The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-12-13
IN THE OIL PIELDs,
Late News OF Developments In the West
Virginia District.


company In the sIstersYille field yester-
day We're O.792 barrels,
The fitmness which has character
ICED the oil market during the past Few
days was generally unexpected and
caught many producers ready 10 dis
pose Of the oil ut the downward prices
The market threatens to be given w To
desultory professional speculation
The crude was given n short advance
ngam yesterday, stepping from 81 IS,
Wednesdays closing price, TO 81 30 Ut
closing. These advances viii make OPP
orators eager to further develop both
wildcat aud defined territory,
The Philadelphia company's gas pipe
line. being extended from the indian
Creek gas territory, which includes the
big Moses well, Is being pushed to It's
terminus NJ the rate of mile DAY.
1t should be completed by the 10Th Of
January,
Hunter No. 4 at waverly commenced
drilllnk yesterday.
The RIG ON the Barclay was COM
pleted yesterday and will commence
spnddlng the first OF next week
4 rig Is building on the elder bar
ciay's farm AT WRverly, and the agree
ment OF the lease deslgantes that wei!
must be completed within ten' days
after drilling starts.
on the Bob Barclay farm there is an
important well being drilled that is
watched with much interest.
OiRcinl figures place the daily output
of WRyerly's field at 500 barrels, small
Increase over the production OF one
month ago.
Spudding was commenced on No, j
Johnson nj Wayerly on Wednesday
No. rig win be completed tomorrow
and drilling will start on Monday.
on lhe slime farm. about one and
a quarter miles south OF west Of their
Coiebaugh No /, Galley Bros. ~ Mylon
have made n new location and Will
proceed at once with the work OF
building the rig,
The production OF the Eureka Ham
nett wei Is reliably reported to be 600
| barrels per day. Wednesday the tools
were run down deeper and the aglta-
ton caused an increased flow to about
$50 barrels.
shay & McNiulleU have located two
wells on the Smith HOge farm, about
go feet north Of Murphy, Jennings x
| Co.'S Hardmnn No. Il, In the Big Flint
district, and will start building the RIGS
| At once. 49,,
Davenport No. II. NJ the Fisher oil
Company, IL already down 800 feet.
on the Amos farm the Henderson
well. reported recently as having a
| fishing Job, Is again running smoothly
alta depth az over 800 feet.
Stewart No /. OF Crawford a. Treat,
| should have reached the pay last night.
ms II was drilling at the bottom OF thu
| lime on Wednesday evening.
The Eastern oil Company & Flnne-
gan have pulled the casing In Moore
| No. | and moved the rig and mnchin-
CIV which vii he used In drilling No,
| 2 on the same farm, located about 400
| feet southwest OF the abRndoped hole.
Eaton No. 10. OF the Fisher on Com
! pany, which had 400 feet OF casing
dropped In the hole. has resumed drill,
| ing and is expected TO reach the sand
by Monday Of next week,
| Tuel No. 2, OF the Fisher oil Com
| many. Is. after eleven days drilling, NJ
| 1850 feet. Tuesday night great gas
pressure was encountered In the gaI
| sand. which lgnlted, and before being
extinguished had destroyed the derrick
roof and burned on the cable. letting
the tools down In, the hole. They were
recovered last night.
The Carter oil Company VIII. during
| the winter, operate extensively on thh
teen new locations on their lease.
I.ongfellow & Waugh drilled In a well
on the Maglnnls farp. near Mncksburg,
| the fore part OF the week, which VIII
make small producer
| Jennings Bros have leased the
| Plummer farm. at Lower Newport, and
| will ut once proceed TO define,
The Rery well. OF the Knepp on Com.
| pauy. at Eight Mile, has been shot and
VIII make n producer of small proper
lions.
Pcthtle lease we'll. which was dry In
tho Cow Run formation. Is drilling
In the Big Injun sand. The Borca grit
will be penetrated u oil " not FOUND
In tho other formation.
The Zig Kate field Ia being pretty
Thoroughly defined by Davidson, Dom
nelly a. Jarrett.
Wilson Bros. have well due In the
big luiun sand, and Its result will gcy-
orn future operations In that field.
The Moore wells, ut M0orc'G June
tion. ARE pumping about five bdrrcls
daily
reported no having drilled In u big gas
HeT. on tho Hope farm, one mile west OF
Athens, at depth OF 1905 feet.
The MtCary well, on Sand Hill. Just
drilled in, IL showing for n producer
Of 100 barrels. 80
Ben Bacr's we'll. on the ogden farm,
which cavcd several days ago, has been
cipnned out and IN now flshlng for Il
airing Of lost tools. II was drilling nj
depth OF 900 feet when the cave oc-
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