Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-02-18

of considerable discussion. The well
came in Sunday in the Big Injun ant
although its capacity cannot be as
certained from the conflicting reports
it is nevertheless certain that the wei
will make a good producer
THE RIrcHIE FIELD.
Ellenboro, w. Va, February TO- -
Shut down yesterday on account o.
jumping pin but will resume opera
tions as soon as fishing tools arrive
This is the Wheeling operators yen
ture.
Mr. George ii. Nesbitt, for the Stick
Tier Oil Co, was here yesterday, and la
Gated another well ph, Whisky run 55t
feet due west from No 1, and let the
contract form rig, to be completed WITH
all possible speed. Mr.. Nesbett claims
that on this location he will either get
Big Injun oil or an increased produc.
tion in the Kcener sand
Wanlass No. 4, in the Cairo field,
came in yesterday and is good for 75
barrels per day.
The Wilson we'll at Mellon trestle
has been shut down on top of the sand
for some reason.
The A. o. Wilson we'll is due to-mor.
row.
The Ritchie Oil Company has enjoin-
ed Wilson & Gracey from completing
their well on the G.. & X. V. railroad
right of way, claiming the land can on
ly be used for railroad purposes.
The production in the Cairo field is
now about 10, 600 barrels per month.
Bettman e Watson haye not COM
menced drilling on the Singleton
farm at Hebron, but the rig is COM
pleted and as soon as the roads will
admit the machinery will be hauled to
the location.
There seems TO be some hitch in the
work of j. M. McKinney's farm on
Blacks run, although the derrick has
been finished for sixty days and part
of the machinery hauled to the loca-
tion.
Considerable work is being started
about Petroleum, in the old heavy oil
territory, and much development is
promised from now on.
The Doddridge county field, which
includes Center Point and McElroy ter
ritory, is said to be producing about
125, 600 barrels per month, The oil in
this district is found by deep drilling.
while in the Cairo country it is found
in the salt sand in this section in the
Keener, Big Injun and Cow sands.
STEUBENvILLE, Ohio, February 49,
A gentleman from Wells township.
this county, says that the 45 degrees
oil line has not proved a failure in that
section of the county, as there has
never deem we'll drilled on the line.
Wells were drilled on both sides south
east and northwest, leaving a space in
that section on the line about two miles
wide that has never been tested. The
territory was divided between two
companies, and neither party would
develop the others territory. The
leases on the territory in that section
are about all out. The Sutherland,
Cope, Cole and Galbraith wells were
all northwest of the line, and the Pult-
ney well south east of the line. There
is a chance yet for some one to develop
on the 45 degree line
A company of Pittsburg oil operators
haye leased 1000 acres of land near
Knoxville, and they propose to give
the territory a fair test and will drill
three test wells, whether they strike
oil or not in the first one. The first is
to be located on the Alexander farm,
l,5OO feet away from the Edimiston
we'll, but the locations of the other two
have not been determined on.
William Mccullough has removed
the boiler and engine from the Edmis.
ton we'll to his own farm on Yellow
creek, where he will drill well i'm
mediately. He has large block of
land leased in that section. One To-
ronto party also has block of 600 acres
leased in the same neighborhood which
he will test this spring.
j. j. Crawford is drilling a we'll on
the Hindman farm, between Holidays
Cove and Kings creek,
The fourth oil we'll at Bergholz has
been drilled in and is light producer.
1t has been shot, but what it will pro-
duce will not be known until it has
been cleaned out.
Free Pills,