Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-12-13
FROM TIE OIL CENTERS.
--latest News Concerning the Production
and Development

IN the Different Fieldr-The Week
Reviewed in the Sistersville Pool
Latest News From Marietta, Par
kersburg, Benwood, and Other
Points-TO Start Pumping at Cole
rain.
St Mary's, W. Va, Dec. 12.-Work in
the Broad Run field is not moving very
rapidly at present, though nothing in
the least discouraging has been re-
ported. The wells are keeping right
up to the top notch in production.
FrancAot Bros. have located their
No. I on the Amber farm, and will
soon know what is in it,
Barnard and Swakerds No l on the
Adkins farm, in the Newport. Ohio,
oil field is producing twenty barrels
per day. They are also drilling their
No. , on the same farm and will soon
be due in the sand
The Bradley Oh Company. in the
same field, drilled in q fifty barrel well
on the Green farm Wednesday. 1t is
in the Berea grit This we'll has not
been fairly treated and may produce
even more than the present estimate.
Greene and Irig drilled in q twenty
barrel well on the Heudershot farm,
from the Berea sand.
The Newport field is holding up in
its production, yet there is no excite
ment nor is there any rush in the de-
velopment. Some wells have been
producing several years, and are still
good wells. The Belmont field is fully
up to former standard in the important
matter of production but is inactive in
Development
The Great Kanawha Oil company
and Frink are having No. on the c.
c. Schauwach5r lease cleaned out, it
having caved in and filed M cOnsid-
erably, and about ready to start the
drill in No. 10 on the same land
Bruner and Duff are still at work on
the we'll on b. T. Standiiord's farm on
the Island cleaning and pumping IT.
The Williamson Oil company are
still going down to the deep sand on
the Robert Reynolds farm on the lower
end of the Island. They will be in
the sand in a day or two more, if moth
ing prevents.
The Gale well No. ., on the c. ".
Bills farm. has been guilty of all kinds
Of "misdoings' 1t is now behaving
quite we'll and is yielding a fair
amount of oil. The parties interested
in it are very positive that it will de-
velop into a good Wen. as indications
are favorable and more encouraging
every day.
Special TO the Register
SISTERSVILLE. W. VA. December 12.
The past week has been one of sur-
priscs and of unusual activity in the de-
velopmeut of this territory.
I'm the interior of the county now
pool has been opened up by the Producers
& Real Estate Company. OF Piusburg,
which has started a tremendous amount of
work They. along with the Victor and
South Penn and Carter oil companies,
have most of the farms i'm this district
leased and are going right ahead with
the big amount OF work they have OUT
lined This well. which leads the owners
tc think that they have discovered good
pool came i'm at the ~ate of 800 barrels q
day and was in territory that was thought
10 have been fully tested, bat they got
right over the vein ard aulled into q
with a vengeance These people spent los
Of money ont i'm this section. and surely
deserve good re-l ne They nave made
several locations and viii soCn nave them
in Tre Carter ON Conos ny are doing
considerable worE M ihs 3wcruon. sEd
have gotten orc 5ry hole on the 7. c.
Freeiand farm and q 40 barrel well tn The
r. r. Freeiand eorn The Victor ;Ld
South Penn OH Company are progressing
nicely with their Corbly No. and the
Tom Smith No. . on McElroy creek. ana
think from present indications that they
will bring them in as good producers
I'm the Hebron field. the Inst named COM
pany drilled ia their Jack Smith No. o
and have a hundred barrel we'll There is
lots Of land being developed I'm this fold
and during the coming week the pr0duc-
tion of that pool should he very material
" increased Ramcy * Cc arc drilling
two wells ON the Odtu farm. and it ia
hoped they viii not have amy more fishing
Jobs with them before they succeed i'm
getting them to the pay. The Carter OIL
Company have had considerable trouble
with their last venture on The Hardman
Livingston property. having had to move
the rig twice now with one hole. Ramey
a. Co. have a well due tho coming week
On Brush run. This well is located on the
Wilson farm. considerable distance
ahead Of Development, and is being
watched closely.
The Benwood poo. has been increased
by about 7o barrels q day. and is being
produced by the Fisher OH Companv's
Dan Price No. . Sayres-s NO Z. and the
Henry on Coupany's Honzclaw no. i
all oil which have been drilled i'm within
tho past week. The u~ice of the crude
material has a downward tendency. and
the developers do not care very much to
push the work on this account but there
is lots Of # going on i'm this field and SOW
,ral wells are Que 70 reach the pay this
week. and they are al being closely watch
cd ON account Of their peculiar locations.
The latest strike to cause much COM
mont is the big we'll that Shay & McNiul-
len drilled In on the Mcknight fern,
down I'm Washington county. When this
we'll was drilled In il started Off at The rate
or so0 barrels a day. and since it has been
connected up II has been averaging 10
barrels day. This well was drilled in
territory that was not thought much Of,
and it's coming in so we'll caused quite n
sensation and win start lots OF work in
the immediate neighborhood.
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