The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-10-23

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place Of safety.
The following rather interesting story
is sen: out from PhillpP, Barbour
cognty;
Three years ago, when the oil excite.
ment was ut its height in Monongalla
aud adjoining countiei, 4 company was
organized here, and Lease taken on the
Talbot farm, across the river from this
city, a drilling company was contracted
with to put down two wells. no, was
drilled and produced little oil, but not
enough TO pay for humping It, No.
was then begun about half mile away.
Alter several months, during which
tue dFillerI proieassd to lose their tools,
aud the foreman made numerous trips
10 Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Philadelphia
and New York, it was announced that
the sands had all been passed through
aud found dry.
A few weeks ago A. N. kttlle and
several others formed company and
released the Talbot farm. They began
az once cleaning out the No. we'll,
After taking out ordinary earth which
had fallen in. down 10 800 feat, the
drillers came upon white oak plug,
seven feet long, driven in tight, Tho
well was then clear for 500 feet, whea
they came upon another obstacle, (which
proved to be q piece of small casing,
driven into tho larger casing, and filled
with Scrap iron aud steel.
Tho drillers nave been pounding upon
| this nearly week, aud have brought
out nearly two bushels OF scrap iron
aud steel. They expect TO get through
it in another week, when they expect
plain sailing
Despite these plugs, the we'll has
flowed small quantities OF oil ever since
II was abandoned. aud the prospects are
good for good we'll 1t is supposed
the drillsrI iound the well was going to
DO Il good ono and plugged it TO sell
their information TO some one who
could pay well Tor IT,
The oil excitement in the conaty is
intense, and every loot OF ground tina.
can be had II being leased. The pres
eut owners have experienced oil men
guarding the drillerS day aud night, to
be sure Of NO crooked work.
Nearly a dozen teams are daily on
gagged in hauling casing from the rail
road sidings Of New MartiuIvills &c
Pine Grove, where II will be utilized al
a pipe line by the Philadelphia Gas
Company. which recently purchaIed
the famous big Moses GaSEOr and
other gai rights in the Sistsrsviile field
While the undertaking OF this concern
10 gigantic one, rapid progress is beinI
made in the work and it wilt not be Z
great length Of time until the gas thai
shauld have been piped 10 siStsrsvillt
aud Wheeling for domestic and manu-
featuring purposes, will be flown.
toward the Smoky City.
The well on Brown ( Co.'S twenty
acre lease, OH the buchanan farm, IN
Monroe county, which is being drilled
by Maitland & Hubbard, is not u dry
hole, rs reported by irresponsible
uapers. II has had n fishing job at the
top OF tho sand which has delayed il
being drilled in. There Is a good show
ing Of oil with an abundance Of gas.
1t il now quite Certain that the ex
element that hai been stirred up b!
the South Penn OIL Compauy's well on
tho Smith heirs farm. near Board Tree
Green county, was out OF proportion to
what tho fac.8 warranted, saws 80. $,
W." Every new strike has It's boom.
ore. and the recent discovery neal
Board Tree has not been an exception
to the rule The vol was drilled two
bits deeper nni showed no improve
ment; drilling was resumed again Mon
day, but thOre was 40 change for the
better, tho drill pounding away on tot
Of hard shoIl. Tnrro il possibility
that another pay may be iougd below
tho phoii, but tho owuora are not bNnE
ing heavily on such resul,.. A tliteeu
barrel producer from s holo 500 i0oi
deep is all that eau bo hoped Tor ~ this
time.
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