Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-08-03

me excitement incident 70 the strike
made by CulbertsOn & CO.. on the Widow
Lohri farm on Thursday. did not have
time to SUhsiGe before the country was
electrified by the news that Afford Bros.
O'Hara have struck what Is probably the
largest well ever drilled I'm the Sistersville
field. The well is on the Lewis farm near
the one recently drilled In by the same
company, and was reported last night as
doing about 300 barrels dav The en-
tire country is all excitement and vester-
day afternoon the town NJ Sistersville was
almost depopulated a 6 the majority Of the
residents and all the oil men had gone olt
to see the well that will again put hope
IN the hearts Of the operators In that sec
Son.
The Culbertson well. on the Lohri farm
which was reported yesterday morning as
good for 800 barrels a day. was drilled
deeDer in the sand Yesterday morning and
at O'Clock last night was doing 30 bar
rels an hour. This is one Of the largest
wells ever drilled i'm the Sstersville field
and II naturally attracts a great deal of
The vel drilling on the WRIGHT farm
north of the trieten wei viii be due about
the first of the week. This well is about
1000 feet north of the well recently drilled
In on the Rinehart farm which was a drv
hole. and the operators do not have much
hope Of the Wright amounting to any
thing
A number of gentlemen Of Jefferson
county. o.. have leased In the neighbor-
hood OF $50 acres in and about Portland.
and will apnoint a committee on Monday
next to make q contract to put, down. a
well. The well viii he located at the
mouth Of Little Fork Of Short Creek and
0nera tions will he COM enced as soon as
the contract for drilling is signed.
The pve-BrOOks field rot another black
eye to-day when Jones e Co.'S No . well
on the Thoburn was drilled in Unlike No
this well has not the slightest show Of
oil. and II now commences 20 look as If
the great Brooks well was n freak.
The receipts of the pine lire companies
IN the Sistersville field Yesterday We're
n 00i barrels. The receipts Of the Mellon
lines We're 8 go barrels and the receipts Of
the Eureka lines were 765 barrels.
The Kanawha OH Co.'S No. 7 Lohri On
the Ohio side IN the vicinity OF the Erie
den we'll was drilled I'm Yesterday and is
showing for a very small well.
The engine and boilers for the well 10 be
drilled on the Greenlee farm back Of
Bridgeport. are being put in position and
drilling will begin az once.
VIM. Stewart Of Sistersville has an op-
tion on q piece OF territory which is situ-
ated near the COlerain oil we'll and Will
probably close II. The interest that Mr.
Stewart is displaying In regard 10 the oil
terriaorv about Colerain is very encour-
aging. as he is well informed man N fhc
oil business. Mr.. Henderson. another Sis
tersville oil man. has sold his Interests in
the wells ar that place and IS prospect ING
In the neighhorhOod of the Coleraln field
with a view OF obtaining some leases.
Following are prices uaid by the pur-
chasing agents of the Pine Lines yester-
dav: Lima. $50; Penna. $l.&; Barnes-
Vile Sis: Corning. I.10 New Castle.
sl.o0: North Lima, 73c; South Lima dc;
Indiana, 63c
There is considerable work going on in
Tho vicinity Of St. Mary's in Peasants
col,ntv The oil IS found there IN what IS
known as the shallow sand. II only being