The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-09-12
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Made in Unde ,yeloped TIes;r'rtltorysini
Tyler County, i,l.
GAFFNEYs slL.Alu!lGHR5E;'Y'i WELL.
Come, III, Making . Nice Pic ss'6r OIL ~
will Open Up a New Ilns Is Develop.
m,nt, From sl.tsrsyliie south west -,rhs
Advance III Credit Iiaianeei.t New work,
Starting In Monroe conntyrSfaynsid
We'll Producing $50 barrels !, Day.

a very important we'll drilled in In
the slstersville oil feld, ~ Thursday
evening, was that OF p. H Carney g.
Co., on the Granville Laushssy farm,
short distance south. ,rh.st ; SS'ell Is i'm
portant for the reason that 3twas drill
ed in territory that was thSasht to be
no good, as wells had been drilled on
two Sides Oft before and lt1fs OF them
dry. The well Is d good producer ana
when the sand was touehea7 II COM
menced to flow and Is now making a
nice lot OF oil! althoughiit hhs vnot been
tested. 1t is supposed that there Is an
arm running out'in that direction from
the old sistersville field and the line
will BIO followed up by drilllhg more
wells in limo with the one Drought In.
There Is no telling how farithis pool
extends. There Is d gas well on the
Michacls farm, only coubIe t,of miles
from the well on the LauEheiy farm,
and It Is on dlreot dine with the well
OF Gaffneys& Co. There may yet BEN
nice little pool opened up I'M that sec;
ton of Tyler county. a SsszSfs 4
There has been n change ot.two cents
In the price OF market balahees and us
a consequence the operatofst and pro-,
ducers are feeling 1ubilant and are of.
the opinion that now the market will
80 up 10 a poirt that Will make e pro.
iltable to drill In suntested territory. II
the price OF oil would go up ton or;fif.
teen cents more there will be- a great
deal OF work started In new territory,
that the operators have been holding
and paying rentals on for: The simple
reason that the price has been too low.
~ take a chance on drilling. Y. & . Il
There Is great deal ofIIreW work
starting in the vicinity of,tttse recent
strike Of the Fisher OIL Company, on
the Price farm, over at Benwood. In
Monroe county, Ohio. The Fisher COM,
pany has the rigs up for several new,
wells and will commence drilling as
soon as the wells can beI t,gged up;
The Henry OIL Company has started
several new rigs In that vicinity and
Shay & McMullen are openIngsup some
new work. q Is 3, y ~ 4, a
In the vicinity OF the afayield we'll,
In Tyler. which was. drilled inIabout a.
week ago, there has been a great deal
Of new work started and there are at
present about a dozen new Irlgs. As
soon as the rigs can be completed they
will start drilling and the next thirty
days will tell whether there islanything
worth going after out there. The May.
field we'll Is now making between $3.50
and 400 barrels a day and liz said 20 be
increasing as the drill goes deepr. They
are still drilling at this weif and II will
not be completed for couple4of days.
:. The .Bowser well on the12head Of
Point Pleasant creek. on the edge OF
the Tyler and Wetzel county lines,
which was drilled in last week and re-
ported TO be a big. gasser,. Is now fiow-
ing great deal OF salt water. This
well. which lis about four miles from
the old Poiecat, Is acting much the
same as that famous we'll did, and It Is
believed that when It.. has been COM
pleted and put TO pumping it;will turn
otu to be good producer.