The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-02-05
IN OILS DOMAIN.
Review of the Southwest Field for
the Month Just Past.
THE PULLMAN AND KYLE WELLS
Were the Principal strikes of the Initial
Month OF the Ycar-Dinlrnlts. In Reach
ting the New Territory Back or sisters
vllIo-ActirIty In the wnrrrIy nlstrict.
Late OH News from sIstersyllle-The
Monroe Field.

The first month in the new year closed
last week and proved of considerable
interest to operators in the southwest
fields, says I'D. s. W." in his weekly oil
review. Several developments that
looked promising were fdr enough adj
vaneed to demonstrate that they were
base deceivcrs. and Mt least two new
discoveries were made in Big Injun ter
ritory that will be OF no little interest
for several months to come.
This work OF exploiting the territory
on fhdtnn and Sdncho creeks and 70 the
east and west OF McElrory creek. Tyler
county, West Virginia, has been carried
forward in n promlscuous sort OF way
for the past three years, and the results
are anything but satisfactory. The
Middle Island creek territory inspired
new hope, but the efforts to extend the
producing limits from the Dye Brooks
pool and the dismal failure to do so
are OF too recent date to need repeating
now.
The two new attractions, the Kyle
and pullman wells, after more than q
two weeks trial. have proved to be
more capable producers than was first
Indicated when drilled into the sand.
Both We're drilled deeper during the
past week and their aggregate produc-
ton was Increased from about 20 bar
rcls to more than 100 barrels IN hour.
At time when comparatively small
wells are the rule II is not n matter or
surprise that two such large wells, In
what may be classed as purely wildcat
territory, should attract such general
attention from the southwest operator.
With gas belt dividing the two gush-
ers It Is not expected that the combined
oil producing AREA on both sides OF 1t
will equal In dimensions either side OF
the Sistersvllle field proper. The rock
formation and the actions OF the two
big wells would lead to the conclusion
that either OF the two pools will prove
of wider scope than either the Dye
Brooks or the FrcIden and Deist pools.
With an advancing market, the
eagerness on the part OF those holding
territory within reasonable distance
OF either well. to start the drill is now
strongly in evidence, and the distance
from the base OF supplies Is the only
drawback.
From Sistersville to the Kyle well It
is twenty miles and over roads that are
almost impossible. 1t vii take from
FIVE 10 six days and team OF eight
horses to draw q boiler from Sisters
vile to Indian creek. so that II can
readily be seen that for some months, or
until the roads settle, II will be both
tedious and expensive work to begin ac-
tive operations.
North Of Waverly, near and for some
distance back OF the Ohio river, opera
lions are picking up,and some rather
big bonusesshnve bean placed for some
OF the stun. Explorations are now
most active on Bull and Calf creeks,
with good showing OF new work start
ing on the opposite side OF the Ohio
river The oil is found in the Cow run
sand at a depth OF about $50 feet. and
the cheaHHess with which well can be
drilled makes It profitable TO drill for
small producers. In the territory men
toned there are eight or ten wells drill
ing and starting. and they are all i'm
portant as tests for that locality. The
two wells on Calf creek, the ones to
bring the territory into prominence. are
each producing about 20 barrels day.
The territory west OF the Hartman
development, bordering on the eastern
edge OF Tyler county, is giving good
account OF itself.
The only discovery made In the Delst
pool, In Monroe county, In the past
week, was n dry hole on the Barnard
farm. located two miles north OF the
CalebauEh farm, on the northwest ex-
tension,