The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-12-12
IN OILS DOMAIN.
News OF Late Developments IN An Parts
or thv soulI.,ye.t All Field.


Captain Edward l'rnwl1y, repreAen-
king company, OF Buffalo capitalists,
has made twenty new locations on tho
100 acre lease on the Hunter farm at
WaveTly and VIII proceed with drilling
another well upoa the completion OF
Hunter No. ., which Is now near the
pay,
An important wei! that is being de-
laycd hy n !ishing Job, 10 that OF thf
Mountain State OH and Gas Company
on the Widow Davis farm about Two
miles outside OF defined territory.
The krupp Oh Company's Berg well
az Eight Mile. which came IN Satur-
day, has been shot and has every indi-
cation that II will make fair produ-
Ger
West, Torpy g. Roessers Whipple
well has been drilled in and indlca-
lions point TO II being a failure, II being
even TOO small for paying pumpcr,
The South Penn on Company has
drilled In a well on the Mccormack
farm In the Rig Flint country, in bod.
bridge county, that Is making u show
ing for fair producer
Murphy, Jennings n Company'S
Hardman No, - and 20 will be due tho
fore part OF the coming week, they
having experienced delay In drilling.
on Middle Island the South Penn OIL
COmpany's Martin No, seems to hr
experiencing the same difficulty At pre-
sent as numerous other wells have In
the past, II is held back by an over
dose of salt water, which keeps II from
flowing. II win have to be tubed and
put 10 pumping before II will make a
satisfactory producer.
Isaac Ice No, OF the South Penn OIL
Company, in the Big Flint country, has
been drilled In and will make l25 bar
rel producer
ChrIstmyer & Compauy's Smith No
ut Waverly, viii lie due In the pay sand
during the latter part OF the week
There IL probably not more impor-
tant well drilling at Wayerly just now
than the Rachmen oil Company's Cor
hit No, I. II Us the most easterly In
the developments, being a hult mile
northeast OF all others and II II comes
IN good will enhance the entire tcfrl-
tory between the Cooper farm and Calf
creek developments.
The receipts OF the Eureka Pipe Line
Company In the Sistersviile field yes
terday we're 1880 barrels.
on the Hunter lease the Wheeling OIL
Company has contracted for second
well md will start the rig this week.
Galley Bros. &, Mylon are drilling an
other we'll about 800 feet west Of their
No. Colebaugh and have the rig ready
for their No, 3.
ON Long Eddy on the Muskingum,
preparations are being made to fur
Their develop the territory Of that sec
ton. Kennedy 4 Lawrence, of Sisters
vile. win build two rigs at once they
now being In course OF construction.
Trent, Crawford d Company COM
Fa.al La 90 nat VUaH ~
the ground for their No. Stewart, To-
Gated about 1000 feet southwest Of No.
Hcnecl. Shoestring oil Company.
Trent & CrnwfOrd's test well on the
Stewart farm In the Monroe county
extension. is due In the sand this morn
Ing. Its location IS 225 feet distant
from the Shoestrlng oil Company's
Maud Hensel No. 2.
Finnegnn & Company's No. 2 should
reach the pay about Saturday, provid-
ing nothing happens TO prevent II. II
Is located to the north OF the Maud
Hcnsel well at 800 feet
The same company's No. 3 has had a
bndi fishing Job for II week. but is now
hopeful OF recovering the lost tools.
Six hundred feet west Of the original
ColebauGh well James Henderson has
suspended operations on his well on the
Amos fam on account Of Il bad fishing
Job on. at a short distance down. An
other rig will be started on hls farm ut
once.
Three fourths OF mile northwest Of
ColebauEh No. /, T.. G. Caldwell & Com
pnny are down three hundred feet on
their Basil Dye No. l. This well Is a
thorough wildcat, which makes II one
OF the most important now drilling In
Monroe county, and II Il comes In good
will open or extend the northwest terri
tory to considerable extent
The staying qualities Of Galley Bros.
g. Mylon's No. COlebaugh. the pioneer
producer OF the northwest extension OF
Monroe county. IL being attested from
its daily production. which continues
to hold up at about 100 barrels notwith-
standing that this Is little less than
It's original production and that the
well Ia now six weeks old The packing
has been nut In the well.
After all Eureka has already given
evidence that It has seen its palmiest
days, as the big Hammett well seems
10 be slowly and surely declining In Its
production until It Is now down TO less
than $50 barrels per day, which seems
to indicate that II was drilled Into the
center Of what viii prove itself to have
been only a small pool.
Commonly l1TOss OIl lllt HhIIfll Ahllut
one-half mile southwest Of the big
Thomas spouter. now doing about a
thousand barrels daily, was still drill
Ing in the Big Iniun formation yCsicr-
day. Although good quantity and
quality Of oil has been found, there IL
but little signs OF improvement, the
sand being hard and compact and the
outlook for wildcat producer here is
not at all favorable.
The StricklCr on Whisky run In the
Cairo field viii he due IT. the sand In n
couple Of days.
The Trail Run oil Company's Zipp
NO Ia due tomorrow.
Ham. Ramcy Il Company have made
new location on the Bowles lease at
Bowlcs' Mills, on Middle Island.
The McChlmot OIL Company. on the
Crawford farm, near Antioch. expect
TO reach the pay to-day. Considerable
annoyance iinR been experienced In the
drilling OK this well on account Of the
scarcity Of water and other minor him
ORANGES, which have delayed II fully
one month, that being the length "
time II IL overdue.
Riggle No OF the Mountain State
Gas Company near Middlchnurnc. will
be due and drilled In the sand this
morning.
wan Driil M Soon a. Possible.
The North Penn OH and Gas COM
pAny, Of this city yesterday shipped
their irons out 70 the location of their