The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-09-29
A GOOD STRIKE
Made by the Henry Oil Company
In Monroe County.
TIE DRILL FOUND TIE GREASE
Yesterday Morning hnor ami Unfayornhlo
showing Just Iicforc-In tho Second Pay
tho Well Started at u Great Itnte-Tho
Price Strike IL la tho Same Seighbor-
h0od-possibly an Extensive Pool lila,
i'ccn Found Other Operations.

one OF the most important, strikes
made In the lower southwest oil fields for
long time Is that OF the Henry OIL COM
pany on the lIOltsclaw farm In the vi
cinlty OF BCnwoOd, In Monroe county, o.
This well, which has been due for some
days was drilled to the frat pay sand
yesterday morning, and nil the indlca,
lions pointed 10 n dry hole. il WAS de-
cldcd to drill the wei deeper and after 4
short time drilling. the second pay was
struck and the we'll started of at great
rate, and the Indications are that 1t will
make even better well than the Price
wen Of the Fisher OIL Company. which
was drilled In some time ago and started
OF at over 800 barrels day.
When the Price well was first drilled
In 1t started of nt the above rate, blu.
the matter was kept quiet by the own
crs for few dnys, az there was quite q
lot OF territory that they wanted to get
hold of. The territory secured. they
gave Out that their well was a good one
and that II was making about 100 bar
rels. when In reality It was making the
amount stated.
Since the strike OF the Henry COmpa-
ny. on the lloltsclaw farm, this morning.
the excitement In oil circles over the
news has become Intense. and quite Il
number OF people have gone out from
SlSterSvlllc to see the new well and TO
try to get hold OF terltoyy II possible. The
Henry On COmpany's well Is not great
distance from the Price we'll. but 1t Is
even better well than that and Il shows
concluslvely that there Is something
there worth going after.
One good thing about this strike Is
that the oil Is found in the Big lnJun
formation under circumstances very
similar to the SisterRvllle field. There Is
considerable salt water with the oil and
this IL taken as an indication that an
other pool has been discovered that may
yet equal the old pool In the immediate
vicinity OF SistcrHvlllc.
There Is 4 good deal Of work going on
IN That section since the Fisher Compn-
ny brought In Its good we'll on the Price
farm. and several OF the wells have been
due for some time. but have been de-
layed with fishing Jobs. The Fisher
company Is drilling several wells and
two OF them are on the Price farm.
Their No, , on the Price Is In the bottom
or the lime and should reach the pay be-
fore the last OF Che week. The same
company Is drilling on other territory
and the No on the Woods farm should
be In the last Of the week.
The same company has a fishing Job
at No. on the Cehrs farm. and 1t may
be some time before they will be able
to get II drilled in. They have project
ed quite lot of new work and will push
II alonGrapldly now. as more good wells
have been drilled in.
The Henry Oil Company has made 4
number Of new locations on territory
over In that section and Is already haul
Ing out the material to start work. Sew
eral wells are drilling now and some OF
them should reach The sand in few
days.
The only other parties that have been
doing any work In that section are Shay
Il McMullcn. who will fnve n well due
on their lease the latter part OF the week.
Tn" principal holders OF the territory
nrr the Fisher and Henry oil companies,
and they will drill as rapidly as posi-
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