The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-11-28
IN rHE OIL FIELDs.
News From All Portions Of the Southwest
on Terrilory,

OH TrTTttory'
There is great CONSERVATION among
operators and lease holders at Eureka,
on account OF the big mJun"well OF
Braden s. Co.. having stopped downing,
It may be only temporary however, ms
II is thought the well has caved and will
start to llowiuS again when cleaned out.
While active operations are now under
way there Is a possibility that the In
vestmepts made by operators for exor-
bitant bonuses, as predicted In the In
telliSeRcer, win be failures.
Queen, Bailey, Neunschwander and
others interested In the AIcTaggart
farm have contracted with Sam Nicely
to drIll n well on the lease, operations to
begin at once Their location IL near
the big Injn" In the Eureka field. SIX
other rigs are being built near this one,
Murphy Bros. 6S Jennings eNpecta.
lions were dOwncd by disappointment
In their Hardmnn No. u, In poddrldRc
county. II Is worthless In the Big In
Jun formation from late reports. Nos.
n and 20 are the next wells due. The
production of this company Is now 1900
barrels
The McCalmont OIL Company aud
Rangers Mary MRhoney No. ! on Long
run Is due in the Cow run sand to-day
The Allen OIL Company, new organ
lZation, composed OF members OF the
Deep Run Oh Company, has made a
location and will start well NJ once on
the WciglG tract VI nlnety-siN acres,
over which there has been SO much llti-
cation. The location Is close TO pro-
duCtlon, it b0lIE near the wells on the
Weiglr and Widow Iohri farnR.
An important wildcat adventure OF
IrdInn creek back In Tyler county, is
tile Wesley well on the Mccormick
farm, which Is now due IN the sand.
The location IS near 3raden station,
about ree-fourths OF mile from pro-
ductiOn and II II comes In good, as eN-
pected It will open Wide scope OF I'M
defined territory.
II Is reported that Belle Willis No. .
OF the South Prun OH Company In the
Dye Brooks field. has been plugged and
the rig moved u another location. The
well was considerably over 1000 feet
deep. This report has not been con-
firmcd, however
The Dyke Wen In wpverly has been
rather disappointment "a II has
passed through the Big lnJun sand
without striking pay streak. 1t viii
be drilled 10 the Bcrea grit.
la the Turkey Hen district the ATTAIN
tic OH Company Is drilling their no.
Porter ana are soon due In the sand.
This company has drilled six dry holes
previous to this well and are depending
on seven rs the lost charm.
The Noll we'll. in the Archer's Fork
field, commenced spuddlng yesterday
morning. II 10 important as to loca-
ton.
81. Keatlng's welgle is In the sand n
considerable depth and is iilled up
about COO feet with oil. which will In
sure a ilfty barrel pumpcr
The pipe line price OF credit balances
remained unchanged and It now looks
as u the Standard intends to hold the
market ut 81 o.. for this week Mt least.
Snukhrd, Ogle & Deems well, In Wa
verify, outside OF defined territory on
the Henry farm, will be due In the sand
| in q few days
BarnsdalI No. IIadley, on Fifteen.
has been rugged up and is ready to start
drilling.
rhc Harris well OF Post & Calhoun,
on Dodge run win be due In few days.
I Two more wells will be started by the
company on the same lease. OF which
thcre Is several hundred acres.
Mckay Bros. No ., on Middle Island,
80 showing iCr a small producer In the
| Big lnJuE formation.
Hoffman No. .. Of the Henry oil Com
paay. Is dry I'm the Big lnjun fOrmG-
] don. In which II was drilled yesterday
No. ! Hinsei. Of the Shocstrlng OH
Company. on the Ohio side. is due in
| the sand tomorrow. II IS several hum
drcd feet ahead OF DEVELOPMENTS.
The Eureka pipe lire runs IN the Sis
tcrsyillc field yesterday were 1923 bnr-
rcls.
Colcbaugh No. . OF Galley Bros &
Mylon. has fishing Job The tools
| became hung IN the cave and the rope
! had to Dc cut.
Tho Reckless on Company has pulled
! the tubing IN their No, !, on the Brown
| lease on buchanan and are fishing for
n string OF tools that have been lost for
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