Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-04-23

thought TO De seriously injured, now
ever, though their escape was a narrow
one.
Sistersville, w. Va, April Gloon
nollay Bros. started a rig yesterday on
the R. H. Gorrell farm. This we'll is
located about one-half mile north by
west from the Haught gas well and
about one-half mile east of the Gorrell
we'll drilled by the same company last
winter that had good showing of oil
in it. This is the last test well this
firm will drill in that part of the coun-
ty, and it is to be hoped for various
reasons it will prove to be fine pro-
ducing we'll.
The Fisher Bros. Oil Company have a
rig up for we'll nearly opposite town,
around which are some five dry ho.es.
The oil men are watching it closely to
see what it will make owing to its dry
surrounding.
The Producers Real Estate Com
pany, of Pittsburg, who are operating
on the Pres Furbee farm out on McEl-
roy creek, started to spudding the lat
ter part of the week and are now about
800 feet deep.
The South Penn Oil Company have
bad fishing job at their Andrew Seek
man No. 1 on top of the sand. 1t
would only take about a day TO drill
this well in if the tools could be gotten
out.
The Victor Oil Company are drilling
at about 600 feet at their No. 2 on the
Pres Furbee farm out on McElroy
creek.
The South Penn Oil Company have
the rig up and will commence drilling
in couple of days at their No. 2 on
the Andrew Seckman farm.
Brockunier & Co. have their rig COM
pleted and will start to spud to-mor-
row at their No. 1 on the c. |. Coma
way farm out in the vicinity of Centre
vile.
The Wick pool in this county does
not act quite as well as we would like
it to and the record today shows four
dry holes to three producing wells.
The producing wells are the Bullman,
Stealey and Griffith Connollay. Law
renee & Moses are down 400 feet with
their Bullman well and are going to
drill it on down. This we'll is south
from the producing wells in that field,
and if it is dry hole it will give that
pool black eye that it will take some
time to recover from. Some producers
say the wells thus far found in the
Wick pool are all edge wells and as
soon as the. direction of the field is
found there will be plenty of good
wells drilled in.
While it is true the Indian Creek ter
ritory is not showing up as well as it
did some weeks ago, operations up in
that field are very active and the work
of drilling new wells is being pushed to
as rapidly as possible. A
gentleman from the field yesterday
told us that he had not witnessed such
in an oil field since the Sisters
vile field was first opened, when wells
were being drilled all over the town.
While some wells have come in dry, in
certain directions, there are other lines
that will no doubt prove to be the real
ones when they are tested. No one is
surrendering any leases and the rentals
on farms for miles around are all under
leases and good round monthly rentals.
The Victor Oil Company have the To-
cation made and are building the rig
for well on their Thomas lease out on
Indian creek.
Shay &c McMullen's No. 2 on the
Weekly farm, out on Indian creek,
rather an important well, was due in
the sand to-day, but up to late hour
nothing had been heard from it.
The South Penn Oil Company haye
shut in their big gasser on the Hender-
son farm.
The Haught gas well, which was
such strong gasser and which was
sold to the Mountain State Gas Com
pany, and by it turned into the gas
line leading to this city, is not produc-
ing enough gas now to run good sized
cooking stove.
The most interesting item of oil and
gas news that can be given to this
community this week, will be found in
the fact that Mr.. Dresser will move
the tools for drilling, from Bloom