The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-12-02
THE sIsTgRsYILLE REGION.
Note, OF the Operations In ths Different
0Wnythr-RiVCr Fields,

D0WnVtlIr-lliTCr Yields,
There Is considerable excitement In
oil circles about Sheets run, Rocser &
Downing have drilled IN Il well on the
HoldrCn farm and Thursday night, ut
only few feet In the sand, put fifteen
barrels In the tank. There is proba-
billty OF It's being gusher when drilled
deeper, This well opens an entirely
new Held.
The summit No, at EIght Mile is due
In the sand the fore pnrt Of the week.
Mallory x Co. will begin drilling their
Brown No. the first OF this week.
Hensel No. !, OF the Shocatring oil
Company, has struck pay streak and
will make % barrel pumper II eX-
tends the DCist pool to the northwest.
At Belmont, Johnson's well, on the
Rencutter farm, IL overdue,
ON Broad run, Reese No, ], on the
Emellne Robinson farm, IL due In the
Cow run sand carly this week. The lost
tools have been removed.
The rig II up and the machinery in
place for well on the Cook farm at the
mouth OF Henry Camp run. The loca-
tion Is considered good for n producer
In the Cow run sand.
The Oxford OIL Compnny's Heating
we'll, on the Martin farm, on Middle
distance and Is full OF salt water.
Robinson, Sterling, Craig & Co have
n location on the Grim farm close to the
Philadelphia Compnny's buster Two
dry holes have been drilled on this farm
and this new well will pretty thorough
~ define It's worth.
Above Waverly one and one-half
miles, / 800 feet back from the Ohio
river on Calf run, the Preachers "
we'll Is producing considerable black
oil from the Big InJun sand.
The Hugus, on Middle Island, was
tubed yesterday. Those who are disln-
teTested are OF the opinion that this VIII
be only small well, as the sand Is not
OF the right sort.
The Goddard well has n fishing Job on
hand near the top OF the sand.
The Bridgeport OIL md Gas Com
pany will put In the l3-lnch casing In
their well on the lille farm Mt Archer's
Fork to-day.
There are several wells Of nm impor-
tnnt character on Indian creek, Tyler
county, that should be In the sand. but
thcy have been delayed with trouble
with the casing.
w, II. Reese has sold hig interest In
the gasser ON the school house lot to j.
weiglo No. 2. Of Mccoy & Broadwnter
Is 600 feet deep
The Cairo oil Company on the Hickey
farm. has put In the ca Inch casing and
should complete the well In n week or
johnson. seldom & Co. have com
menced spuddlng ut their well on the
Z. n. Cooke farm, ut the mouth Of Hem
ry Camp run, on French creek.
Eurnkn stlll continues to be the center
Of nctivity. The Union OIL Company
hos completed the rig for their lIuck.
man No. /; the rig for tho Eestcr well
ls under way: Brndcn & Co. have three
rigs UP on the Ed. Hnmmett, \. Iuck-
man and Kcstcr farms respectively;
Rne& Gorhnm have RIG completed on
the Ed. Hammett and on the II, Nc
Taggert the South Penn OIL Company
has rig under way; Cortland ~ Hays
are nlBo starting u rig on the W. ~.
Hammett. At the Biz jim, on the Ham
mott farm. the GH inch casing was put
In on Thursday and the cleaning out
was commenced on Friday. Tho well
hnd caved In distance OF On feet nnd
on Saturday afternoon II was thought
to be within n few feet OF the bottom.
This cave will nCcCsBltnte drilling the
well deeper.
William Grnhnm'a well near the fork
of Cow run above Schultz ~ loo feet
deep md should reRch the lniun sand
by the middle Of this week.
Tho we'll on the Strlckler furm on
Whisky it.n In the Cairo field. VIII Ie
drilled IN the lnttcr part Of this we"k.
The casing, which was pulled ma rim
med down on account n q cave. has
been put In ngaln and drilling proceed
ed with. ,,
Company lg steadily lucrcnrlng itE pro.
duction and is now making considcra-
bly, over 100 barrels u day
The Henry oil CompanyS No. Q
Hoffman II In the pay sand and i GOOD
FOR 81 bnrrciB day. Their No. z rs Va
being moved and No. In 1000 teet
Bcttman G. wntuon's No. j. Lohrl
has renChcd the shnd and VIII make q
90 barrel producer Their No rig ON
thr same farm " up
The Carter oil CompHny'g No, . Bnu-
man ia In the sand, but It's production
cannot yet be estimated. Their No. ]
Bush Ia 1000 fuct deep and No. o l'yora
II down 1900 feet,
Tho Victor OH Cdmpnny's Rockwell
No. q IN 1870 feet deep and has iiahing
fob. Thor No. Z IN 900 feet deep on
the ]. Gnrmnn farm this company has
n hahIng fob nt go foot, Tho rigH are
ZIP for their +. Hcnrns M. . and j, Cor
j, TIoneH & CO.'S No. . q. IIlll r. Goo
feet deep. Tho Bhmc Cnmrhny'H No. !
Gorrcll and No. / Archer have the RIGS
up. ---
WIN Drill nj Viola.
a committee Of the North Penn on
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