The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-11-21
SOME wAvERLY FACTS,
How the Various sands and Belts are Lo-
Gated In That Rich OIL Territory.

Gated In That Rich OIL Territory.
Starting Mt the Calf creek well in the
wayerly field ON 45 degree line and run
ming southwest, the Butts farm would
be crossed west Of the stIllwcll Beren'
This line would, II is believed, cover
both the Berea and Big InJun belts, as
the one underlincs the other, running
in the same direction. a i5 degree line
northeast from the Calf creek well will
embrace the Willow Island wells that
are small producers In the InJun forIha-
fIon and in the wells drilled below the
mig Injun at Willow Island, which
found no Berca grit.
The first well drilled near this anti.
cllnnl, was the StrOsnider well on bull
creek, east OF the line, good Tor prop
ably eight barrels natural IN the Cow
Run sand In the top of the big mum
a great gas pressure was FOUND anu
when the salt water was struck IN the
same formation the crude ut times flow
cd over the derrick. In the Berca grit
twenty-cight feet Of sand was gotten
and when put to pumping the well did
six barrels day.
on the northeast end OF the deep
sands belt. the next important wei was
ire Corbitt. Tho production OF this
well In the Cow Run sand was 1--WE bar
rels natural. In the Ralston sand II
was good for four barrels. The Big IN
fun in this well was 2l2 feet thick, Win
three pays. ,
In the Raiston No. / the Vernon on
Company. of Pittsburgh, got 10 Cow
run sand. but the RalstOn sand was
seventy feet thick and the wells ca
pacity was about fifteen barrels In that
formation. The Big Injun here was
only lib feet thick and without paying
production. \ strong gas pressure was
encountered In tho Berea grit which
was thirty-elEht feet In thickness. AZ
Ter three weeks the well showed
spray Of oil.
There was u similarity In Ralston
No. 2 to the no. /, with the exception
TINT the upper ply OF the Bereu grit
WINS gas The lower pay was fourteen
feet thick. with splendid white shni
and nm oil pay but no gas of auy nc
count
Al Bull run the Butts wells Cow Run
formation was thlrty-seven feet and
little oil. 200 feet was encountered In the
Big InJun. The well was drilled TO the
Berea grit. hut was Big lnJun produ-
Ger Of ten barrels.
Kilduf & Co.'S D. G. Corbin No Is
another deep well, A heavy gas flow
and little oil was found In the thirty
geYan feet OF the Cow run sand. Raj
ston was ninety feet with little oil,
while tho Big InJun sand was 200 feet
and a much better well than In the
Berea. which was twenty-Clght feet
thick and harder than In the Butts
well. II II n four barrel well.
Another deep well II on the Sarah
Bell farm, Il short distance from the
Butts well and near the Bnrnsdall gus
belt The well Ia mystery, but the
depth OF the sand In known 10 he thlr-
ty-nlnc feet. with considerable gas
preBBur, and glFht showing ~ OIL
Since II. l.. Bncr. ~ this city, and Al
ford Bros. have started drilling on the
Ogden farm preparations arc being
made to open the llcndlry well aud
keep II mystery no longer
r. n. BarnBdan has lcnacd 400 ncros Of
the H. T.. Graham tract paying 5000
bonus and hgrCod "a fni8h| Ave wells to
the fcrcn grit within one year from the
date 81 The lease, ON the WOHhlng.
ton furm Unc.thlr1 Of a milo duo Cnnt Of
the Hcndlcy mystery, one u the wells
has boon started
Wheeling parties VIII drill u we'll on
the CUrblit farm near the old well on
Hull run The old well on Slilwull
creek wIs finished about eight yCnra
ago, being drilled through the Big In
Jun and Boron formations and was
packed IN IL never had n chance u
produce the 9rudr
There waH no advance In credit bal.
nnrc quotations, III standing ntill nj
u 10 ~ tho pipe line agencies and II
now DppcliE as though the Standard
had checked the rise,