The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-05-23
SOUTHWEST OIL NEWS.

Two Big Wells were Brought In Ysster.
day-The uoIeraIn DIsaPpOintmentS.
The southwest fields were not enllv-
ened with any gusher strikes yesterday.
they have been Of such common occur
renee for several months that they are
expected to arrive daily.
At Hardy Station the Devonian OIL
Conpany's No. 8, Gibson. Is still GOOD
producer. The production ut one time
to-day went up to 80 barrels an hour,
bi,t the evening gauge was AZ barrels an
hour. In the same field BarnEdau Will
drill in a well next week, located In adj
vance and on a line with tho Devontan
Down in the pullman district. TSler
county, the DevOnIan Oil Company's
No. 2, Bullman, is holding up 1t 30 bar
rals an hour. One Of the owners came
up from that region and stated that the
we'll would have doubled Its production
II they had drilled 1t deeper after the
pay streak was reached,
The promising Cow Run sand devel-
oprnent at Hebron. Peasants county. Is
not looking quite SO good. Retthan q
Watson hnvc drilled In their Nos. and
&. shIngietOu, and have q brace 0f dust
ems, Both wells were thought to be
nicely located for producers. Several
locations near them, upon which rigs
had been erected, will be abandoned.
Bettuan & Watson will drill their No. 4
Ia tic lower sauds. The Big Iuiun has
not been tested in that locality.
The South Penn RiiG Victor OIL q Gas
Company VIII drill In their No. &.
Smith, next Monday. The we'll Is slight
~ In advance OF developments.
The Bereh grit development at Cole
rain, Belmont county, Is getting a bad
reputation, says ID. 3. N" Everything
Is coming in dry. The Martins Ferry
OIL Company has drilled Its Parker
farm test, located two miles cast Of de-
VeIopmentg, through the sand, and has
a rank failure The Coleraln field has
fourteen producing wells and as many
dry holes. The production nj the four1
teen wells is about $40 barrels day.
The Brack0n well Is producing about
one-fOurth Of che entire output OF the
field. Unless the COIerain field takes a
turn for the better II will prove great
money loser for the greater number Of
its investors. SIX months ago there was
a great demand for leases in that terri
tory and some fancy prices were paid in
the way Of bonuses. It was thought at
one time that tho CoIerRin field would
prove a second edition nj the Steuben-
VILE development. but It Is now GER
taInty that 1t Is not in the same class.
The Galley Bros Il ca. wildcat on the
jackson farm. located two mills south
Of WoodsGeld, Monroe county. has been
drilled through the Rig 1niun and Is II
rank failure. The VOndsfieId talent
have been waiting long time for an
oil strike out that way, but the jackson
farm dustsT has again bIighted their
hopes
Near Wick, Tyler county, the South
Penn Oil Company has at last BUccCrd-
ed IN drilling It's Henderson No. deep
or and increased It's production to IL
barrels an hour. The same company
has drilled It's test well on the Morgan
farm through tho sand and has a
duSter.
In the ogd3n pool. south Of Wnverly.
the Eich Oh Company haA completed a
well that Is showing up for an average
producer IN that fieId--AbOut Is barrels
4 day. The scramble for territory IN
the OEdin field continues. A mile
south of developments. neHr the town OF
Dallison. the RoNt fnrm, consisting OF
225 acres, hRs been leased to mn eastern
syndicate for bonus Of $500 and n
rental OF $3.50 month until Develop
mentB begin. Every foot Of territory
nsaF by and 10 tho north and south Of
the Ogdin and ingram has been IGaRed
AZ n big bonus. T. ". BarnEtlalI IL start
ing three new wells on tbr Ingram Farm.
The RalEt0n No. ! Is delayed with bad
fRhinG lob.