Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-08-02
OIL NEWS

The well ON the Widow Lohrl
farm. which was drilled into the
sand Wednesday. an account OF which
was published in yesterday mornings
Register was deeper in the sand yes
terday and when about twenty feet in
the sand it commenced TO flow steadily,
and for the greater part Of the morning
flowed a. The rate of 45 barrels per hour
Dming the afternoon it settled down
and at o'clock, it was doing bout 80
barrels an hour. This is at the rate Of
about 500 barrels a day.
This we'll coming in such sood pro-
ducer has stimulated the work in ,hat
section of the Sistersville field to- a Won
derful degrees and yesterday there were
dozens of teams on the road from Sis
rersville there loaded with material for
the wells located and which viii. be
drilled at once The Raney d Co. we'll
ON the Hillman lot is still holding up
and the indications are that il vii. make
a dne producer-probably about so
barrel Weu
An account was published IL the Reg
lister Monday morning to the effect that
the big Moses we'll. out in Middle ISL
and creek, had been struck by lightning
during storm Saturday night and that
il had burned the rig down, after which
the pressure of the gas had blown the
gas out. The well was struck by lightn-
ing and the gas ignited but the gas is
still burning A gentleman who came
in from the well to-day said that the
gas al the well was still burning and
that the flames rose to a heighth of $50
feet from the ground. The gas pressure
IS so strong that the flames do not come
nearer the ground than 80 feet buJ the
roaring of the Gas and flames are so
great that it can be heard for miles
The Victor OH and Gas Company who
own The We'll have spent already about
$4,000 I'm trying to shut i'm this we'll
( but so far an efforts i'm that direction
have been futile
The receipts of the Pipe Line Com
D3uy i'm the Sistarsville field yesterday
were 16.997 barrels. The receipts of
the Eureka lines were 12.335 barrels
and the receipts Of the Mellon lines
were 4512 barrels.
Carr Bros. d Co. have fishing Jobs at
their wells on tine D0r3D and Palmer
farms. ON Long Run, in WeJzel county.
Afford Bros. d OH3ra's No. .. on the
Lewis farm. on the Ohio side. i'm the
vicinity of the Frickin wen. and no. L.
Yahu. are both due i'm the sand to-day.
These wells are both south of the
Frck.n well and the territory in that
direction looks very good Just now.
Yesterday Carr Bros owners of the
I wen on The Nippert farm ON Long
Run. I'm Werzal county discharged the
dr.lleg and tool dressers who have been
working ON the WELL and viii drill it
I'm themselves. II was the intention to
drill the we'll i'm yesterday but the
cable stranded and they had TO shut
down TO fix g.. The well will be drilled
I'm to-day. 1t VIII he impossible for
few days to- find out just what this
/ well viii make when drilled in. as the
intention of the owners is 20 make a
mystery Of it. They have boarded up
the derrick and have even taken the
precauJion to close an the cracks in the
Notwithstanding with paper.
Brown q Lecnard'S No. L. ON the
Eber Downs, i'm the Warrington field,
started spUdding this week.
r. J. Straight d Cos Henderson No.
.. on State Fork. i'm the same field, is
| in. and is good fer ten barrels q day.
The South Penn OH Company's b. r.
Bl3ckshire No. +. near Warrington.
was completed this week. II is making
SD barrels.
The South Penn on Company's
Fl0uharyy 80. 1 came In last week and
I Is q guzler.
The Parrish well was drilled in last
week and struck stroug flow of gas
I i'm the bottom OF the Gordon sand.
which blew out the oil.