Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-07-28
OIL NEWS

The receipts Of the Pipe Line o..
Sistersville yesterday were I4a.
rels. The receipts of the Ne..
were 4,675 barrels, and those 10. ...-
reka line were 10,3O5 barres
The Johnson * Co. well OIL PHI. r.
rell farm, in the vicinity Of ts p-
land well, has been drilled iu .r.
rank buster in the Big lnjuu md
The Rinehart well. Oh the Ohm .s.
OF the Sistersville field. in Oh.
OF the Frieden well, which
closed down for a week on a.r.r..,
some difficulty over the owI Shin
the lease, started to drill il
and will probably reach tu -.r
time to-day.
Johnson az Co. Will locate v.r
the mouth Of Muddy creek. Tyler .-
", in few days, and win .oar--.
work building the rig as soon Us r'
well has been located.
Messrs. Geo. w. CtCcking anlrr
Benton, OF Sistersyille. have leases
block of about 1.200 acres of -a-.--
in Richie county, near jackson C-r-
House, and Will make arrau-emer.,
once to develop it, There have been
number Of wells drilled iu Tina, r.-.
ity heretofore and most oil them las.
turned out small produce. u at
with the exception of one 0r ESQ ". 3
drilled they have all shown tor l-.
duccrs. The number OF driU
has not been large, but W there M
OF them show that there Us ol .l thai.
district, but whether in payiu Qaa4t-
ties or not is d question ~, 10 D..
solved.
The well on the Morgan farm. H.
Sancho district, is in the limestou. .
will reach the sand about the middle 4
next week.
The Victor Oil and Gas Conn 6.
have three rigs up on the Ro..Fa.
farm, close to where their big T. is
located. and will commence ar.l.
during the coming week. The Lo ..
well No. l is still holding up .J a...
$50 barrels and flowing through -
casing at that. 1t will be packed .- .
few days, when it is couAdea.f l.
pected it will produce at least - a--
mare every twenty-four hours
The well drilling on the ao
farm. about three miles no,a
of the Frieden well, is on TOP o. %
limestone and will be due the .-.'. -.
of the week.
Great excitement exists q. ki.
small place on the lake shore. - @
Norwalk. O. The Standard Oo Cone
pany has agents, at work timer
all the farm land they can tr
hands on. Prospects for gas ---
are very good.
The Carter Oil Co.'S NJ p o- .
Freeland farm, out on San'1o' Th-
was drilled in some weeks ago and
ported a dry hole, broke loo -.
and made a flow over the top
rick. 1t is still owing and is p GUS
one Of the greatest freaks OF .
ever known.
The well recently drilled in 81
thony Smith farm, on Sugar
which came in an enormous
decreased in force until no"
very little gas flowing. Their
cradle oil spraying with w
flowing, and the concensus
is that it will make a good produces
Mr.. Thomas Z. Lewis. oil Obs
who has secured leases OH a...
hundred acres Of land im4
OF POmerOy. o., expect u
company this week. with N
developing his territc 4
confident that he d.
expects to make a BIZ a JUS
is on the line with t4o 0sfile fl
and several salt well Ak there
produced considerable OH, SOME
being a natural lubricI.le OBJ
the celebrated oil produced ~
w Va.
Remey & Co.'S well ON the
lot. in the vicinity Of the Fried
was drilled In yesterday a
When the drill was one fo3
sand the well filled mp abou
A report was sent out last
the well had been drilled
feet in the sand and that IL
make about five barrels O. ca.
learned later in the evening
report was not correct, and
well would make q good
While the well was being d
number Of operators We're
among the farmers and Try
up royalties, although ta
been reported dry. There
being made 10 make o ms
well. The owners of the So
a lease consisting Of two
acres. and it looks as thor
iect was to freeze some
lease holders out. One O..
On the well reported last
thought the well would Dr.
least 90 barrels a day.