Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-07-15
The WEEKLY OIL REVIEW.
What Has Been Going on in the West
Virginia Fields
During the Week Just Passed That
is Of Interest to the Public-The
Victor Oil Cos Rockwell One Of
the Features of the Week-Ac-
tive Operations in the Vicinity Of
the Frieden Field News.

The important events of the past
week have not been very numerous, bus
some of them have been very important
in the matter of extending, defining
and restricting the boundaries of some
| Of the alleged pools supposed to have
been opened up a short time ago by
the drilling in of freak producers. One
Of the surprises of the week was the
Victor Oil Company's well on the Rock
well farm, in the Keener sand district,
on Middle Island Creek in Tyler cOun-
ty. When the well was located some
of the members of the company kicked
on the location, but as one of the firm
had full charge of the matter, he went
ahead, and now the balance Of the com
pany are we'll pleased that their advice
was not followed in the matter.
The well on the Starbuck farm, in
the vicinity of Colerain. was the recip-
| lent of considerable attention the early
| part of the week, and it seems that it
! deserves attention. 1t was agitated
with about 125 quarts of glycerine, and
| since it has been cleaned out has re-
! spOnded very nicely. Friday after
noon the tank was gagged, and it was
| found that the we'll was doing about
so barrels a day, and the indications
J are that the production will increase.
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| ent, as the most of them were of the
| opinion that it would not amount to
| anything, on account of its cratic ac-
/ lions when first drilled into the sand.
The Gould field, in the vicinity Of
Steubenville has attracted some atten-
ton the latter part of the week. There
were several fairly good wells drilled
| in, which have increased the produce
| ton of the field to a considerable ex-
| tent. There is considerable work re-
ported going on in that vicinity and
| there are several wells of Importance
expected in during the coming week.
| The freak Of the week was the we'll
| drilled in by the Kanawha Oil Com
| pany, about two miles southwest of the
| Victor well on the Rockwell This
| well, too, was drilled into the Keener
sand but without getting anything It
was drilled on down to the Big Injun,
| and when only one bit in the sand
| struck big flow of gas. The drill waa
| kept going, and at farther depth the
! gas pressure became so strong that it
was impossible to keep the tools in the
hole. Since the tools have been taken
out.the well has been drilling itself in,
I q &c cd fo hn
as great as that of the Big Moses This
well is located fully fifteen miles from
| the Moses, and would indicate that
there is a large gas belt in that vicinity.
Richie county is coming to the front
with some fair wells now, and is at
tracing considerable attention from
producers. During the week the well
( on the Yoke farm, in the Cairo dis
! trict, was drilled in and is reliably re-
| ported to be making about so barrels a
day Though this we'll is not very
| large one. it shows that there Is oil in
that section, and it will stimulate opera
! tionS in that district to a considerable
extent. There is already a number Of
wells drilling and some locations have
| been made.
The most active operations in the
West Virginia fields at present is in
the vicinity of the Digby well, on the
Frieden, over in Ohio, from Sistersville.
| There are twenty-five wells drilling in
/ that district, and within the next week
or ten days it is probable some of the1A
will be drilled in. The Eastern Oil
Company, which now owns the Frieden
| leases, have made a number of loca-
| tons, and beside these there are sew
| eral rigs up and locations being made
| by other parties. The well nearest due
now is the Kanawha Oil COmpany's
Lohr No. l, which is about 1900 feet
east of the Frieden.
There is very little of interest to
note in regard to the price of either
! option oil or credit balances during the
week. The price of credit balances
stood all week until Friday at S145.
| On Friday it advanced to S1.471a, and
| remained there until the close on Sat
urday. The speculative price is little
! higher, but there is very little specu-
lating being done, as the most of the
! buyers are little scary The produc-
| ton of the fields continue to fall off,
and all indications point to higher
! prices for oil before the first of the year,
and yet, in spite of this. the brokers ara
! letting the market alone.
Mention was made yesterday about
the Afford well, on the Frieden farm,
near the Digby we'll and the fact that
! it was reported dry. at Is feet in the
sand. That story was denied and the
fact mentioned that there was a show
| ing for Gil at one bit in the sand and
| that there was plenty of gas. A report
was received in the city last night that
/ the well had been drilled deeper Sat
urday night and yesterday and that a
heavy flow of oil and gas had been
struck. The gentleman who gave out
! the report is perfectly reliable, and he
! also said that the gas from the we'll
| had caught fire from the boiler and
| burned the rig down. The report re-
ceived would indicate that the well is
a good producer and those persons who
have territory in that vicinity are feel
ing much better to-day than on Satur-
day.
Carr Bros, of Pittsburg, drilled three
wells several years ago at Davisville,
where a new well has been located
One Of the wells was 2.5OO feet deep and
another 2.200 feet deep, and no indica-
tion of oil was found in either. Drill
ing will commence on the new well
Monday, and operators are looking on
| with interest.
The'well on the J. T. McMechen farm,
near Bellville, Wood county, has been
closed down on account of lack Of
water for the engine. This well will
open up an entirely new field.
A new well has been located at Bris-