Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-04-26
OIL NEWS.

SiSterSville, w. Va, April 2o.-Ine
we'll of the Carter Oil Company on the
E. C. Freeland farm. out on Sancho, is
on ton of the sand and should be in to-
morrow or the next day. The well is
shut down now until the boiler can be
moved and the necessary connections
made.
The Kanawha Oil Company's we'll on
the Boles farm, out on Indian creek,
reached the top Of the sand this morn
ing and there was a report in the city
during the day that the well was in and
doing % barrels an hour, but later re-
port was to the effect that the well had
not yet been drilled in. The well will
be drilled in tonight, and 1t is ex-
pected to make a good producer, as it
was spraying a big lot Of oil this morn
ing.
Galley Bros & Finnegan have the rig
I'D on the Jackson farm. over near
Woodsfield, for a well and work will be
COMMENCED drilling it as soon as it can
~oe rugged up.
Connolly Bros. are building rig on
the Rawley Gorrel farm, about 1900 feet
north est Of the well on the Taught
farm. and will commence spudding the
latter part of next week.
The we'll drilled on the Delaplain
farm. near Graysville. by Gov. Mac
Ccrkle and others, which was drilled
in couple % days ago. is as dry as
powder
The well being drilled by the Union
Oil Comy.ny en- the VIM. Underwood
farm. 0ut near the McElroy district,
southeast OF The D. NJ. Furbee No. l, is
on top of the sand and is big gasser.
/ The gas pressure IS so strong that 1t is
| impossible 10 drill the well in at pres
I emit
The topic most generally discussed
among oil men yesterday was the Kan
awha Oil COppany's new Gordon sand
| discovery on Seese run, WetZel county
! II is conceded 10 be the most important
| fad for several months. The uncer-
| tainty as to what the wcll will do when
drilled deeper only helps enhance the
interest The Gordon sand was encouu
tered al 200 feet below the Pi,isburE
coal. or 1T a total depth from ;he sur
face Of $50 feet As previously reported
the oil was developed az Tho first biJ IN
She sand aud Is good for 90 barrels a
day.
! Special to the Register
Parkersburg. W Va April Is
| Roberts Bros. o. Burning Springs.
struck q 80 barrel o day in thc shallow
sand in tia field Friday
Taught Bros the PitlNburg oil opera
tors have received several splendid
leases ia the Burniuss Springs dcld,
and paid a big bonus for them. one
is the Johnson trac; OF four acres right
| IN The centre OF developments. and upon
this Ieaso a well viii be az once drilled
The LubeCiy Oil Company We'll here
is down 800 fee. and still drilling
The Davidson Oil COMPANY. OF Cher
lesion drilled in o fnc producer on tine
Benson Athcy farm near Williamson.
! yesterday and IL is reported iera today
as equal to the Drake we'll ip Droduc-
| ton.
The Kelley & Kennedy well near he
Drake, about which a report had zone
out that it was of ne o9HseaGence. has
been shot and is showing Up for . good
/ well.
The Griner Oil Company have Madc
a location on Ashly. west of the Drake.
and have the rig under way. They are
now getting the machinery and will be-
gin drilling as soon as possible.
Some time ago A. ]. Yoke, who Is en-
gagged in taking up leases for one of the
prominent oil companies, secured a
lease on piece of property near the
Dyke we'll This was before there were
any developments in that section and
the lease was never acknowledged.
| They went to the house, but the hus-
band was absent The wife asked per-
mission to see the lease and 1t was
! given her. She placed il in the bosom
! of her dress and coolly told them that
she proposed to keep it. No amount Of
persuasion would make her release the
precious document. Yoke returned to
| town and went before Justice Jones to
! procure a warrant for her arrest, ex-
planning that he did not mean TO have
| the warrant executed but intended TO
use II TO brighten the woman into Civ
/ ing I'D the lease. The justice very
| promptly refused TO issue the warrant.
| Last evening Yoke returned to the wo-
mans house, accompanied by consta-