Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-06-21
OIL NEWS.

There was q report published IN
morning paper yesterday to the effect
that the well being drilled on farm
i'm the vicinity or COlerain, Ohio, had
been drilled in and was making show
ing for a good producer. II IS not
known how the report got out, but II la
a positive fact that the well was not
drilled in. 1t is not near the sand and
will not be due for several days yet.
Well known oil men Of this city who
have been to the well express a doubt
Of there even being a showing OF oil
there when the well is drilled in.
Leasing is still very brisk within a
radius Of four or five miles of Captain
Jones's well on the Dye-BroOks farm
on Middle Island creek. The woods are
full Of leasers and some fabulous prices
are being paid. Two, three. and even
four dollars an acre is common price
for land two miles from the well, and
one lease was taken a mile from II at
$40 per acre. The general opinion
among oil men is that pool of deep oil
has been found.
The Victor Oil Company's well on the
Nahan farm. on Sugar creek, that mada
such a fine flow Of oil from the Cow Run
sand when first drilled in, caved so thai
il was impossible 10 remove the tools
which they had lost in the well. They
moved the derrick ten feet and are
drilling a new hole which will be fin
ished in about a week. The prospects
are good for a considerable shallow
field
The Stewart we'll on the Robert H.
Browse farm, in Peasants county, is
due in the Big Injun sand to-day
The Morgan & Hugns farm Of 100
acres was leased by the Mellon Pipe
Line Company yesterday for $500 bonus.
This is two and one-half miles from
the Brooks well.
d. J. Sterling, of Pittsburg, promi-
nent oil operator, has been in Sisters
Vile for day or two taking some
leases on Middle Island creek. PrOmi-
nent men in the business are there
from all over the country and the eX-
citement is higher than for many
months
A special telegram received last night
from Philippi says: A number of prom
inent men of this section, among whom
are V. W. Kittle, s. T. II. Holt and W.
p. Scott, have leased a block Of terri
tory. about 5000 acres, for the purpose
Of thoroughly testing that part Of the
State for OIL There were several
wells drilled near Philippi in the fall
of %, but they were abandoned. Late
" they have been making showing
of oil. The gentlemen mentioned have
completed all arrangements to have
several wells drilled in the near future
and will commence work in short
time
Operations on the West Virginia side
in the vicinity of the we'll drilled on
the Freeland farm by the Carter Oil
Company. are being held back greatly
on account of the drOuth. There has
been no water in that section for some
time and all the wells are shut down.
Among the wells affected are Freeland
No. j. owned by the Carter Oil Com
pany: Lawson No I. owned by 3. Forst
and others. and Murphy No. 1, on the
Smith farm.
The gravity of the oil produced by
the Dye-BrOoks well is said to be great
" inferior to that in the Sistersville
field, and oil men claim that this is an
indication that the pool from which it
comes is very small and will soon play
out
A wildcat well that determines the
existence Of a pool of premium oil in
Mexican county, Pa, was finished and
shot this week. II is located on Barney
Brook. about two and a half miles
southeast of the edge of the Ormsby
pool. and is owned by c. p. Collins and
a number of Smithport oil men. The
we'll was shot at a depth of 1850 feet,
and responded with heavy flow Of oil
and gas. The oil is Of an amber hue,
and much heavier than the product of
the Bradford field. Oil men who have
examined it pronounce it equal to the
celebrated Tiona oil, and many are of
the opinion that the well has developed
an extension Of the Tiona field. The
owners have a large tract Of land under
lease. and will give it test at once
The well has caused considerable ex-
citement among Bradford oil men.