The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-15
in THE OIL COUNTRY.

Two Hiore soou W ellis drought tn-Tho
ilirnSood Field Now Looks Promising.
Fisher Company to Drill Fifiy " ellis.
The Slstersvllle oll5feld is coming to
the front this week and the Indications
are that 1t Will have as many, IL not
more big wells in than during any
other week for along time. 1t has beca
mentioned before that several import
ant wells were expected in this wecl,
and two OF them came In yesterday
morning.
Word reached sis,ersville yesterday
morning that the Carter OIL Company
had drilled In big well on the Thomas
Freeland farm In the sancho territory
located about three miles back OF Mid
dlebournc. The report was not credit
ed at first. but upon investigation 1t
was found to be correct and the we'll
Is one OF the largest and most import
mt that has been drilled In In Tyler
county for some time. tits located In q
section OF the country, the greater part
OF which Is under lease to the Carter
company,the local branch of the Stand
ara and 1t Is pretty hard to get any
facts about 1t, burt It was learned that
the well, when drilled In. started at the
rate OF about forty barrels an hour
and at the time the report was received
1t was still holding up at that amount.
The we'll Is located a short distance
from the first well put down on this
farm and in that territory by this
company, In northeasterly direction.
and is about half way between 1t and
the well recently drilled In on the
Hughes heirs farm by Moses & Co..
which came In q good producer. The
first well drilled on the Freeland farm
by the Carter company was completed
about year ago and was reported
dry and plugged by that company. but
later tia plug was removed and The
well allowed 10 flow and 1t started off
at about sixty barrels a day. Since
that time 1t has been put to pumping
and at this time 1t Is making about
thirty barrels a day. It Is one % the
best wells that has been drilled In In
the back part ofIthe county, as It has
been good slayer.
The fact that Freeland No. 3, the well
drilled In yesterday morning, Is
right between the wells on the
Hughes heirs farm and No. l
Freeland Is n good indication
that a big pool OF oil has been
opened up and that there will be some
big wells gotten out there this winter.
The No. Is away ahead Of anything
that has been drilled out In that Sec
ton and 1t opens up a nice lot OF new
stuff. It Is probable that the Carter
company will commence at once to get
stuff on the ground for the drilling of
large number OF wells In the Sancho
territory.
y ha fttft ~ ~ D., =
county, Ohio, pool Is assured now. For
the past few days the Fisher Oil Com
pany has had n well due on the Cehrs
farm and word was. received In Sisters
Vile yesterday morning that the well
had been drilled in and that It was the
largest one completed In that territory
so far. The report Is to the effect that
when the well was drilled into the top
OF the sand 1t started off at tlsa rate
OF about thirty-five barrels an hour,
and was flowing all over everything in
that vicinity. It was expected that this
well would come In q good producer
for the reason that 1t is located direct
ly north OF all of the wells drilled In
over there so far. All of the wells that
have been drilled to the north of the
first well on the Price farm have come
in good producers.
1uc .I1St mat tllS well came IN Sd
good will stimulate operations. 1t is
known that the Fisher Oil Company
has the material at Benwood now for
at least fifty new wells and 1t will in
all probability commence work on
some OF them at once. This company
took time by the forelocl and hauled
the material out as soon as 1t found It
had good well on the Price farm. The
Henry Oil Company, which also has
quite lot of territory in the vicinity of
Benwood, has placed the material on
the ground for large amount OF work.
1t has several wells drilling now ana
will start several more In q very short