Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-07-30
DRY HOLES GALORE
In the SiSterSville Field the Past Few
Days.
The New Territory in the Vicinity
Of the Dye-Brooks and Frieden
Well Has Received a Very Black
Eye-More Wells Due This Week.

The coming in Of the wells due in the
Dog Skin and Dye-Brooks districts Of
the Sistersville field on Sunday, did
not turn out as well as expected. The
Ramey well was drilled in Saturday
evening, and at thirty-fve feet in the
sand struck the pay and filed up 1900
feet. The we'll will be put to pumping
tomorrow, when it is expected that it
will make probably Is barrel pumper.
Great things had been expected Of this
well, and when it came in small it was
quite a disappointment no, only to its
owners but also to the operators who
have leased in that section. Beside this
we'll the Rinehart was drilled in Sun
day, and it turned out TO be rank
buster. Together with these wells
comes the Norris well which is about
two miles from the Frieden. and it also
was dry. There is now but one open
ing left for the pool, if pool there is in
that section, and that is in the direc-
tiOn Of the Kanawha's wells on the
Lohri. Their No. l on this farm is on
top of the sand and is due to-day. If 10
should come in dry the field will re-
ceive a black eye in that section that j.
will take q long time to recover from.
Then out in the Dyc-Brooks section
Jones d Co. S No / Thoburn was drill
ed in Saturday evening, and il is prac-
tieally a dry hole. When the well
reached twenty-five feet in the sand it
filled up 400 feet with oil, but even at
that the Gil men claim that it will not
amount to anything
The entire new territory of the Sis
tersville field has received a very black
eye, and as a result everything in that
section was very quiet yesterday. There
are a number of wells yet to be drilled
in on both sides Of the river, and il is
possible that some Of them will be
abandoned on account OF the sudden
drop of the market price of oil and the
fact that the cream of the new work
the wells mentioned aboye-have come
in practically worthless
The receipts of the pipe lines in the
Sistersville field yesterday were 1924
barrels. The receipts Of the Mellon
the Eureka line were 1871 barrels.
About a month ago the Big Moses
gasser, out on Middle Island was struck
by lightning and set on fir, burning
down the rig and everything combust-
able nearby. After burning a short
time the gas pressure was so great thGa
the fire was eXtinguished by the force.
On Saturday night during a heavy
storm in that section, and the well
again struck by lightning and the new
rig. which had just been completed,
burned down. The Victor Oil Com
pany. which owns this well, have spent
about $4,000 in trying to shut the gas
in. but so far they have been unsuc-
cessful.
There are a number Of wells due thiZ
week in both the Dye-Brooks and Dog
Skin districts, and among them are the
Bartlett & Co. well on the Kellar lot,
out on Middle Island, which is due
Thursday. J. T. Jones e Co.'S well, on
the Thoburn, IS also due Thursday.
The Kanawha has two wells on the
I.ohri which are due to-day or t0-mor-
row. and Culberson q Co. have a well
on the same farm that will be due
Thursday.