The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-02-20
TO THE FRONT.
waverly Developments Attracting
Attention OF Oil Men.
WELL ON THE RALSToN FARM
Is Probably a Gushcr OF High Degree.
Other Good Well, In the warsriy Field
Effect a Rensissanes-The PreaChers'
Well Has psen Shot and 1. Improved.
The Twin Ga.hsrs In Tyler County.
General Southwest OIL News. -

A gentlemen who returned from the
waverly oil field In Wood county last
evening gays %h0t matters there are
booming by reason OF the encouraging
results of the drill in the past few days.
The RalSton well. in particular, has
caused O revival of interest and # it
comes up nearly to expectations there
will be lots of work in the field this
spring.
The well on the Ralston farm Is own
ed by the Keystone on Company made
up OF wayneshurg. Pa, people. II has
been drilled to the Big Injun sand and
punaured the cap OF the sand when a
fine showing of oil was made. There
was strong flow Of gas, so strong.
in fact, that the owners of the well shut
down and moved the boiler back from
the mouth OF Ghe hole. The sand, when
examined, was pronounced to be OF
very fine quality. the best found in
the Waverly field. All the Indications
were for fine well, the owners pre-
dioting q gusher OF tho FIRST water The
well was to have been drilled In last
night, but nothing had been heard OF
the result up TO late hour. The hole.
by the way, Is filled with oil.
In the same field. and OH the cd
Joining farm, on Calf creek, the well
OF the Calf Creek oil Company, OF
Wheeling. C''Preachers' wel!'), was
shot yesterday. It mad been doing
about twenty barrels "a day and now
it's production Is expected TO re1ch
sixty barrels. It Is now making q now
OF oil every ten minutes,
Six or eight locations are already In
sight around the R0lSton farm where
attention Is rtveted on the kcyStone's
expected Gusher.
The Ross well on the Corbltt farm Is
increasing It's production. as is the
Bryant oompany's well on the Bryant,
in the Waverly field.
The well of the Bachmann Oil & Gas
Company. of WheeiIHg, on the Corbitt
farm. has been shot, and its produc-
ton increased.
At the well OF the Kauawha oil Com
pany. across the river from Calf creek,
a bad accident occurred on Tuesday
afternoon. The well struck gas uneX-
pectedly and before 1t could be shE:
down the gas and oil had caught fire
from the boiler fire. The oil ran down
the river bank ILnd on the surface OF
the river, making quite blaze and
causing some excitement An un-
known drIller had his face and haEds
badly burned.
The Ralsson well on Calf creek, will
open up considerable territory 10 the
southeast OF the main Wavcrly field.
Leases are now being taken UP on all
available territory at rapid rate. Bull
creeks prospects are now considered
first class. The well on the McCosh
farm on Bull creek is being made a
mystery" On top OF the Big ln3un
sand the well was shut down and the
owner Is leasing all the territory he
can lay hts hands on. On one lease
he Is paying a rnoUthly rental OF 500,
Unless the man is crazy he thinks he
has good thing.
On the Angus farm. the Calf Creeks
No. well. elbows sufficient gas TO make
the well flow considerable oil and sal:
water from the top OF the Big lnjun
sand, A good well Is expected.