Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-12-26
Special to the Register.

Special TO the Register
Monticello, Ky, December 25.-The
closing days OF '96 are witnessing a
rush of work in the Southern Ken
lucky and adjoining Tennessee oil
fields, sucn as was not hoped for a year
ago. All OF the interested companies
are pushing their test wells TO compile
tion with view OF taking first ad-
vantage of the early spring.
In the Kentucky iield none have been
more active than the Standard vari-
GUS interests. The South Penn Oil
Company is the leader Of these and
has secured some of the choicest ter
ritory and sunk some of the most pro-
ductiye wells. When nearly two years
ago they came into possession of the
wells and leases OF the Kentucky Con-
solidated OIL and Natural Gas Company
they had the choicest of the territory
then known as valuable. Holding this
to suit their convenience they have
since been working out into new and
untouched districts and now hold the
largest single leasing in the entire sec
ton. They are giving principal at
tention to Kentucky, while their asso-
ciate company, the Forest Oil Com
pany. is working in the Tennessee ter
ritory.
The principal operators in Wayne
county are Wright & Co., OF East Sag
inaw. Mich, holding leases along
Beaver creek, with a number of wells
plugged and several drilling; Payne
& Sackett. Pennsylvanians, on whose
Otter leases are seven wells supposedly
producers, and whose territory in the
Shearer Valley is kept in the back
ground, though being tested; the otter
Creek Oil Company, operating IN ter
ritory along the stream from when IL
takes the name: +. e. Snyder q Co.,
of Celina, Ohio, who have been success
full in procuring desirable territory
along Beaver creek; Haldeman q Co..
of PittsbuTg, with holdings on fallS
and Canada creeks; NJ. c. Mills, OF
Cleveland. Ohio, controlling the bulk
OF the limited Meadow creek valley;
J. NJ. Clapp, whose operations IN the
Warren county, Pa, region were most
pleasing. and who has several wells
going down northwest of Slickford, on
the left fork of Beaver: the Ohio OIL
Company. new in the field but surprls-
inglv active with territory and wells
south of here: Cudahay Bros. and the
Henry Oil Company, Chicago concerns,
with extensive areas distributed IN
three sections of the country; /. {. Cor
hin of Findlay. Ohio; Duke & Apple
bv. of Dukes Centre, Pa, and numer-
GUS other concerns taking up in leas-
ings the better portion of the county.
These companies have all been drill
ing the past season with every indica-
tion Of satisfactory results and the out
look for the future of the field Is most
fiattering. ,,
There has been surveys made during
the fall for a pipe line to reach the Guy
of Somerset from the Wayne and Cln-
ton county fields, through the region
of proposed operations by PennsylVa-
mans in Pulaski county
In the Tennessee field, embracing
Fentress. Overton and Pickett coun-
ties there has been lively work the
mast wear. In fact there has been more
General investigation than in Kentucky
and results have been highly gratlfy-
ing AS usual the Standard Is occu-
DvIng the lead in this work under the
South Penn and Forest Oil Companys
direction. These two leases covering
500 600 acres ia the two fields, win
100000 acres in fee
This field has already been supplied
with tanks for the Standard product
that Of the Forest and south Penn
companies. the tanks being in the Obey
River valley territory and with ca
Dacitv each of 10000 barrels. These
are in the territory adjacent to tho
Pob's Bar well. which opened the field
with a flow of q barrel a minute
Twenty wells are finishing in this i'm
mediate vicinity.
Special to the Register.
St Narys. ". Va, December 20
A fine well was struck on the Hammet
lands. on Spice creek a branch of Cow
creek. about five miles east OF here
Yesterday afternoon. AS soon as tho
sand was struck. the hole filed with
oil. and after drilling four feet into
-. -.-l +g,o oil cu1viod over the der