Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-06-05
IN THE OIL FIELDS.

Sistersville, w. Va, June 3.-The
South Penn Oil Companp's Henderson
No is holding up at 90 barrels.
The we'll of the Kanawha Oil Com
pany which came in some time ago on
the Schuwrecker farm back of St.
Marv's, has caused considerable devel-
opment in that section, and the Kan
awha people are erecting rigs Nos. 4
and now, and are drilling at about
200 feet on No. s.
Down in the Waverly field the Henry
Oil Company will get probably 10
barrel we'll when their Corbett No 5,
which is now on top of the sand, is
drilled in.
The South Penn and Deyonian oil
companies are still receiving at Ben's
Run, the nearest railroad station to
their developments large consignments
of pipe and oil we'll appurtenances, and
they haye large force of men locating
and making. sufficient improvements to
takes care sof their tremendous and
growing production.
The work up in Wetzel county is be-
ing rapidly pushed, and especially by
the Carter Oil Company on the left fork
of Little Fishing creek, about % miles
up the stream. They have made
good many locations there, have some
rigs up and have started drilling sever
al of them. They shipped to New
a cx,i11 1nud do nf
casing for the above tract. Their we'll
on the Thistle farm is progressing nice
ly and the prospects are good for an
other producer. They are making pre-
parations to avoid any loss of the fluid
if it does come in a producer.
| st. Mary's, W. Va, June 2.-In the
shallow sand field, Haskell & Co. are
spudding on Smith No. and building
rig on E. Grandon's lease. Mallory
Bros. are fishing on Fanshot leases.
Great Kanawha and Frink No. 9 Scha-
wanker is good for fifty barrels per
day. They are spudding on No. 8.
Meals & Donaldson and the Frazier Oil
Co., composed of Pittsburg men, are
building rig on McKim creek, midway
between Broad run and Hebron pools,
six miles southwest of Wick develop
ments. Both shallow sand and Big In
jun oil has been found in this locality
in former drilling. In 1889 Hannah
Bros. drilled the Shawnee" we'll,
which was five barrel natural produc-
er from the Big Injun, but being prior
to drilling in Sistersville no attention
was paid to the Big Injun sand Meals
& Donaldson with Haskell opened up
the Broad run pool at st. Mary's and
have been remarkably successful
They have $50 acres under lease and
the well will be watched by the fra
ternity with much interest. w. Gra-
ham is starting up on the Wiley school
house Calamity"
Morgantown, w. Va, June S.-De-
positions were taken yesterday before
Commissioner W. E. Glassock, in the
case of NJ. A. Ammons, guardian, VS..
The South Penn Oil Company. The
suit is for s25, 900, damages. The plain
tiff leased the land which belongs to
his minor children to the South Penn
Oil Co., and claims that they did not
drill sufficient number of wells on
the land to test it, but on the contrary
drilled wells on adjoining land. where
they had bought the royalty, and drain
ed defendants land.
Oper ators and others haye their eyes
turned toward the Ogdin field, where
interesting developments are expected
in the next few days. There are now
half dozen important wells due this
week, among them Williamson No. /,
Baer g. Afford No. 5, and two OF Barns
dall's ventures All of these are deep
wells and are pretty close to we'll de-
fined territory. Others that are due
in few days hence are some distance
ahead Of developments.-Ex.
Well No. on David Breckenridge's
farm, near Vincent, owned by Vincent
Oil Co., new corporation, started drill
ing Saturday last This we'll is about
one thousand feet north of the big gas
ser, on the Tracy farm, the we'll that
supplies the village of Vincent with
its fuel, and it promises to be good
we'll.
hiiied by Rolling Stone -
WHEELING, W. Va, June John
Rofeaa, Slav, Was struck on the head
by rock rolling down the hill at Glen