Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-09-12

The big Deis, pool over on the Ohio
side in the Monroe county field is still
the centre of attraction in the oil cir
rles of the country. And IL deserves all
the attention il is attracting for the
reason that at the present time the at
tent.on Of operators is quickly attracted
TO any place where a well OF any
ze al an has been found. and then
again. for the reason that the few wells
in that section are producing an i'm
mense amount Of OIL In all the history
of the SistersviIle field there never was
a we'll drilled equal in production TO ms
latest strike of the Associated Produc-
ers' No { on this farm. Although th-s
well has been a big one, there mas, as
is usually the case. been some JefflOly
exaggerated stories told about lis SIZE.
The we'll when drilled in started OIL
40 about 40 barrels an hour. Inc pres
sure was so strong that the Wei drllleu
itself Ia and twenty-four hours aIJ7l
the dr.u reached The sand IL was uOlug
En- the neighb0rh0Od OF loo barrels an
hour. Later il commenced 20 drop on
and Tuesday and yes erday the oiilclal
gauge of the Pipe Line gave the pro-
ductiOn OF the web no 10 barrels an hour.
The report said that the we'll had av-
eragei that amount up 10 yesterday a.
-eruoOn and that IL was holding up
nicely
The five largest wells in the above
mentioned pool are reported to be pro
ducing as follows Deis, No. /, 20 bar
rels an hour: No. .. 20 barrels an hour
No. 8. 20 barrels an hour, No. !, I'D BAR
rels an hour, E.kelberry No. 1. 20 bar
rels an hour The total production OF
these FIVE big wells is 155 barrels an
hour. UP 1920 barrels q day. This
amount Of OF at the present price
amounts CD S4,025 a day or $120.I50 a
month"; quite a snug sum from five
holes I'm the ground.
The Henderson & Co. we'll or the
blacksmith Tot over near Dog Skin,
which was due yesterday had not come
IN yes az eight o'clock last night.
There is a big lot OF new work going
on iu the territory over in the vicinity
OF the DeisJ guslers. and the next few
days will see at least dozen more wells
drilling
The Frank well on Sheets Run, be-
tween The Dve-Brooks territory and
Bens Run, which is a very important
wild cs- venture. VIII be due in the
sand the early part Of next week. The
prospects are good Tor q producer.
The royalty OF che b. & II. William
son. on which the Kaulwh3 Oh Compa-
NY claim 20 have drilled q dry hole a
short time ago was sold Tuesday for
$4,000
The receipts of the pipe line compan-
les in the Sistersrille field yesterday
We're 16.114 barrels The receipts of
,he Mellon lines Were 5.t23 barrels and
,hOke of the Eureka lines 1851 barrels.
Jones q Co. have the rig up for their
40. O. on the Dye-Brooks farm, and viii
commence drilling as soon as it can be
rugged up.
Thompson. Gasmire * Co. have erect
ed three more rigs on their leases in
/ The COierail field
The big Dye-B Brooks wells. ont on
Middle Island creek. are falling OF
rapidly i'm production and are now doing
only about 500 barrels D day.
The Ohio Oil Co.. s well on the Lloyd
farm. over i'm the Colerain field. was
not drilled in yesterday as anticipated
I, has been delayed for some reason
and viii not lie in the sand before Fri
day
The pipe line companies report the
production of the recent gusher Of the
Oxford OH Co.. on the Thomas farm.
Co be $50 barrels q day.
The well drilling on the Greenlee
fern. in the Colerain field. which has
had a fishing JOB for some time. was
cleaned ont yesterday and drilling viii
De resumed az once
A REMARKABLE OCCURRENCE.
Special 90 the Register
Warrington. w. Va. September Il.
The rig OF the Burt OH Co No. Il.
small producing Well which was
drilled in about Two weeks ago. burn
ell to-day. The circumstances attend
ing i- were unusual Mr. EastOn shot
the well. After The shot was put in
and the "gO-devil' was dropped, the
men STEPPED back q few feet TO watch
the results They were startled when
flame Of fire leaped into the air u
feet above the hole The flames re-
coded. llt Immediately shot out again,
this time reaching above the derrick.
The entire rig was destroyed, with
Tor of cordGga and tools. Mr.. Easton,
who has had years OF experience in
shooting wells. says this is the first in
stance ou record when a shot caused
FIRE.