Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-08-07
OIL NEWS.

All the excitement in the oil fields
still centres about the big wells recent
~ brought in on the Ohio side in the
S.stersville field. The big wells are
still holding up to the production pub
lished in the Register yesterday Win
in the past few days quite village mas
sprung up in the wilderness over IN
the vicinity of the wells and already
there are several stores, saloons,
hotel. restaurants, etc, up and they
are all doing a flourishing business.
The town has been named "Ol City,
and it promises to be thriving place.
Quite a number Of locations nave
been made in the vicinity OF The last
gusher drilled IN in that district, the
De3st Yesterday there were thirteen
locations made, all of them around that
well. The Garter Oil Company located
two wells on the Hill farm, adjoining
the Deist, and are getting the timbers
on the ground for the rigs.
The Associated Producers have made
three locations on the Deist and Will
commence drilling as soon as possible
From present indications ii looks as II
this company had the cream of the ter
ritory in that section, and their idea Is
to drill it as soon as possible, so the
other parties mot drain the oil away
from them.
The Carter Oil Co.'S No 2, on the U.
y. Freeland lease, out on SanchO, near
Middlebourne, was drilled in yesterday
morning and was dry at twenty-five
feet in the sand. There are quite a
number of wells shut down in that
section on account of no water, and 1t
is possible this will have a bad effect
on the work going on in that district
Ramey & Childers located a well on
the T. Carson farm, a short distance
south of the Deist well, and will put
rig up this week
The receipts of the Pipe Line Com
panies in the Sistersville field yester-
day were 1852 barrels. The receipts
of the Mellon lines were 4,642 barrels.
while the receipts of the Eureka lines
were 11,021 barrels.
The Ramey & Co. well on the Hill
man lot. which was shot Monday, was
cleaned out yesterday and will be put
to pumping to-day.
Boyers & Pelton have located well
on the L. Nissan farm and the tim
bers will be on the ground in couple
of days for the rig.
Bradley & Co.'S well, out on Middle
Island creek, struck a good flow of
gas yesterday morning. and it was
nece ssary 10 move the boiler TO prevent
an explosion.
Roe & McColloch located two wells
on the Eckelberry farm. short dis
lance south of the big Deist well yes
terday.
The Cashier Oil Company's we'll on
the Williamson farm, one hundred
yards north of the Island Greek field,
in jefferson county, Ohio, was drilled
into the sand yesterday and will be q
good producing well.
The well on DR.. ROss's farm, some
distance back of Wiliamstown, was
drilled in yesterday and was found to
be dry, with no indications Of oil. The
we'll was put down by a company Of
Parkersburg people and the rig will be
moved to another point on the same
lease in close proximity to the famous
Hostetter well, which came in about one
week ago and caused so much excite
ment
Ernest. Latshan & Nelson's No. 8
well on Henderson Brothers farm near
Wiiliamstown, will reach the Big Injun
sand about the last part of this week,
and the owners expect this well to open
up an entirely new field.
The people in the vicinity Of Woods
field and Antioch Ohio, are kicking
vigorously about the territory in the
vicinity of the FriedOn well being call
ed a part of the Sistersville field, and
think that it should be called the An
tiOcb. or Monroe county field The oil
men all over the country and the prin-
cipal oil papers all call that section a
mart of the Sistersville field, and as the
pooI there is only an extension OF the
big field. have designated it as part
of the Sistersville field. They also
claim that the Register has not been
giving the production of the wells there
as large as it really is. This is a mis-
take. The production Of wells in that
territory. as published by the Register
are obtained from the Eureka Pipe Line
Company. and are official. The Reg
is-er publishes oil rumors and reports
for what they are worth, and designates
them as such. but the official informa-
tion is received from the pipe lines, ana
is published without any qualification
and is correct.