Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-11-08
OIL NEWS.

A very important well which reacheu
the sand yesterday and is making an
excellent showing is that Of the Kama
wha Oil Company, on the Gartz farm,
over on the Ohio side. In the early
Deist excitement the Kanawha COM
pany got hold of the Gartz lease. and IN
mediately made a number OF locations
on il. One we'll was started and COM
pleted and was a rank buster. About
this time several other dry holes were
drilled in near. and as a consequence
the Kanawha stopped work on all their
wells on the Carte except No. .. TINS
we'll was drilled in several weeks ago,
and it. too was dry. 1t was given out
that the farm had been abandoned,
but such was not the case, the COM
pany starting to drill No. 2, and the
well was drilled in yesterday afternoon.
When the drill touched the sand the
well commenced to flow, and at inter
walls of twenty minutes kept it up. The
well was shut down until tankage
could be erected and the boiler moved
back.
Oil has advanced. It may go higher,
and il may not. That is about as safe
a prediction as can be made at the pres
ent time. Be that as it may, the pres
ent advance has been sufficient to in
crease the confidence Of operators, and
if the roads will permit it, there will
be an amount of operating that will
surpass anything in the history of the
fields. This advance comes just IN
time to add a fitting climax TO the best
seas on the greatest oil field ever dis
covered has ever known.
f. p. Hays & Cos No 5, on the
Mckay, drilled in few days ago, which
was almost a rank failure, will be drill
ed to the Big Injin.
The same Company's No 8 on the
d. Garman lease, was drilled in last
night. It is making a very small am
CUNT of oil. and very little gas.
The prices of the Oil Exchange yes
terday We're as follows: Opened at
$40, noon $1.421s. closed at SLAP. The
Standard and Mellon purchasing agen-
cies opened and closed at Sl33.
The interval between gushers in this
field is never more than a few days,
and there has been a time when sew
eral of them We're drilled in the same
day. The latest important strike in the
field is that of the Henry Oil Company
On the G. w Dye farm over in the Deist
territory. This is their No. 2 on this
farm and it wsS drillen into the sand
yesterday afternoon and started of at
30 barrels an hour which gait 1t has
been keeping up right along This well
is important aside from the production
for the season that il is about two loca-
tons ahead of anything in that imme-
date vicinity and extends the limit just
that much.
Following were the barrel runs from
the Sistersville field. ending yesterday
morning at o'clock. for the past p
hours: Eureka. II 1879; Mellon, 4.7S6.
Despite reports to the contrary, the
Sistersviile field is not yet defunct On
the contrary it is very much alive and
Just as fresh as anyone could desire.
1t is true that for a short time there
was a quietness in the field. but 1t was
all on account of the producers not be-
ing able to procure the water neces-
sary to run their wells
Special to the Register.
ParkeIsburg, W. Va. November L.
Haschtetter & Tenants No. 3 well on
the R. p Ingram farm was drilled in
last evening and is thought to be good
for over one hundred barrels a day.
The well is in the Cow Run sand.
From the eleven producing wells on
the Cooper farm in this field Cooper
receives as royalties $3.50 a day.
Well No. / on the Johnson lease is
down $50 feet, and No ., 100 feet. The
wells are owned by d company of Par
kersburgeIs. composed of Messrs. Geo.
w. Carney, J. VI. Dare, A. Gardner and
John r. Harris and the work is pro-
gresing nicely.
Waverly just now flooded with OPP
orators and 'teuderfoots" who are eager
to lease anything within the vicinity Of
the producing wells, and the field pre-
sents busy appearance.
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