The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-12-19
IN THE OIL FIELDS.

Middle Island Field l. Now the Main At
traStIon-Rrcent Good Strikes Made Out
There = Notes % Operations IN the
Southwest,
Itisvery plainly evident that the Mon
roe county oil field, which only q few
months ago stood before the world In
the brightest promise imaginable, Is
now on the decline and that us rival ~
the very field that II thrust into unpop-
ularlty before It's bnlmieRt days We're
experienced, Middle Island, Recent de-
VelopmentA that have taken place III
the latter district have won for X con-
hdence, that was lost and which IL vas
thought would never be regalned, The
field has evidently outlived u gloomy
past and now threatens 10 bloom forth
MS IL v did before and make the
fact significant that Tyler county Is
one OF the best places OF inducement 10
p%ruspectors In the southwest develop
ments, and that Sistersville Is the CEN
ter OF operations, That Middle Island
Is easily the best producing territory
In the southwest Is demonstrated be-
yond a doubt In the monster spouters
that have been drilled there, VIE: the
Dye-BrookR, Martin and Miller wells;
The daily production OF the hrst Wen
nj the time II made It's debut, WIS az
most rs great us that OF the entlfe
Waverly field OF the present day
Luther Bros. the production OF
which was held back by the great salt
water pressure, the finest quality OF
sand ever taken from n well on Mid
die Island has been found; and this.
too. In territory that was virtually
wildcat. A glance ut the map OF the
district IN question points out plainly
that It's wells ore lining east n west
OF the big Martin well, and that every
thing on the line OF that well and the
Hugus Is either q big gasser or an on
we'll. Then, between the latter well
and the Morris well Is the Big lnjun
gus well on the Bloulr farm, which no
only had an Immense gas pressure, but
also a showing OF oil and salt water.
As II appears at present, operations
will extend 10 the river, there Will be q
gradual union OF the various pools and
the field will be a good producing dis
trict for years TO come.-SistersVille
Drill.
In the vicinity OF Graysvillc opern-
lions are nov more active than at any
time since the commencement OF de-
velOplnR Of territory In that section
Among the ~prospoctors who are pre-
sent paying attention to this district, IL
Governor MacCorkle, who. with others,
Is drilling a well on the w. Q. FORAKER
farm, near GraysYille. a second wen
Is being put down on the same tatm oy
Wilson & Company, OF Woodshe'd;
The pipe line price OF credit pal
nnce oils held unchanged yesterday, At
last Thursdays quotations. PennsylVa-
mia oil at 81 so per barrel.
The runs OF the Eureka Pipe Line
Company In the Slstersville Held, yes
terday. were 9,7i3 barrels,
The Fisher oil Company's Judge NO
1 has overcome many difficulties en-
countercd while drilling and Is due TO-
Tr,cli No. 2 OF the Fisher company,
which has been shut down awaiting
the arrival Of a combination socket has
resumed drilling.
Another salt water outlet Is soon Ia
be drilled on the George Fetty farm by
a party Of SIstersvillians.
Eaton No. 10 OF the Fisher OIL Com
pany. has recovered a lost string OF
tools and is now drilling past the salt
sand. l..
Core No. O, OF Meals q D~onnluson' "
the ST Mary's Broad run field. which
came in Tuesday, viii make n producer
| OF 100. barrels capacity.
For consideration Of $4,000 Hanian
& Company have sold their lease OF 100
acres on the John Richards farm In
the big Kate field, Higgins & Noys,
OF Warren. Pa. being the purchasers;
The McCalmOnt OIL Company and 7,
b. Rangcr have moved their rig from
the Mary Mahoney farm on Long run,
10 the Reynolds farm. below Marietta,