The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-04
THE BENWO0D.
The Standard Said to be Dccciving
the Public.
REPORTS OF TIE PRODUCTION
Of Wells In the New ilrnwood Develop
nitnt Claimed To 10 False Operations
uring pushrd Itapidly In the New Field.
Two We'll. were shot Wednesday, aud
Eon Nespondcd EnconrNgimgiy - Re
port, irom Other sections.

ThofC mas Ibecn Gonslucfhhl' tax lhtc-
~ to tho effect that the Hnnwood pool
iE falling OF IN production very rap
Idly and that there was n possibility
that II viii fail into insIEnllIruuCc In
the not very distant future. All this
talk has cmcnatcd from source that
has Tor a number 81 years criCd down
every new pool that has bccn opened
up-thc Standard Tlnr majority 0c the
Papers which publish tho oil news NJ
given them by tho press agent Of the
Srcat octopus have been giving this
sort OF rot" space. There IS nothing
In the report ns Will he seen by the
following. which Is u schedule Of tho
amount the largest wells 'n that field
are doing at the present time;
Fisher Oh Compnny-No. .. Price i7j
barrels: No. 3. 200 barrels: No. !, Cchrs,
22j barrels.
Liberty OH Company-No |. Mcrar-
land. 600 barrels
Henry oil CompIny-Eo, .. lloltS-
claw 100 barrels,
It VIII be seen that none Of these
wells has fallen on very muCh al
though thc report Of the Mcfarland
well and that on the IIdltscllw Is given
as they are since they wCrr shot. hC-
COrdlnE 10 the reports hoing sent out,
the Hebron pu1l is away ahead az Ben
wood IN pU0durthn. Such is not the
truth, The eight largest wells In the
Hebron field are doing 4 little over COO
barrels a day, while there t. one well in
the BenwOUd DEVELOPMENT that is maxi
Ing that amount OF the greasy NuId.
Operations in the PanwO0l territory
are still being plshgd forward rlpAly
and IL will b, but a short time until n
number OF wells will be due In that
part Of the oil country. There VIII be
two we'll. due the latter part OF this
week and next week Il Il expected there
w!lI be- several more due. Dnr OF the
wells due this week Is tho Fisher on
C0nlpluy's No on the Dan Price
farm, which is located almost exactly
an a direct line between the Liberty
OIL Comnanv's well on the Mcfarland
fnrn and tho Fishers big well on the
Crhrg f,rr, II T.. a ycry importnnt we'll
and is being watched closely hv the tai
ont II would br "A surpris, " II should
moi cAme In n GOOD well. since II IS be-
tween ivo rf IN, hes. p.odlIsgrs vet
drilled IN in tho fold
For snycr,I days II Inns ho.D Uo,iced
thpf tho Vol recently drilled in on the
Mcfarland farm ~ tho RpryynOd irrri-
tory hv crawford &. Trnat was falling
on in nrotuctL7n While ,hs decline was
.onIy rr,duol rho we'll was not making
nearly ms much as il should and the
owners cam. 10 thu conclusion that
there was something wrong. II was
discovered maj tn. we'll was clocCcd
Nm nj Tho hottom and II was decided
Ia slE,ot II ON Wednesday this was
done Ten quarts Of ritro-glyrcrine
was mt on ,n-tha hoic and Tho result
Was ali Thar could he desired As soon
as tho wru had heen shot II commence
Cd IA Gow and In very short tire
had aIIcd nil rho tanks nhnut In less
man sIx bnurs II had nut nbou. seven
feet In tho ,ark Yesterday morning
word WAS received 10 the crIcct that the