The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-08-05

SlilianoLher big guSher has been au'
ded to the list Of rich strikes In that
portion Of the slstersville fsld in the
Immediate vicla'tyo OF the famous Frle'
den we'll, that has in fact been scllp'sd
by every ono Of the now hOls'. Close
on the heels Of tho o'HSrG No ], which
came in about midnight Friday, comes
the puIal, the boat Of the loI, msklnEi 1t
the greatest strike ever experienced in
the great Statewide dI'trics that has
bSen famous for big strike.
The well Of the TileWater on Com
pany, an eastern concern under the
Standard control, which has bean drill
ing on the Dust farm Ia the lohFi,,
Fresdsn district, was not expected
to come in until TODAY Drilling
yaD progressing niEht and day and
about / o'clock yesterday morning the
sand was struck and in u very little
time it was evident that ono OF the
Rreatest strikes Of the Geld had been
made. Tao oil went many feet over
the towering derrick in an amber
colored column that would have made
the oWnsri issl pretty good had any oil
them besn about. Tho news arrived al
sistsrsyille early In the morning aud
created Intense exciiemsuL The new
alrIke was the principal attraction OF
what would have been, otherwise, quiet
Sunday. The well kept up lie remark
able performance and At 10 o'clock II
was estimated that the grease" was
coming out at the rate oil from LOU 20
1000 barrels per day. Every ten or III.
tssn minutes the oil would shoot over
the top Of the derrick in a tremendous
column forming spectacle not often
seen even in heId so rich in "Itrike1
Up to s o'clock in the afternoon
there had been no dimunliiOn In the
rate Of flow aud conservative esLi.
matss were that at least 1900 barrel
rate was being maintained. II this Is
correct nearly 5000 went to the dogs
yesterday. The strike was 60 unex'
pOcGed that no arrangements Tor the
sankags Of such an immense quantity
Of oil had been made. Tho consequence
WaI that the oil ran riot over the bot
tom near the well and soon waS form.
tnRa miniature torrent In the neighbor.
Log creek bottom. This state OF atairI.
however, will not be allowed to con-
!inue. The pipO line 10 within easy
reach aud soon the rich harvest OF the
DuIst will be swelling the TidewGter
Company's bank account at q rate that
makes one feel giddy. OF course the
present rate Of production will not be
maintained, but II 1t shoull just think
what II means: 5000 a day, $4,000 q
week, $4,000 month, $7SOO0O a year.
Are there any more Duists around,
did you say
Well, maybe, but its like hunting for
lhe old time needle In the traditional
uaystack.
The Tidswater company Officials wore
not on the ground at the time OF tho
coming in oitheir we'll, but were noti'
6sd BY WirO and were expected to ar.
rfye last night or this morning. Shay,
Of Marietta, has an eighth interest 10
this well for negotiating the lease. He
was notified Of the strike, but. u IL said.
thought the boys At SntersViIIe were
kidding" him.
This Duiss we'll is on the property I'M
der which the Pennsylvania state gool'
oViSt reported to interested perIons not
long since that pool Of oil must exist,
Gndit vas on the strength OF this rs'
port that Farmer DuiSt succeeded In got.
ling bonus OF $4,000. together with
A,0oo u a ioEly-barrel we'll was struck,
10 addition, Of course, 10 the usual one
sighth. We'll, Mr.. DUST has Joined tho
Widow I.ohri's, the Weiss and Nc
Coy's and the others OF this ptutocracy
Of oil. Who's nextf
The DUST strike was tho concluding
Ivent OF one Of the most exciting weeks
.ysr known in the SistorIvills district.
Il ives only a week ago that tho organ
Of oil" gave 1t out that the StSsersVille
Geld had "roundod up," in other Woris,
that II had Ssen its best days aud would
now lapse into tho quiotudo OF the no.
country fields. Tho Ink had hardly
dried until the frat Lnhfi we'll calno IN
with It's 800 barrel daily outnut. Thun,
on Friday, came tho Is1m No. y, In The
Iamo nsighborhooh, At tho rate Of 1000
currels. A iaW hours later tho O'fiara
40. /, ION the Lohri, wa' "Apouisr"
1t 400 barrels, aud finally comes tho
DulIt. tho richest strike Of tho lot,
The siItorsyillO fold, or tho Ohio Girlo
81 Il, at least, will have TO receive an.