Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-10-08
a COMPLICATED AFFAIR.

a Peculiar situation in Which Two Ter
SON. are Placed on Account OF an oil
Lease-VTll Probably Culmlnate IL Ia"
>uit-ou Notcs.
There Is q great fight on now n re-
gard 10 s9me tucr--ory over in me De-st
raal. iu Monroe county, Ohio. and there
Is every probability tha- IL VIII merge
,-.1 enc CO the largest law suits as we-s
IS enc 6 the mos CCmpiicG-eu ever
-orr in this country. The case IS
Soct @ follows. Two parties ID SISTERS
Vile ay the name eli Moore and han
heli q lease on 96 acres Of land over Ill
Tie De.s- section. and they made con-
tre wish the Afford Bros. and another
oor-v 10 dr.u @ Wcn en- the territory
Ger en- interest. The wen was drilled
IS per agreement. and it was dry
hc-o Later. according 20 the story
ctv-n che reporter. The owners or the
lease. Moore end Hall, gave the Afford
Bros. nC-i-e 10 take their machinery,
e.c.. ar the lease. which was done ana
amp a,ly 20 Ill irtsnts and purposes
40 agreement was forfeited. When
I--.v K CO. drilled ,n their well en-
-he lregel farm. which adjoins the
lease mentioned above. and their well
came Sd good. Afford BICs. sep in ana
ley claim to -ae share they were TO get
fer dr.li-0S tle well on the SIS acres.
ran * Aoc-e i'm -leue2nCme mad
leased tha terri CRY TO ether p2les.
who were 20 dru for an Interest and
POW both companies ere building rigs
d H .
Drc-v lively scrapping over The affair
hv .le parties Interested There has
bccl scue talk OF Ou2--ng the AL
fC-ls by force. bu- that plal was finally
given mp, and yesterday one OF the arr.
O. lIc-re & Hall said that hey would
get them Cu- by process Of law The
result of tl.s case IS beng anXiously
-cd by Jhe producers, rs IL Will
decide case which has not q precedent
.u either Ohio or West Virginia.
The receipts of the pipe Ene cOmp9-
MES l che S.s.s~sviile field yesterday
were 194l5 barrels. The receipts of
the Mellon Pipe Line Company were
1854 barrels. and these Of the Eureka
lines S254 barrels. The receipts on
Monday are always away below what
the average IS fer every other day IN
the week fer the reason tina. there is not
nearly Sc much ell run in,0 the lines by
the producers
Remcy & Mccoy have made arrange
mel-s 90 build Two mere rigs on their
lease on t1eWeigle farm, over in the
j. territory. ana work VIII be COM
mencel on hem at once.
3IcFajden &c Co. drilled their well On
the Blau.r farm. out IN the Dye-BrOcks
territory. on Middle Island creek and
instead Of being on oil well as was
expected. 10 is a big gasser The Wei
VIII be drilled deeper.
Word was received in the city las,
night that -he Florence OIL Company.
operating II the Wavarly ield, had
made another big strike. Their latest
wei IS located on the Ingram farm and
was drilled in yesterday morning. At
abcr- one screw in the sand last night
-le wei was reported making about %
barrels am hour and increasing slightly.
The field is coming 10 the front very
rapidly. for the reason that there are
Qu.a q number Of individuals holding
territory there and all are anxious 10
set ,heir wells down.
Carr Bros. have decided to put down
two more wells ca their leases out On
Lc1g Run. in We.zel county. but as yet
they have not decided On which farm
they VIII be located.
Special to the Register.
Plrkersburg. W. Va, October e.
Word comes here To-day from Richie