
il. TOO. turned out 10 be a gusher. Then
10 cap the climax, on Friday night
or rather Saturday morning, as the
drillers were about TO change tOwer~the
Afford Bros & O'Harra well, on the
Lohri. was drilled into the sand and
started of AZ about six barrels an hour.
During the time these wells had been
drilled in. the Kanawha Oil Company
had drilled in their two wells on the
I.ohri farm. and got practically moth
ing Their No. l was dry and No.
ds making a showing for q very small
well. So much for the Ohio side OF the
Sistersville field.
The principal work on the West Viz
ginia side Of the Sistersville field, and
the most important too, was in the
vicinity of the big Dye-Brooks we'll out
m Middle Island Creek. J. I. Jones q
Cos Nos. l and ,, on the Inoourn
farm. were drilled in, the early part
of the week. and were a complete dlsap-
Imminent. The first well drilled IN
was q dry hole and the second one Will
only make a very small pumper. II Is
rsnorred 70 be the intention 70 shoot
we'll No. ,. in which event it may make
fair well.
There were some very queer stories
Dublished in a Wheeling paper about
Inc strikes on the Ohio side during the
mast week. Some oil man fond OF d
Joke told the unsophisticated reporter
thar rha Culbertson well was in and that
II was making " e Inv Se'i 80 = %s-- >
that the Lewis Oil Company's we'll was
doing as much. if not more, than the
Culbertson. and that the Afford BROS.
we'll on the Lohri farm was a better we'll
than either Of the others. The reporter
apparently took it all in good faith and
without verifying the story printed u
and made the paper the laughing stock
OF the oil men.
There is practically nothing OF I'M
porrance TO report from the other fields
in the State. There is considerable de-
velopment going on in some OF me IN
terror counties. in most cases with in
different results, but so far nothing OF
more than ordinary importance has been
reported. In Wetzel county the Alpha
OH Cos well. on theNippert farm, IS
due, and has probably been drilled IN.
The owners are making a mystery Of It
and II is impossible TO get any reliable
report from il.
There is a large amount Of work go
ing on down in Peasants county near
S. Marys. One beauty Of this territory
is that IL is only necessary TO drill
about 500 feet for the sand, the expense
thus being very small. Some very fair
shallow wells have been gotten there
and the operators are developing the
territory as rapidly as possible. At the