Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-11-30
OIL NEWS.
Special to the Register

Special to the Register
Sis.ersvile, w. Va, November %
The oil market is on the toboggan slide
again. and where it will stop no one
has the temerity to attempt to conjec-
jure The market opened this morning
at S150. but before noon it had declined
to S147, at which figure it closed this
afternoon. Ever since the consumma-
uOn of the deal whereby it was given
ont that the Standard would assume
full control of the Mellon line after De-
cembcr list. the market has been @ little
weak.
To make it worse for the producer
the striking Of that 4000-barrel-a-day
well in Washington county, Pa, has
also had a share in causing the break
i'm the market. The Standard practie-
ally has no opposition in this section
now. and very little i'm any other, and
for this reason can and will do about
as it pleases 1t pleases it just now TO
reduce the price of The greasy iuld, and
down she goes.
The South PENIS Lynn Camp wells
ON the Calvert, Higgins and Seldler
farms are each down about 200 or 400
feet. They have had a series OF accl-
dents and mishaps with each of them.
Connolly Bros. put the ga casing in
their well cut on the COrreil farm yes
torjay. This well will be due in the
sand In q few days and is being watch
ed closely, as 1T viii test considerable
territory.
Whether the proposed well between
here and Pleasant Ridge viii be drilled
we are not informed. Some weeks ago
we mentioned that such q well would
probably be drilled at once, but since
,hen have heard nothing more about 1T.
There was O report current last even
ing and this morning to the effect that
the well recently drilled i'm on the ALI
len heirs farm. on the Ohio side, which
was reported dry. had been shot, and
that it would probably make q good
producer. An effort was made to verify
the report, but up TO the time OF going
to- press nothing further had been
heard from tt, and the story lis not gen-
orally believed.
The wei on the f. NJ. Furbee farm,
out near Wick. has been drilled in, and
report from there this morning states
that it viii make q good producer The
report said thlt the we'll was flowing,
but this is not generally credited on ac-
count of the many wild-eyed stories that
have been given out about wells out
there
it is reported that a we'll viii be drill
cd shortly ON the George Mason farm,
at the jug. on Middle Island creek.
about a mile east of the Riggle well
No. L.
The Ewing well, four miles south Of
Calais. o.. has been drilled to the Big
Iniun and the owner has a very dry
hole A tride of oil and gas was found,
but the sand was poor and the pros
q c-Cs far FROM enc0Wg g'ng, bet things
are becoming quite lively. Shay d Co.
are putting up q rig on the Joseph
Hodge farm. half mile south of town,
and the Ohio OH Company are also pre-
pairing to drill to the north.
Galley Bros. are down 800 feet on their
No. . Calebaugh and No. . Hensel will
begin i'm few days. No. 1 Hensel is
being pumped.
A well is being started on the old
Mooney and briggs farm below Antioch.
o. WOodsfeld, o., magnates own the
lease. and parties are drilling for an i'm
terest The gem bargain in drilling for
am interest was when Woodsfeld peo-
pie owning the lease on 20 acres adjOin-
ing the Caiebaugh well, cot an operator
to driu the piece and carry free one
half iu six wells.
The oil produced from the Riggle well
40. I, was hauled over to the Charles
Smith well, to be conveyed away by the
pine line.
The drulers on the Riggle No. 2 are
doing some splendid work lately. and if
no accidents happen to check the work
The well win probably be in inside of
another week. by the way, this crew
OF drilers is q set Of quite gentleman
ly fellows. which can not be said Of all
the crews which have been here.