The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-04-18
soUTEwEsr OIL HEws.
The Cseb FIsId Is Dsciinlng In rhs
I.oVyrr Pitidh.


Lo1vrr Fields.
The production ~ the Cecil pool n
now down 10 $3.50 barrels a day. 4t iB
gtill declining, but not AZ such a rapid
rate as earlier In the week. This teas
tuTc has encouraged new town lot
contingent 90 jump into the fray, be-
lleving Il Is a good thing and they
must help push 1t along. Where Il Is
possible 70 get Zip close to one Of the
big wells the new derricks almost touch
eornerH. In the vlclulty OF the Meldren
and irvine wen on the Matthews three
acre lot. there are seven wells starting
on az many different lots and an acre
In circumference would take all within
It's iimitR.
At the present rate new work is
starting Il would be a conservative eSti-
mate to say that there will be seventy
five wells drilling In the Cecil pool by
The end OF the month. OF the entire
number, one-half vii be on town lots.
or smaii leases. In tine Mcconnell end
nf the iieid the Royal Gas Company has
drilled In Its No. Mawhlnney and has
producer good for $50 barrels day.
The excitement has been 50 great In
the Cecil district that other localities
have attracted very little attention.
work starting in the vicinity of Corey
Station, IN Washington county, Pa The
work now starting and under way In
that locality was occaSloned by the
Aiken and Elcho wells on the
Ernst farm, which was drilled in last
month and started at fifteen barrels an
hour.
some two months ago the Peoples
Heat & Light Company. of Washington,
drilled In a fair NTH sand we'll on the
Gabbey farm. located little more than
q mile south OF Washington. The same
company has just completed q wen on
the Wilson farm. in that vicinity ana
got q good show for oil IN the 9th sand
and has a fair gas pressure.
jennings Bros & Murphy have drill
ed in their test well on the David Boob
er farm. in Tyler county, thirty-fve feet
into the sand and shut down to move
back the boiler. The web is gasslng
nicely The location OF the wei IS
northeast Of the Kyle and Weekly wells
on indian creek, and may be Regarded
as an Important test.
The Kanawha OIL Company has con-
cluded that its well on the Mills tract
In Wetsel county Is too small as Big
Injun sand producer and will drill It TO
the Gordon.
The Mountain State Gas Company's
well on the Mason farm, known as the
jug Handle well, aud reported a few
days ago as showing for a small pro-
Queer, is now reported failure.
The South Penn oil Company's No.
4 well on the Silas Henderson farm, IN
the pullman district. near Wick. Is
eIghty-dvc feet In the sand and has
found nothing. II will get Into the dus-
ter list,
The Borchers & Company we'll on the
Cork farm, on Little Fishing creek,
wetzei county, is showing for a ten or
fifteen barrel well. It is located 200.
feet southwest OF the Alpha OIL Com
pany's No. on the Kosher farm. They
are stil drilling and hope to get a sec
Ond pay.
The wells In Melgs county, Ohio. are
not making much progress. The Pitts
burEh and Ohio OIL Company's test on
the Carr farm, near Pomeroy, Is down
$50 feet and has a bad fishing job. and
they may have to move the RIG. The
test on the Dye farm, In Letart town
ship, Is also fishing at $50 feet. Near
Long Bottom, Olive township. a test
well has beer drilled to depth of l.2OO
feet and tlaa O. hole full OF salt water.