Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-08-22
OIL NEWS.

Kelly Bros. & Co. are down 11o0
feet on an important tes. Wen on the
Stephen Payne farm az Flint Mills, in
Washington county. Ohio. Two years
ago there was four wells drilled on VIII
son run and the Little Mushugum, enc
Gle and q hllf northeast cI the WEI
now drilling on the Payne farm. E1
four wells al flowed Oh from ,he BeIea
grit sand and one wei Is still flowing
some oil. Another We'll owned Dy the
gomer0y OIL Company, IS drilling ON tne
Shannon McCurdy farm. il is located
four miles southwest OF the Payne well
and one mile northeast OF the B-rel
Grit production on Fifteen Mile creek.
Careful, operators are playing these
wells for a northeast and southwest
line Of Ber5a Grit wells cOnnectln VIII
sons Run with Arch-rs Fork ANA
Fifteen mile creek IL there are any
connections with the above points, con-
siderable work viii DE done and quite a
production may De looked for. Ihe
Berea Grit wells generally low, making
operating expenses very ight.
The Kcely Oil Company commenced
spudd.ng yesterday en- their 80. 1 on the
CaleDaUgn farm over i'm The Oog skin.
This company IS composed entirely Of
Wheeling people, of whom ". ii. WIZ
son is president and henry ~. Briues
secretary and treasurer.
Ramey q Co. $ wei at Friendly which
has been due for several days, was
drilled in yesterday and is showing for
a good well The wells in that section
all produce from the Keener sand and
generally come I'm big.
The we'll drilled by Alien & CO. on
the REGGIE farm over IN the Dog Skin
ct reached the sand yesterday
morning and is q duster. II was drilled
% feet in thesand yesterday with no
better results.
The much talked Of Voegler well, af-
ter being several days over due. finally
reached the sand yesterday morning and
is as dry as punk. The reason the
well did not reach the sand sooner was
on account of a break I'm the anuclinal
arch. The We'll was drilled 40 feet be-
low where the sand was found in the
Fr.oden weI, bu- with no results. This
morning the sand was reached and the
well drilled fifteen feet into it without
getting even a show of OIL
Murphy & Jennings 80. Z on the
Hardman farm i'm D0ddr.dge county was
drilled in yesterday and IS showing for
a good producer.
The receipts Of the pipe l.nes in the
Sistersyiile field yesterday were 1896
barrels The receipts of the Mellon
lines were 3.9f0 barrels and those OF the
Eureka 10,035.
The South Penns No. 1 Bell Willis.
in the Dye-Brooks territory, mention of
which was made In the Register yester-
day morning, was drilled deeper I'm the
sand during the day without Increasing
the production any. The well VIII make
about a 80 barrel producer.
The South Penn Oil Company made 4
good strike at StillweI. Wood county
Saturday, and drilled in a well which is
good for about % barrels. which is con-
sidered good for that territory.
A test well viii be drilled nv tho
Murphy OF Company, of Parkersburg.
On the Marsh farm, several miles east of
that place, and in close proximity to the
well drilled last year on the Srew9rt
farm. The drilling machinery has been
ordered and is on the way from PITTS
burg.
The dry well drilled in at Dayisville
at LOO feet will be drilled through 20
the deeper sand.