Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-11-27
OIL NEWS.

Sistersville. November Z5.-ln u~-
crease i'm the visible supply Of oil Is the
topic that is most discussed by the on
men at present They think that with
the supply falling off every day the
price Of The greasy stuG ought TO go
higher In speaking Of the matter To-
day prominent producer said,
To supply the trade 1T is probably
safe 20 say new production 20 the
amount Of 5000 barrels a day must be
found, or Lima OF. is an absolute neces-
sity. A pool better than any tnal mas
been found since Bradford must be
found or Lima oil seems the logical
source of supply. This being The case,
the wildcatter has been active. THIS
is why he has drilled 1000 holes during
the YEAR testing the country from one
ocean 10 the other These new wells
have probably cost in The neighbor-
hood OF q million dollars on an aver
age, iu the summer running above that.
They have still left the question un-
sOlyd. and with the opening OF spring
the drill must start again at the same
nervous gait Some old territory re-
mains i'm Pennsylvania TO run over
yet little more but none that prom
ises any rewards West Virginia Will
yield some more oil. but the little pools
are not enough. Southern Ohio has
been punctured like sieve The Rocky
Mountains and The Pacific country are
receiving their share OF attention. and
In return giving up little oil OF in
ferIOr quality. Most likely, il anything
is ia sight now it is I'm Tennessee and
Kentucky. For years deposit OF
petroleum has been known 20 exist In
Tennessee, and so long ago as 1850
some wells were drilled m the counties
tributary TO the Cumberland river i'm
both Tennessee and Kentucky. Opera
tons are i'm progress now iu Floyd and
Wayne counties. i'm Kentucky. and in
Fentress. OyertOn and Pickett counties,
In Tennessee. The most promising sec
ton is the Tennessee country. and ,he
hope OF Tennessee as q producer is ac-
centuated by the fact that the Standard
Oil Company has leases ON $4,000 acres
OF land i'm various sections OF what
promises 20 Doe the oil belt. So far
Tennessee and Kentucky are unknown
quantities. But they are more prOmis-
ing than Bradford was when Lewis
Emery. Jr., came 20 the field and START
ed to- drill on lands that Tho RarrsdaIIs
had ,1reof,. 4,;rr.5 ,,.e,. .,,5 ,b.,,loDa5
,s vorrhIsse Rrt T,,e--- IrilloI Don
e. and s+vnct che 0ri,,t,,,,l. ,,,,lls nat
made q fo~t,1o fc, Kim, or5 Which
mako the porDs5~u how sieb 49,,
time tbev lool- a+ The ielss y,6icI, thav
allowed m evDi-, 1ritbort t,l-i-g he
Drecautior that Er,e~,. JiJ NJ In. IN
fbe bottom of Tho rbi-,, -rros - IL,
The TenDosese co,,,,f-.,, 10 ~ ii,1es-oro
and me oil nm tb,+ scSo,,,.+ is NOT i,ier,,
teal with the amid grom rho sand rock
OF Bradford. But IL seems from what
is on exhibition I'm the hands of the
prospectors who have come back 10
the Bradford countrv fo ba a fairly
good lively OH NOT so ugh+ I'm gravity
vet lighter bv far fban he Obio
product. The statement of ono of we'll
informed ou man is rb9- the v9,t,1cl-,-
fields are liable no viofF ora5-s NJ o,l
that will arproxinq+e tbo PennsvIvania
oils i'm quality. and some tbat win he
more like that of Ohio. some of the
Tennessee wells have been drilled I'm
while the principal develoDmert is vet
Co be made A considerable number
are drilling. and more ars brfdinr and
9Pi tAs VIII see 81 sooI oedl OF activity