Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-05-07
In The OIL FIELDS.

Bradford, Pa, May 5.-The biggest
oil strike of this section since the reac-
ton after the great excitement some
years ago, is the Colegrave, Newton &
johnson we'll, on Chipmunk run.
1t was drilled into the sand last Fri
day and began producing the greasy
fluid at the rate of 27 barrels per hour,
or nearly $50 barrels per day.
Today it declined to four barrels per
hour and an effort will be made to in
crease it. There is great excitement
among the lease owners of the Chip
munk valley oyer the lucky strike.
Ellenboro, w. Va, May 5.-The Shin.
gleton we'll No came in at Hebron
last night, and is reported good for so
barrels.
The we'll that came in on the Givens
farm couple of days ago has settled
down to 60 barrels day.
Davis & Scott are still drilling for
the Berea sand at Highland, which
they expect to reach at $500 feet
The Hamilton No. 2, on Whisky run,
still has the tools in the whole, but
the we'll is doing considerabl BILE oil from
the Big Injun sand, and it is said the
we'll will be tubed with the tools in.
Sitstersville, w. Va, May 5,-Since
the Victor Oil Co. drilled in their we'll
on the Smith farm out near Hebron,
excitement runs high and people are
rambling over one another to secure
land in that vicinity. This well came
in for 200 barrels day and has de.
creased very little, if any. This COM
pany has been making some good
strikes out in this territory lately.
Their No. l, which was agitated this
morning and which flowed in the neigh
borhood of so barrels per hour, for a
short time, has now fallen back into it's
old gait of SO barrels per day. Their
well on the Gibbon farm, in the same
district, came in good for probably 70
barrels per day. They have three more
wells in this field which they expect to
get into pay this week.
The Deyonian Oil Co. has three wells
near the Big Moses, on top of the sand,
and expect them in some time tonight
or tomorrow.
Guffey & Co.'s No. z, on the Pitts
farm out near Wick, is maintaining
the output for which it was reported |
good, 20 barrels per hour.
The developments going on in this
territory are assuming vast proportions.
Yesterday exactly seventeen car loads
Of oil we'll supplies were arrested by the
dealers in this city, who are behind in
many of their orders. These articles
will be placed out in the field as rapid
" as the teams can be procured. There
we're also seven car loads OF supplies,
,ubing, casing, rigs, boilers, engines,
,tc., shipped out of here to-day for par
lies up and down the river.
The big gusher which was published
with startling headlines proves to be
,nly an S0-barrel well and the property
If the Devonian OIL Company and not
If the Victor, asstated. This we'll
S on the Doc. Staley farm, over 600
'eet from the Victor's lease, the VIM.
Stealey farm. Up to five o'clock this
evening she is maintaining steady
output as above stated. The pipe line
people have made connections and are
.aking care of the oil.
A few unknown parties were out on |
Rock run, in the st. Marys field, today,
and made three locations on that |
stream.
T. N. Barnsdalrs we'll on the Israel
farm, on Rock run, is expected to reach
the pay within the next few days.
Stephens e. Co. have the rig up for
Hunter No. 2, in the Waverly field, and
will commence spudding tomorrow. 4
special from Senecayille says: "An-
other oil we'll at Senecaville was drilled
in Wednesday on the Richard Lowery
farm near the village. J. P. Brown
and W. R. Mcfarland, of this city. are
interested in it. The we'll is probably
a five barrel producer. The oil that is
taken from these wells is of very fine
quality. Those who know say it is
worth sS to $40 per barrel At a depth
of one hundred and sixty feet they
reached this oil and seemed to encount-
er no difficulty in striking it, but al
ways in this limited quantity. 1t is
said too that shooting the wells limits
the production instead of increasing
it."