The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-12
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SISTERsvILLE, oct ia well OF
considerable Importance drilled in in
this territory on Saturday was that OF
the Dominion Oh Company on the s. s
smith lease out IN The village OF Wick
For come time pastIn that section there
mas been theory among the operators
that there wac q connecting link be-.
tween the Sancho and Wick pools, and
this well was located some distance
ahead OF developments for the double
purpose OF finding out II there was an
extension OF the Wick pool toward San.
emo and Middlcbourne. and also to try
and IND In what direction the streak
The report received In this city satur.
any was TO the effect that the well was
LOWING al tho rate OF twenty-five bar-
refs an hour. and that with the tools
SUI In the hole and drilling. Since then
The well has been drilled deeper, ana
now II is making about twenty. barrels
an hour. having fallen or little since
Inc tools were taken out This is
nothing unusual, as IL In a well known
TACT that well will produce more oil
When II Ia flowing II the tools are In
the hole than II viii otherwise,
me past week In oil circles In the Sis
tersyille field has been rather an event.
iul one In several ways. The first thing
TO come 10 the front was the dry hole
OF Shay & McAIullcn on the limbaugh
larm, IN the Benwood development
across the river This well In coming
IN dry, or practically so, had the effect
OF giving the territory over In that sec
ton n sort Of n black eye. and II was
Inc general opinion that that pool would
not amount to q great deal.
Since that time there have been three
good wells drilled In at Bcnwood, and
mere IL total production from that
ned now OF about 600 barrels day.
There are about five good producing
wells there now, and the indications
are that n good sized pool has been
opened up. During the coming week,
there VIII be q couple more wells drilled
IN IN the pool unless something untore-
seen happens. andihey are all expected
10 pc good producers. as they are To-
Gated on the other side OF the good wells
from the dry holes. The Fisher and
Henry oil companies nre pushing work
very rapidly In that section and there
VIII be great deal Of operating there
this season. SO
In the old Sistersyille field there is not
a great deal being done at present, and
there Is not likely TO be much DONE
as the old field is pretty we'll drilled.
II IS holding up we'll in production and
at the present time the runs from this
Held amount to about 1900 barrels q
day. Inst the back part OF the county
the principal Items of interest during
the week was the coming In OF the De-
ronians well on Saturday and the well
OF the Carter OIL Company on the John
son G. Long farm, which was drilled
In the early part of the week. Both
OF these are important wells, as they
are in new territory and will open up
new stuff and give the operators some
thing to work on In this section outside
of the Benwood pool.
Another well that Is Of considerable
Importance Is that of Hosfard &. Co. on
the Shinn farm, out on Middle Island
creek. in the shallow sand formation.
There have been but two or three wells
drilled in the shallow sand out there
SO FAR. and all of them have been good
producers. 1t was reported here this
morning that the above named we'll
VIII DC SOOu LOT ABOUT luU DarrelS q day.
The coming In Of this well so good will
have the effect Of starting good deal
OF work out there. as there is big lot
OF property held there that has been
drilled TO the deep sand and was dry
In that formation.
Reports to the contrary nothwith-
standing, there Is but one well drilled
anywhere near the Spragg & Co. we'll
near Conway, and it is on the Robert
Mayfield farm. The well is down about
1.3OO feet and will likely reach the sand
during the coming week.
The outlook for the coming winter In
this field Is very good, and from present
indications there will be as much IL not
more work going on than there was last
winter. The operators are preparing
for the winter roads now by hauling
the necessary material out and II will
not cost SO much when the roads. get
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