The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-12-18

IN the Eureka Field -iOthsr On News,
Actual news in the oil line Is not
plentiful, but there are rumors floating
around concerning deals and operations
FOR the future, and the West Virginia
side OF the neld. which soon promises
10 eclipse Ohio in the mutter OF unde-
yeloped territory aud production, leads
In furnishing these reports, Fearful,
however, lest they ore rumorp and
nothing moro, nothing can ho saio de-
dnltcly Of them. Time alone Will de-
yelop the rumored deals,
In the Dog Skin district there Is nm
endemic OF freRls In the formation,
he last two wells that have been grill
Cd In, being In sand that II the most
irregular OF any yet drilled In Monroe
county, Stewart No. ] ~ the isst to
be recorded as q freak Tor ut Ave feet In
the formation q break was encountered
and the sand not found again until the
well had been drilled thirty feet deeper,
II was standing full OF oil yesterday.
when the casing was TO have been pull
ca and the well packed and put to
pumping, Up to Monday It had put
twenty-four inches OF the crude into
the tank, The first flow is not included
in this. however, us II was lost, The
dip in the formation Of this well makes
II considerably lower than the Hensel
Nc, 2. OF tho ShOestrlng OIL Company,
only $50 feet distant.
Another well, the formation Of which
Is equally as peculiar US that OF the
Stewart well, is the Henderson No, .,
OF the Henry oil Company. located 100
feet southeast OF Hensel No, ., which
has Just been drilled In. The forum
tion was unusually Irregular. there be-
ing fifty feet OF a break between the
Big Injun and Keener shnda, This
we'll will be O very small producer, 30
small In fact that II will hardly make q
paying producer.
The Henry oil Company's Brown No.
/, which was finished up Monday. Us
good for q seventy-fve barrel producer.
Nothing new Is shown in the perform
ance OF this well, ~ It Is in defined ter
Titory, being located ~one-fourth OF u
mile northwest OF the old Dye well.
Three-fourths OF n mile ahead OF de-
yelopments, Ramey & Company have
the timber on the ground for q well on
the +. c. Dye farm. The location Is due
west OF Crawford & Treats Stewart
No. / and will have much 10 do In de-
termIning the extension TO the west OF
q once promising Held.
After creating expectations for many
days past, the KanAwha OIL Company's
GartE No. 6 came In u twenty barrel
pumper.
The so inch casing was put in the
Amos well Of Henderson & Company
yesterday.
The wen on the Robert Allen farm,
upon which many had built the fond
est hopes. and which were blasted by
disappointment. after being shot. VIII
not have a production greater than
four or Ave barrels.
Kennedy & Lawrence have completed
the RIG for Stewart No. . and are build
Ing No. ; on the same farm.
Two new wells have been located on
the u. c. GrannOn farm by Garland &
Hays
FanehOot Bros. have made their loca-
ton on the T. II. c. Reynolds fhrm on
Long run and will commence drilling at
once.
The rig OF the old Cotton well will be
moved q few feet and n well Will be
drilled by mclaughlin & Company, OF
Zanesville, Ohio. The old well was
drilled by Mallory & Barnsdall three
years ago and produced at the time n
small quantity Of oil.
The Reese well on the Emeilne Robin
son farm, which has been shut down.
awaiting the arrival OF tools. is again
drilling and will be in the Cow Run
sand In three or four days.
Ballard & Company have not yet
succeeded In christening the tools In
their Isaac Peithle No. ? on Broad run.
The tools that were stuck in Cork No.
:. OF Ballard & Company. have been re-
covered and the cleansing out Of the
cave is now in progress.
McBeach & Company have q rig up.
on the Alma Cave farm on French
creek and will start drilling at once.
Mallory q Barnsdall have n RIG up on
the adjoining farm.
Judge No. /. Of the Fisher OIL Com
pnny, which has had reverses galore
since II started drilling several weeks
ngo. will be completed tomorrow OF
Thursday, providing no more diticul-
ties are encountered.
The Henry on Company, which NOV
cd It's derrick about two weeks ago
from the Dana farm, at Newport. to the
Valentine farm. struck n fine showing
Of oil Saturday IN the 900 foot sand.
on the Mendenhali farm test wells
are being put down by the Boston OIL
Company and Snakard & OEle.
In the Eureka district In the vicinity
Of the big Jim" production, three new
wells are drilling and locations are be-
ing made for additional operations. on
the Hhmmett farm, Roc & Gnrham ore
down 900 feet; the South Penn OIL Com
pany IN spuddlng on the McTaggart
farm and the Union OIL Company on
the buchanan. Rigs are being built for
two wells on the Hnmmett and DcLonB
farms. respectively.
Monday the Krupp OIL Company
moved a boiler and engine to their
Eight Mile lease and commenced Bpud-
ding ycStcrdhy.
Near stanleyvlile. Ohio. on Saturday,
the Cherry on Company after drilling
IL row Of nix dry holes, struck q nm
rh0winE on the Miller firm. The 800
foot sand was penetrated 10 Il distance
N 1yc feet and AT that depth the hole
'lIDd up with go feet of oil. The locn-
ton r. wildcat territory.
In DunhRm township. Warrington
county. ohio Harmon n Evans have
l.a7'd n portion Of the Reynolds farm
and will commence TO develop 1t Mt
Dnr1.
Tho pipe line price Of credit balance
ole quoted Thursday, ruled to-day,
Without variation. Pennsylvania oil
hold nj 81 10 per barrel.
TcBterdhy'B receipts Of the Eureka
Pipe Line Company In the SlBterBVllle
fold Wcfo IN sf6 hnrraiH