Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-08-08
OIL NEWS.

McMurray & Co.'S well on the Gala
CHER farm, east of Powhatan, in Mar
shall county, was due in the sand yes
terday. but was not drilled in for some
reason.
The rigs are up for two wells on the
Moreland farm, east Of st. Mary $, IN
Peasants county, and drilling will no
commenced the latter part of the week.
Barnsdall, Mallory & Co.'S Brow
No. 2, on Broad Run, in peasants
county, is drilling at about 300 feet
and will be due the latter part OF the
week.
The same company's No. l Smith, in
the same territory, is still flowing at
the rate of about so barrels a day.
Lew Mallory's Delong No. l, on
Lew Mallory's De Long No. l, on
Broad run, is rugged up and Will
start drilling to-day or tomorrow.
An oil company composed OF 81.
Mary's people have made a location on
the Jacob belong farm, in the above
field. and have the timbers on the
ground for the rig.
r. G.. Caldwell has a rig up on the
Smith farm, south of st. Mary's, and
will commence drilling the latter part
of the week.
Lew Mallory has a location made
and is building a rig on the 5. 5. Stons
farm at Vancluse, about three miles
below st. Mary's.
Reese & Graham commenced drilling
at their we'll on the Wyl:e school house
lot on French creek, east of st. Mary 3.
At the first we'll on this lot they lost
the tools and in moving the rig to an
other location it fell over and it was
necessary TO build a new one, which
has delayed the work considerably.
The St. Mary's field is coming to the
front rapidly. SO far the majority OF
the wells drilled there have been very
small producers, but one or two have
been good ones and the SANDS are all
that could be desired. So far all the
wells drilled in that section have got
ten good indications for oil in every
sand. but the production has been so
small, the most of the wells only doing
two or three barrels, that the producers
are rather disheartened. II IS evident
there is a good pool somewhere in that
vicinity. and from the number of wells
now going down something ought TO
develop shortly.
The receipts of the pipe line compan-
les in the Sistersville field yesterday
we're 1901 barrels. The receipts OF
the Mellon lines were 1853, and the
receipts Of the Eureka line 9,462 bar
rels.
The Associated Producers Company
made two more locations on their De.st
lease over in Ohio, near the Freedom
well, and on the same farm on which
they drilled in on Sunday. This makes
five locations made on that lease IN Two
days. and the contracts call for the i'm
mediate drilling of them.
Ramey & Co.'S we'll on the Hillman
farm. which was shot on Monday, made
a good flow yesterday afternoon, while
il was being cleaned out. This we'll
Since it was shot promises to make a
fine producer.
The Philadelphia Gas Company have
three rigs up and will commence drill
ling In a few days on the Mrs. William
son farm, on Middle Island creek.
The Ohio Oil Company made loca-
ton yesterday on the S. c.. Buchanan
farm. on the Ohio side, in the vicinity
of the Freedom well.
The Freiden No. 1, the we'll drilled
in by Digby e Co., of this city, who
sold out to the Eastern Oil Company,
made 1S5 feet in the tanks in thirty
three days, which amounts to 6105
barrels of oil in that length of time,
or 1S5 barrels a day.
The company that owns the above
we'll have four wells drilling on the
same farm, all of which will be done -
a short time, and as they are in close
proximity to No. l, they are expected
to be good producers.