Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-09-09
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OIL NEWS.


During the early part of the week
there was practically nothing of note
transpired and the feeling of blueness
so manifest for several weeks had
again commenced to settle over the
held, when on Wednesday evening
Afford Bros & O'Haras No. 6, ON the
Lohn farm, came in. This we'll had
Deen due for several days and if COM
menced to look as if it would be q rem
eutlon OF the Voegler No. which
was drilled 40 feet below where the
sand was found in the FrIeden wells
IL was only miscalculation. boyN,ver
and the we'll finally came in Wednes-
DAY evening and started off at about
~ barrels an hour. This we'll is IN
defined limits and the only interest
II excited was whether the territory
was as spotted as it was supposed TO
be
The banner well of the week and the
most important one, too. was the we'll
drilled by Caldwell & Co., on the Elk
cherry farm. There has been consid-
cradle bad luck attendant upon the
drilling in Of this well. and il was
reported due on Tuesday, but was de-
layed by small fishing jobs until
Thursday morning This well is To-
Gated to the northeast of the AssEia-
ted Producers wells on the Deist
farm, and opens up quite a block of
new territory. The general opinion
OF the oil men is that the Deist pool
extends to the northeast and 10 give
color to their opinion all those who
have territory in that section are
hustling TO get rigs up and will COM
mence to drill their stuff just as soon
! as possible.
The good work started by the Lohri
No. . seemed to be a stimulus and in
order not to be behind a number of
other wells came in Thursday and
Thursday night, every one of which
will make good producers. The only
well drilled in during the week in the
Sistersville field that was dry was the
Henry Oil Co we'll on the Slime farm,
and it was not much of a disappoint-
ment as the territory in which it is 10
Gated was condemned.
Operations on the Ohio side will be
given quite an impetus by the coming
in of the gusheTs mentioned above, es-
pecially that on the Eikelberry farm
which has opened quite a lot of ter
TitOry, which looks very good. In the
vicinity OF the Eikelberry farm there
were quite a number of rigs built some
time ago, but work had not been COM
menced. and the owners were waiting
for the wells then drilling to come
in before they would venture any far
Their Now that the Eikelberry is in
| and good producer, these wells will
be started at once and many locations
will be made and rigs built.
The West Virginia side of the Sis
tersville field showed up the latter
part of the week with a well of first
class production. It was the Oxford
| Oil Co.'S No. / Thomas, which was
drilled in Saturday afternoon and
which was at first reported to be good
for in the neighborhood of thirty bar
rels an hour The report of the
amount Of its production was not cor
rect. The we'll started off at 10 bar
rels an hour and was holding up at
| that yesterday. 1t also opens up quite
a bit of territory in that section. 1t is
located about three locations from the
big wells recentlu V]rilled In on the
Rockwell and Holmes farms by the
Victor Oil Co., in a direct line 10 the
| HE gassor on the KellaT farm. When
the Kellar we'll was drilled in it only
showed a very small amount Of oil, but
| the gas pressure was very heavy. The
general opinion now is that a well
/ drilled one or two locations northwest
of the gasser would come in good and
possibly make the largest wells ever
| drilled in the field.
Taken as a whole the Sistersvllle
field did very well the past week to-
ward increasing the visible supply OF
oil. and if it will only keep up the gait
| struck the last three days nobody VIII
| have a kick coming.
The other fields of the State dld not
! show up anything out Of the ordinary
outside of the big wells drilled IN on
| Flat Run by the South Penn. The two
wells drilled in by that company were
reported at first TO be doing 100 barrels
an hour. but the actual production was
not much over 60 barrels an hour, and
now they have fallen off to about 90 bar
rals an hour These wells are In the
! front of developments in that territory
and Will open up some good territory.
| The South Penn has about everything IN
sight out there and X is almost impos-
sible to pick up lease. The other sec
| lions Of the Warrington field did not
| show up with anything out Of the ordl-
nary.
The shallow pool in Peasants county
showed all right during the week with
several wells which will make fair pre-
ducers. Out of eight wells drilled in
the field five are good producers and the
others are making a good showing.
There is considerable work going on
down there and there is every indica-
! ton that this field will show up in the
near future with a good production.
The Waverly field has been away off
for about ten days and there is practi-
cally nothing of importance to report
from there In the other fields of the
State there is practically nothing to re-
! port
The coming week in the Sistersville
field Will offer quite a number Of i'm
pOrtant things in the way of new wells.
| There are several wells due in wildcat
territory both on the West Virginia and
Ohio sides and they are all being
watched very closely.
The Associated Producers made five
new locations on the Deist farm Satur-
day and will commence at once erecting
the rigs This makes about sixteen
wells and locations on that farm.