The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-12
A NEW OIL POOL
Now Being Developed In the In.
terror Of Tyler County.
IT IS IN TIE KEENER SAND
And May Reach Large Proportions-Ono
wen Already Hrunght In by tho Fisher
oii iCompnny-Othor Operators arc Now
working In The Same vicinity-Lniost
Reports from tho Great Benwood Dis
trict IN Monroe county-OtherO Oh News.

a new oil pool that Is being opened In
Tyler county and is in the Kcener sand,
about four miles back of Friendly. The
territory has at different times been
drilled and It was generally supposed
that 1t was OF no account. a short time
ago the Fisher OIL Company took up n
large number Of leases In the Vicinity of
what Is known as the Parr farm. out on
Cow House run. The wells which had
been drilled were on every side but that
pointing toward SIstersville. and as no
wells had been found that would make
producers. The Fisher OIL Company
decided to put down a teSt we'll. The
well was located on the LIsly farm, and
when It was drilled in 1t showed up for O
l00-barrel producer.
The fact that this well came in good
awakened other people who held stuff In
that section and since It was drilled In
there have been number OF other wells
started and some OF them should reach
the sand In very short time. or the
wells started. the Fisher Oil Company Is
drilling one on the Parr farm, adjoining
the Lislc. and 1t Is nearing the sand now.
The Carter oil Company also has some
territory and Is drilling one or two wells.
Tyler county has every appearance OF
being an exact counterpart OF the old
Butler pool in Pennsylvania. When tho
pool In that county was first opened up
there was n great rush and In short
time the original pool was worked out.
A great many OF the operators left and
went 10 more promising territory. but
those who stayed have made fortunes.
Every part OF the county has been drill
ed over times innumerable and two or
three times a year new and paying
pool Is unearthed. This Is the same as
the Sistersvllle field. There are now
four very promising pools In this section
OF the oil country, and from present indi-
cations SIs;erSville will be better oil
town this winter than 1t ever has been.
The pools mentioned above which are
expected to DO great things this winter
are: Benwood. the phenomena OF the
southwest. the Sancho pool, the one
mentioned In this article and the one in
the vicinity OF Hebron. There are also
several other places where Guod wells
have been found
The latest reports from the Benwood
field are 20 the effect that the prospects
at present are better than at any time
| since the field has been opened up. There
Is large amount OF work being done at
present and the main centre Of opera
t!oHs Is around the Mcfarland farm.
where the Liberty OH Company recently
drilled In the big gusher. There are now
about n dozen wells in different stages
of completion around this farm and some
OF them should reach the sand In very
short time. There are. 100 acres In this
farm, and the forty acres on which the
Liberty OIL Company got Its big well Is
almost covered with rigs. The Fisher
OIL Company has the other 30 acres OF
this farm and has n rig up or building
opposite every rig of the Liberty Com
pany. on the lines and both are huxtllng
| with all their might To get their wells In
working order. It Is believed that every
one OF the wells drilling will make good
producers and that the field extends a
| good long distance 70 the north and east
Of anything that has been drilled In so
| far.
There IS great deal OF. work being
done In the Hebron field now and the
production OF that pool has been very
materially increased during the past few
| WpehS, OUT YET Win all Cl ttlhI II Is NOT
| near the size OF the Benwood field. or
the new work being started over there
| the firm OF Ramey 6; Co. seem TO do
| ing the most. On No. ., on the O'Dell
farm, this company has been held back
for some time on account OF 4 bad fish
| ing Job, but now that the well Is plugged
| they will move the rig to another loca-
lion within few days. The same COM
pany Will have No. 4 on this farm ready
TO commence spudding the last Of the
week, and the rigs are building for Nos.
| and 6.
Hall BrIs are having great deal OF
| trouble with the we'll they are drilling on
| the Hardman-Li Livingstone we'll in the
| Hebron field for the Carter OIL Company.
on account OF bad fishing jobs.
Ramcy & Co, arc preparing to clean
out and shoot their well on the Stephens
farm over near New Castle. When this
| well was drilled In some time ago 1t
| showed up for about n twenty barrel
we'll and since has been holding up at a
| point near that figure. Since the devel-
| opncnt of the Benwood field 1t was
| thought best to clean the well out and
| give Il q shot IN the hope that II would
| Increase its production, which is alto
sether likely. The same company will
| have we'll due the early part Of next
week on Brush run. out In tho Hebron
| territory. This well Is located, on the
Wilson farm and IS ahead OF develop
ments quite little and will be OF n sreat
deal Of Importance.