The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-06-26

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Special Correspondence me iattligenetr.
GENTLE POINT. W. Va, June 24.-Toa
great many Of your readers tho Dodd.
ridge county oil fold 10, perhaps, an
unknown country. bat to such lot mo
say that II Is a roal country. This oil
iioldis now as regards its period Of do.
%velopmcnt, but It 10 rapidly coming to
tho front Ms u producing field. Tho first
producing vol was drilled in the fall Of
1901 and winter Of 1902. This pioneer
well was tho Sullivan No, J., situated ut
Sullivan Station, a South Penn supply
depot near Coutro Point, thirteen miles
from Salon, Harrison county, fourteen
miles from Wcst Union, tho county
seat Of Doddridge county, nine miles
from Shirley, Tyler county, and situated
on the Sistorsvllle aud %Shinnston turn.
pike. From February, 1892, to Sep,om.
Der, 1872, this we'll stood alone as q iorc.
runner oil what was to be. In Soptom.
Der, 1892, tho l.angftl No. | came in,
NV ~ WIN u p~lOuhkNlbl VI DOp
barrels pOr day. This stimulated bust.
no's. and by tho first day OF April, 1893,
tho South Penn Oil Company had eleven
wells in tho county, and wore filling
their warehouses; with au immonse sup.
ply OF material, which indicated tina,
they recognized Doddridgc county 10
IN oil field.
Operations wero continued through
out this summer by tho South Penn
Company, and other companies began
looking up territory. This was truo
especially OF tho Murphy-Jeunings
Com pany. This latter company leased
considerable territory near Eagle Mills
and put down 4 test well, which was n
duster. This did not discourage this
independent company. so they buckled
on their armor anew and retained their
leases.
by the first OF April, 1891, the South
Penn Company had increased their
property in this county to thirty wells
and enough material 10 put down nearly
that many moro. Murphy & Jennings
had also increased their holdings to
two wells. During the summer OF 1891
work was pushed rapidly along. and a,
least three more companies obtained a
toot.hold in tho county.
On the lst OF April, 1895, the South
Penn Company had one hundred md
thirty producing wells in tho county,
and Murphy and Jennings wore oper-
'a.iug in earnest.
Besides those two companion, there
were three other companies operating ut
this time. There arc at this date June
"a not less than N hundred and fifty
producing wells. and NJ leust fifty more
bcing drilled. Good wells arc coming
in every few days.
All OF this development has boon In
the northern part oil the county. Bat
last February the Ras,le well. located
near tho southwestern border Of the
county, came in q producing well. aud
the opinion among those Interested Is
that an extensive field will soon be
opened in the neighborhood OF st.
Clara, in tho German settlement. An
other we'll is being drilled near Nina, on
Greenbrier, rather between our produc.
ing fold and tho new fold OF St. Clara.
This well is nearly down. and report.
from il all agree that the show for a
producer Is moro than ordinarily good.
Should thi, well. known as Carter No.
l, come in a producer, thea We will havo
a~connecting link between our northern
field and u southwestern, which will
go far toward demonstrating tina. the
fold extends across tho whole breadth
OF the county. The South Penn has q
monopoly OF considerable territory, and
where they hold solid blocks develop
ment is slow. But in the Elk Lick
field, where the Murphy-JenningI COM
pany Is also operating, work is being
rapidly pushed.
There is much Unbiased land in the
country that is open TO operators who
will insure tho owners n test OF their
territory, and in the very heart of the
field, there arc Unbiased lands adjoining
lands on which producing wells arc sit
uated. Doddridge county is coming to
the front, and il present operations be
any criterion at all, there will be at
least three hundred wells in her cor.
tnea Gro tho year closes. Men who n
year or 20 ago were in strai;ered CIR.
cumstances. arc now on tho high road
to opulenco and n life OF ease.
Wages have boon fair wherever do.
velopmonts havo been carried on, ami
MS n county, Doddrldgo has emerged
unscGtlied from the panic. For her val
uation OF personal property was never
so high as ut tho present time. All OF
which is owing to our oil Development.