The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-10-15
Review OF OIL.

The operator Of tho southwest had
little in tho past week to divert stIen'
lion from routine work in the oil fields,
Iays I'D, S. W." in his weekly review OF
the West Virginia fields,
There were frequent inQulrIoI for late
news from Monroe county, but only
ono new feature was developed, and il
was mngnlRed several times greater
than tho situation warranted, rs was
demonstrated by later developments,
The new feature referred TO is the
Henry Oil Company's test well on the
Henderson and Slmms farm, halt milo
west OF tho same cOmpanY's No, 1, on
the +, @. DYE farm, aud 900 tOet north
and west OF tho old vol on the W. Dye
farm.
The IEendersoa.sim we'll was
drilled in on last Tuesday, aud the good
showing il made when tho sand was
tapped caused It to be heraldcd a gusI-
or equal to or better than tho best in
the IieId. Deeper drilling, however,
did not help confirm the early reports,
and tho most that can be said Tor 1t Is
that it will make q l0O,baTrel producer,
A nice we'll even at that, but II docs not
show that the rich streak Crosslng tho
Deist and Dye farms, from east to west,
continues in the same course "a lar ~
tho Hendorson.Simm farm with the
same pToducIiveness which has made
the Delst pool famous. Inside OF do
fined limits there were two or three
new gushers drilled in, but their ioea'
ton made them OF little importance TO
anyone but the owners.
The Eastern Oil Company's venture
on the Wright farm was another large.
" oVerosNmalad test we'll, aS has been
demonstrated in tho past Wesk, Before
it was put to pumping it mad been cX'
plotted as a 100 or 20g.barrel producer,
but when it had been nut to the tost It
showed that twenty-five barrels a day
was its speed, and tho owners ara not
enough sated over the liud TO continue
operations on tine same farm,
Tho Keener sand territory, south Of
Middle Island cree, is making 4 record
that Surpassss tho expectations OF all
those who have had to DO with tha
formation. When the drst well to claim
attention was drilled IN on the Holmes
farm and started at 200 barrels day,
there was q uaahimity 0i 8Ptai9H that
it would DO snort lived, aud tho opera.
tors did not attain much Importance to
the strike, but tho work OF development
has gone steadily forward, and by this
time tho keenor sand territory is pro.
duCipg not less than 800 barrels \ day
aud bids fair TO 90 higher.
Tho Victor Oil and Gas Co. drilled in
its No. 5 Rockwell, and its production
for the first tweulY'lour hours was 800
barrels, making It the largest keener
sand well ever discovered.
Tue south Penn Oil Go. drilled in IFS
Nc. Boil Willie, through all the lower
sands, aud like the Johnson farm we'll,
at Shiloh, it was failure, confirming
the opinion that It is useless to look Tor
an oil bearing straits below tho Big In.
Jun, in that locality.
In tho SAncho Greek region, between
the "Big Moses" gasser, or Indian
creek, aud the gaSier on the RiCgle
farm, southeast OF Middlobourne,
duster was completed on the A. Smith
farm.
Near Waverly, Wood couuty,ltho Cow
Run sand territory furnished two
guahers. and the result will be re-
moved activity in that field. The first
was Snyder & Co.'S No. ., on the ".
Sharp farm, credited with starting at
400 barrels day. followed by HoCh.
stetter 4 Tenuents No. , Iugraham,
which had record OF % barrels al
hour. Both are expected TO settle TO 80
barrel bumpers.
The most active development is
located Ia the north western part oil
Doddridre county, near the Tyler coun.
~ line. 1t has been clearly demon.
sttaied that rich pool OF Big lnjun oil
awaits development ia that quarter. In
fact enough work has already bsen
completed to show that it Is field OF
no small dimensions. The South Penn
Oil Company aud Murphy, Jennings &
Co. are principal holders OF the terri.
tory, mud both OF the big concerns arc
out for tho aluE. With the wells now
drilling, and those starting at tho .owest
estimate, there will be forty strings Of
tools running In that field before tho
end OF the year.
The South Penns tost on the Yoho
farm. aud J. NJ. GHaep & Co.'S venture
on the Wells farm. have been added to
the long list Of busters in Marshall
county.
Graham x Co. ara still drilling in the
same -and on tins AbersVle farm, but
there Is little chance for ITS making
paying Investment. Marshall county
has been loss fortunate IN producing oil