The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-12-04
IN THE SOUTHWEST.
Late Dolng' In All Parts of the SI'tcrsvlIlO
and NeIvhbOring Fields.

AAsAka ~ ~
and NeighbOring Fields.
on the Crazy farm, nearly six years
ago, the Boston Oil Company drilled a
gas well in the Berea grit, which, ever
since has supplied six boilers and has
u good reserve. OIL flows daily aud af-
ter the gas pressure wGakens II Is
expected TO make n producer OF consld-
cradle proportions. The company has
much deep terrltorlty which will be
defined when tlic shallow pools are cx-
haustcd.
The Summit oil Company7will start
spuddinB Summit No. tomorrow.
Toner q Co.'S Smith well in the Ora
cey field, after being shot, showed ur
for small producer. Shortly before
the shot the hole filled up 300 feet.
Mendenhall No. /, OF Barnsdall x Co.
will be started probably tomorrow,
Below Waverly the WRverly OIL &
Gas Company, OF Bridgeport, Ohio, ha.
started new well on the Dormnn, in
side OF Developments.
Monday morning the Grimes oil Com
pany started second well on Call
creek, close to the Preachers" prOduc.
ton on the Harness farm at Waverly
Four hundred acres OF this farm have
been sold to the above named com
pany for n figure Rggregating $4,000
The new owners will thoroughly define
this portion OF the shallow territory
and will puncture every corner Of the
farm.
Culbertson 4 Schell, whose operations
are confined almost exclusively to the
Lohrl farm on Dog Skin, have prob
ably the steadieSt production OF any
company In Monroe county. They
have been unusually lucky with their
lease and their last well. Lohrl No. y,
which came In Just before Thanksgly-
ing, Keeps Up II steady production OF IL
barrels per day.
At depth OF 1000 feet Barnsdall &
Rangers Marshall well In RtchIc
county, encountered black cave that
has now been successfully shut of.
CoIebauSh No. l., which determined
the destiny OF the northwest extern
sion OF the Monroe county field, is keep
ing UP It's original production OF l25
barrels per day.
William KOchnlInc and others Of
Bridgeport, Ohio, stlrted'a new well on
the johnson farm at Waverly yester-
day.
Rrupp No. on John Berg In Graccy,
reported dry by some papers, hrs thirty
feet OF sand and will be shot and clean
ed out for a producer.
The cave in the Priest oil COmpnny's
No has been shut on and ut 500 feet
gives evidence Of being a good pfodu-
Ger. II has mnde several flows ami
was tubed yesterday
In the Graccy field Mooney, Graccy
& Mccormick at the head OF Cow run
hnve drilled In heavy gasscr In the
Berea grit. Fourteen feet Of hard, close
sand was found
, Huffman No. .. thought to be dry, ~
n 20-hRrrcl well after being shot.
Away back at Burning Springs, Ken
ncdy q Lawrence Of SlstcrSvillc. have
n well that made 90 barrels the first
hour after the casing was pulled prior
TO shooting. II was given very hcnvy
shot. and after 1t IL cleaned out will no
doubt be rather large producer. This
well II In the Widest kind Of territory,
whlEh makes development difficult.
Wnvcrly Is right IN line az an oil field,
md now Hunter No. . Is being made u
mystery.
Tho HugElns well at wNvcrly has
been cGscd and tubod und ia now
pumping about &c barrels day. Sni-
der & Co.'S No. on the Sharp Will be-
good for 10 barrels. The snmc com.
pAny'R Sharp No IL guOh for at least
loo barrels and Is saii TO be Increasing
itA now. Capt. Edward Frnwley's Hum
ter No. II n 3j.harrcl producer His
No. rig ia Eoinp up n short distance
west Of the producer BHchman n Co. u
No. I rlg on tho G. =. Corhltt fnrm ~
almost completed and drilling will
shortly he started on the COrbul
farm the IlCnnlng rig In almost COM
pletcd. The Florence oil COmpany'g u.
Smith No. 0. which cnmc In Saturday
In good well. The Ridge well on the
southern oxtcnnlon Of tho WlngrOyc
farm, which came In ten days ngO. IL
holding CO-barrcl production The XII
dun well In due In tho big lnIun for
nation.