Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-07-09
IN THE OIL FIELDS.

most fiattering promises to holders oi
territory in that and surrounding terri.
tory, seems to have changed its mind
and is going to throw the whole lot OF
its late hackers down. Its gusher re-
cord has been most credita BILE, but il
has now taken different turn andi
delivering busters.
The Kanawha Oil company has drill
ed it's test we'll on the Adams farm, To-
Gated only 500 feet due east of its big
No. 3, Griffin, so feet into the sand and
has no show for producer. Judging
from its position, it looked to be sure
winner This we'll coming in dry
makes the Wick side of the pool look
any thing but encouraging. On the
other side of the pool the Kanawha Oil
company has drilled in its No. ~ E.
Smith, and has the promise of a very
light we'll.
On the Alkire lot, the Parks Drilling
company has drilled in its test and will
have a close call to getting a duster.
Hagan & company's we'll on the
Chister lot, due west of Henderson No.
1, and south of No. s, is in the sand
and not showing for much of a well.
In the light of the developments of
the past "a hours it is not surprising if
cloud of disappointment has settled
over the Bullman pool. 1t is almost
certain, unless new lead can be dis
covered, the end is not far away.
The big wells are slipping backward.
Stealey, No. 4; Bullman, No. 1; Griffin,
No. 3, and Feesher, No. have now an
aggregate production of rs barrels an
hour.
The South Penn's Henderson, No. l.,
which was making 500 barrels day a
few weeks ago, has quit, and some of
the other wells are down almost to
nothing.
The development on Middle Island
Creek, which was brought into promin-
ence month ago by Captain Jones
drilling in we'll on the Archer farm,
is destined to be short lived. The oil
was found in the Kecner sand. Cap
tain Jones has just completed dry
hole on the B. f. Gorrel farm, and one
on the Craig farm, both of which were
thought to be we'll located to catch the
Keener sand. There are still six wells
drilling in that locality.
There is nothing new to report from
the well on the Suppes farm, near Cam
eron, Monroe county. The rig has
been rebuilt and the owners are now
fishing for the string of tools. 1t is not
expected that they will have much
trouble to recover them, after which
the we'll will be drilled deeper and all
speculation as to what it will be good
for will then be at an end. An opera
tor who came from that county yester-
day. had visited the new strike and did
not think from its present showing it
would be good for more than 10 bar
rels day.
The present week will be one of i'm
portance in the Ogden pool. Several
wells in advance of developments will
be due and at least half dozen inside
of defined limits.
There were no new developments in
the local fields.
In the Gibson third sand streak,
north of Wildwood, two new wells will
be due this week.
A telegram from the Kyle pool, on
Indian Creek tonight, states that Shay
& McMullen have completed their No.
6 on the Alan Weekly farm and have a
producer good for $50 barrels day.
A correspondent writing under
Williamstown, w. Va, head, says the
Big Nancy WELL in the Berea grit. on
the johnson farm, in Washington coun-
ty, over the river, made two fine flows
last Saturday, and will be much bet
ter producer than WAS originally ex-
pected, the output now being estimat-
ed somewhere near Is barrels day.
The well is located about 1,5OO feet
from the Hendershot producer, and
opens up big lot of new territory; its
direction from the Hendershot making
all the intervening territory desirable.
The new we'll is owned by Captain
w. F. Noll, Henry Roeser, Kerr Bros,
George w. Haight and E. B. Rowe.
The we'll is located directly in the CEN
tire of 175 acre lease. The strike was
only made Saturday, but the vicinity
has taken on new life and locaters and
leases are making things hum.
The new McCary, over on the Nc
Cary farm, at Sand Hill, was put to
pumping last Saturday and shows up
better than 100 barrels a day. The
we'll has greatly increased the value of
nearby territory. 1t is owned by Roes-
er Bros, Judge Chamberlain and 9TH
ers.
The Brooks we'll on the Holdren
farm, at Leith's Run, which was re-
ported very small, not worth pumping
when it came in and caused sore disap-
pointment to many, was given dose
of 100 quarts of plycerine last Satur-