Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-09-26

Dr1lerS-SanQ EQJ III a DuCAOO
and Oil Poured From a Torch
Over It-Several Papers Were
Badly Caught - Miscellaneous
Oil News.
In yesterday mornings Register ap-
peared a report OF the drilling in OF
what was supposed TO be big gusher
on the Fette farm, out near the big
Archer salt well, on Middle Island
creek, in the Sistersville field. The
story as told in the Register was given
to the reporter by a person who claimed
he had seen the well drilled in, and who
had gone out that afternoon and taken
up a piece Of territory for which he had
paid a big bonus.
There was not one iOta of truth IN the
story, except the fact that the well had
been drilled in. The gusher part was
all a fake. When the well was drilled
into the sand the drillers took lot OF
IL and put il in a bucket. Then they
emptied all the crude oil out OF the
torches they used for light While drill
ing al night. and when the tender-iOot
who was out there to buy the lease
showed up at the we'll they pretended
10 be drilling the we'll in and showed
him the oil.
That was all he wanted 10 see. When
ne had left Sistersville there had been
an agreement between him and a num-
Der Of other people that he sould go out
and buy the lease and the other parties
were 20 have an interest in II. The IN
terest each one was to have had been
agreed upon and everything was in
apple pie order, so the other persons
thought. But they had reckoned with
out their host
There had been no money put up by
any of the parties and when the party
who had done the leasing returned 10
town with the big story of what the
we'll would do they were all anxious to
pay for their interest, but the leaser
would not have it that way. He cody
told them that as they had put up no
money there was no deal, and that they
could not have a share OF the, what he
supposed, was a good thing.
The story of how the tender-foOt had
been fooled was too good for the men
working on the well to keep, and il
leaked out to-day, and as consequence
The man who thought he had a good
thing got the worst of the deal and hil
friends are twitting him numerically
about it. The well was a rank duSter.
The Register was not the only paper
That got caught with this story. Sew
eral other State papers were telegraph
ed the story and some Of them are copy
ing 1t. Besides State papers that got
caught, several Of the papers in the
large cities were taken in.
The receipts of the Eureka Pipe Line
Co.. in the Sistersville field, yesterday,
were 1850 barrels, and those of the
Mellon lines were 5.123. The total re-
ceipts OF the two lines yesterday were
1888 barrels
The Philadelphia Gas Co. drilled their
well on the Hutchisson farm, in Ohio,
opposite Ben's run. in Tuesday, and it
is showing for a small well.
The field az Waveriy in Wood coun-
ty is coming 10 the front in great shape
and there are many OIL men who predict
that the coming oil field of the State
will be there. There have been up to
the present time about q dozen wells
drilled in that field and so far there has
not been a dry hole.
The total production of the wells in
that territory now is about 500 barrels
day. The individual production of
the wells runs from ten barrels to fiji
teen barrels a day. The majority Of
the wells drilled there get the oil in
what IS known as the Core Run, sand
at a depth Of about ZOO feet, and the
present extent Of the field seems 70 be
from WilliamstOwn on the south to sew
eral miles above Waverly on the north.
Then, too. good wells, producing from
p to 80 barrels a day, are found in the
Berea quit here and the future will
likely see quite large number of wells
drilled 10 that sand which IS found at a
depth of about 200 feet here.
Besides the producing oil wells gotten
IN this field as mentioned above. there
have been three nice gas wells struck,
the gas from which is being used in
drilling more wells.
There are now about ten wells drill
ing IN the field and al of them are ex-
pected 70 come in good producers as
they are close by the wells that have
already been drilled in and are prOduc-
ers. None of the wells drilling in that
territory VIII be due for more than a
week.
The Henry on Co.'S wells on the Buck
harmon farm over in The burst foot in
Monroe County, Ohio. which were due in
the sand yesterday, had not been drilled
in mp TO S o'clock last night.
Work has been begun IN drilling out
the baller lost in Graham & Cos well
on the Afersold farm in Marshall
county and it will probably be out by
Saturday.
THE BOND FORFEITED.