Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-02-12
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OIL NEWS.
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Special to the Register.
Sistersville, February lit is al
most impossible to get any oil news in
this field. The roads are in such an
execrable condition that more of the
operators will attempt TO either go out
with the field or come in when they are
out. There is not the usual amount
Of work being done for the reason that
it is impossible to get machinery out
to drill the wells.
Shay & McMullen are building the
rig for their No. l on the Smith and
Furbee farm out on Indian Creek. and
will have it completed in a couple of
DAYS. They will commence drilling as
soon as the necessary machinery can
be gotten on the ground.
The Victor Oil Company have the
rig timbers on the ground and will
commence work in q couple Of days on
a rig for a well on the farm of John
Booher.
Shay & McNullen are building a rig
on the Jackson Weekly farm. and will
have if comnlo+ad about Wednesday.
The Kyle well made 3 barrels an
hour all day Sunday and was holding
up to that amount last night
The Hardly Able Oil Company have.
the rig completed and are ready to
commence drilling at their well on the
A. Ash farm.
Shay & NcNullen have a fishing lob
at their well on the Dan Keeklv farm.
The Victor has commenced drilling
at their No on the KYLE farm.
The well on the G. NJ. Furbee farm
will be drilled deeper to-day and it is
expected TO show up better.
The Victor OH Company Put the
casing in their No. I on the Thomas
Smith farm yesterday afternoon.
The same company have a bad fish
ing job at their No. I on the LLOYD
Weekly farm. and it NAV be that they
will be compelled to move the rig.
Special to the Register.
Petersburg, w. Va. Feb. 1.-THE
Big Iniun sand was found at a depth
VI i,aNV Ittt III tilt well az Ailts'i'll- anu
it will be drilled tomorrow. If oil is
not found in the Rig Injun sand the
owners viii 90 to the Berea. which is
thought to be at 1000 feet.
The Burning Springfield will be Civ
on a thorough test in the deep sands,
and the following wells have been To-
Gated in that field by the leading COM
panies operating in the field: Lawrence
& Kennedy. on Wheaton: The Giles
pie Oil Co, on Wheaton; Boggs G, Co.
o. Pittsburg. on Tucker and Park
Bros. I on Wheaton. the latter now
being drilled. The rigs for the new
wells will all be 81 feet high. and de-
veloDments are expected to be very
brisk soon.
AT Williamstown the well of The
John Davidson Oil Co.. Of Charleston.
drilled in their McTaggert No. I.
few days ago and have ten to twenty
barrel well. This well is located on
the same farm, about 500 feet from the
well drilled two years ago, by the Gilk-
eson Oil Co., of your city.
The well on the Bosom Athey farm
which is being drilled some two thous-
and feet west of the Davidson well on
Big Run, has fishing job on this sand.
1t is feared the whole will be lost.
Holt e Co S we'll on the Alpheus
Griffin farm is past the sand and re-
ported dry. The same company have
started their No 1 on the Mon Smith
farm below Waverly.
We understand that the Sam Dorman
well has proved a failure
McTaggert Oil Co.'S Henderson No.
1 has passed the COW run sand and is
going on to the "Injun."
Latshaw & Nelson's No 4 found the
Cow Run sand in order, with a show q
oil and gas. They also are going after
the deep sand ThW still continue to
onerate the old wells and have great
faith in an Injun pool in this locality.
1t is rUmOred that in the near future
they will start q we'll On the l. o. Uhl
farm back of BoaZ
Oil City, Pa, Feb. 11.-Credit bal
ances. S143; certificates, March deliv-
cry, opened S142l5; highest, $14S; low
est, $1.421a; closed. $1421a. Sales, 49,
600 bbls: no clearances; shipments,
116,111 bbls; runs, S1,6S3.
New York, February 11.-Petroleum
steady, closed S1.45 bid.