The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-11-07

r.rlllsrnca was received In Sisters
villa late Thursday night to the effect
ma, the Henry OF Company had drilled
"a lts No. J on the Holtsclnw farm, and
mat Il was showing Up for a due well,
n,E.rs In the neishhorhood OF twenty
N,rsls An hour. Yesterday morning
N, rrport was verified, and the well Is
n,k!ns even better than twunty barrels
an hour, and 1t h believed that It will
in,rsas., In proIuction whdn II has
Nssr drilled 4 nttIa deeper lntu thesand.
mia we'll Is located little TO the north
T,st OF the tirst well drilled in on tho
" r. Wood farm by the Fisher on
rnr,ulny, and Is slight extension TO
he vest. L IL n good well and will be-
,br meAHs OF causing Q number OF
cp.ators who have ben 4 little sh1lky,
n start some work to the west In tho
Sope that something may BE- opened up
m that direction. II has been believed
Hat along that there WINS no incentive
n irlu wells In that direction, every one
balnE az the opinion that nothing bur
DIV holes would be encountered. Now
IS Different and there VIII probably be
a uu:aber OF wells started.
About the sane time word came that
the EoltsclaT we'll wns In and : good orc
II vas learned that the Fisher OIL Com
ya-ys we'll on the ". T. Wood tasm had
SEN Completed and that II vas showing
~ for about 100 barrels 4 day. This
1urring il had not been drilled any
trrper but was showing Httte better
= - In 10
,aat Il VIII &c all right when u has been
t-iIlad deeper. It Is / good well even at
the dglIre mentioned, md there will be
r,or- locations made on the Wood and
styotzsEg farms at orce- There are At
N. orcsen, time severul wells drilling
a, TIE Wood farm and the Fisher Com
nauy will start several mere very short
IL. row thar this we'll has come in a
rod producer. This well Is located on
u. northern part OF the farm Just above
the creek aaL lle to the cast OF the
Est well dyillet
TIE excitement over the Eecwood pool
FL curtIaGes. and I: IS conceded to be
the best drawing card OF tkc southwest.
There II. great many riSs going up
,herg. and now that the election Is over
TIE work will 20 along much mort rap
.!ly lsG the field VIII BE- thoroughly de-
reiCptt. While IL Is faeI that great
e majority OF the Territory Is held by
arg c1Gcrrrs. sui there Is Qc!ta 4 loc
Of sz::I.. operators in tie iel3 AID they
are !r!i..-S or eating ready to put down
=eill u ;he!- lenses. The town Of Ben
E1G! wGlcG. before oil WAS found II Shls
ss.tnI, WIS only 4 ''pCStoEicss," and
s;urr has swsIlet is proportions urtll
7Cw y 3 quite 4 respectable village In
S. IIL IL IS sGu growing ,
-Hs Henry Oh Company n Preparing
. 10 4 s-eac deal CO work CT III leases
:; oEcs 1t has tao new wells located
OF iae Ecltscilw farm, Nos. s and 7, and
VII cJnlrnce drilling as sooa as the
~ c=s be erected and put II proper
ss12a. The same curpany Is also doing
ssE- work on other IslSeS and Eas naIt
1 rr=ea or r7ore wells drilling or about
1lff - 5AE:. The Fisher OIL Com
l1Eg & also doing a great deal CT work
I mis- FIELD. n tdcc mora tt-lI any OF.
T.. e;1s- Companies or irdIyIdVai5. L
re the greater par os the territory
57e- ..!era. G.G II present has In thz
-sSl5crEcOd Of T. dozen wells drilling
= 4ooGt ready 70 cnnEerce. One reason
E5T tie oil people tt-I=k so mich OF TIE
5e2To0t s:US IS that with the ten or
we've wells already completed In thai
tect.0r. there has not been 4 DRY hole.
III IL Geld shows mp with 4 record OF
LnoSr thru sard barrels q day. The
Ers!!ast well in the field Is making IL the
=s.-16orh0Ct Ct tg2 barrels L dag, yh.Ie
lie .a-2,est one Is good Tor about 400 bar-
rly atIy.
IL latest news received from tbs. wei
& spr1Eg < Co, &C Cle Robert Married.
Arm mar Coaoway. Ia The back part CT
IT!'- county. IS 10 TIE effect that It hts
5s"a completed. tie gas Pressure having
ae7 sufficiently exhausted "a allow
LEI! % d-ill /. deeper, ard thls II
T1G.. make about L 30-barreI producer.
De we'll drilling on the Sups farm.
fF=- Gel= Cameron, Ohio. by Wiley Il
st:s!e-, Of New 9fa-t!rsyiiIe, has been
cE!7!-L-! ard Is making. according 10
e a:-st reports received IN the neigh
al-@-cG 0S y barrels 4 dly. This we'll
: 3cI;z. n p-acGc7ly Wild cat territory
ar: = IA wEIc Is supposed 70 be the
tS't-i! COURSE Of tie Bsnwood pool, and
a. consequence OF is coming In q prp-
GIcer. even OF small magnitude. has
el,s"! Operators 10 think pretty well OF
= SIZE II that section, and scramble
'cr -Aaa.:s IS going on
lie --pTst 70 the effect tia. tha cleo
-aE FlS The caCSe OF heIE7ccivity in the
III 2Isi5.=ss wag EsHlx. The only
Tai5E that could be logically given far
a. inactivity, was the fact tina; there
VIZ 60 place FOR the Operators tn do
anything. Outside OF the Benwcnt pool.
lc97sI .ae river from SIscersvIl!e there
.4A E"t nee1 i pool OF any prPteusiou5
.'se9'er=d n that stlta for months.
Octob-r's Showing.
Tie oil fields OF West Virginia for the
fTna;a Of October show great activity.
a.c9r..7S to the report which has Just
7eaE Completed The report shows that
-'7- lbs seen Il total of I15 webs COM
I'S.r.i. lEt az this number there were
,H'Er:y-siT dry holes, leaving L total OF
..S"V-r!ae producing wells with q
-, =, % rev production amounting 10
-.''' 5areLa, The appended table Will
, .r" ne result OF the work done during
It. EgC.a.