The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-11

II will be noticed by the above table
that SlstcrSville has the largest number
OF completed wells In the entire list and
IL not h largest In the number Of dry
holes. Warrington showed up pretty
well. In fact much better than Il has
shown up for some time. During the
month there was n total Of Il wells COM
pleted IN that field and OF this number
there were l. dry holes, leaving a total
OF % producing wells. with 1880 barrels
OF new production. The reason II IS said
that Warrington showad up 80 much
better than It usually does, Is because
the operators have SO much to contend
with In that territory. In the first place
they have to go almost $500 feet for the
pay and the formations are very treach-
erouS, and very often the rigs have To be
moved several times before n well can
be completed. M~anninGton's new pro-
duction this month Is about the same as
Il Was last month. which goes to show
that the big wells drilled In Wetzel coun-
~ by the South Penn OIL Company did
% help to swell the production 4 great
) deal.
There was an unusually large amount
Of work done In the Wood county terri
tory in the vicinity OF Parkersburg dur
ing the month and the pools in that Sec
IOll SHOW Np VIII. Inc oCUtn ana
Warerly pools have both been greatly
augmented by the new wells. The wells
IN this field are not very large after they
have settled town and II Is seldom that a
well OF more than 100 barrels Is found
there, except on the day the well has
been drilled In. These wells generally
settle down to about so 70 IS barrels n
day. but the beauty about them Is that
they are good stayers and hold up their
production maSnifcen,ly.
Richie county has been attracting a
great deal OF attention during the past
month or TWO. but on what grounds It Is
pretty hard TO say. During al. the ex-
element over that territory there has not
been a well OF more than ordinary I'M
portance drilled In. The great trouble
wiki the stuff out there Is that the terri
tory IS go spotted. II Is a fact that where
a good well was gotten on one town lot,
on the next n a dry hole was drilled.
Down In peasants county there has
been a nice little shallow field coming
along for almos: 4 year. There has not
been a great deal said about this terri
tory FOR some reaSOr Yet despite all this
there Is a pool there and during the past
couple 81 months some oil has been found
In the Big lnjun sand. /.
The indications for the present month
in the oil fields of the state are exceed
ingly good, but there IS every reason to
believe that before the month is u tthere
will be 4 great many causes for The stop
ping OF work. There has been Il great
deal OF material hauled OUT for the start
ing OF new wells. but there is not nearly
enough for the wells contemplated and 1t
will be necessary 10 haul the STUFF need
ed through the mud or curtail the work
and Il ts likely the later Will be the re-
suit. 1t has been supposed that Sisters
vile was In the lead Of new work on ac-
count OF the large number of new wells
being started over In the Benwood terri
tory and also In the territory In the back
Part of the county, hut the statistics
show that Warrington Is enjoying n
boom Just now and that Il Is ahead Of
any OF the other fields In the number OF
new wells drilling and rigs up. Sisters
Vile comes In second, but before the
month Is out Il will he a considerable
distance In the lead. MS there is more
than enough new work contemplated
nov TO Offset all that Warrington has
now and all that Il may have started
during the month. The following table
will show the amount OF new work under
way In the different fields of the state,
as far as can be aSccrtained: