Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-05-04
IN THE OIL FIELDS.

IN THE OIL FIELDS.
The we'll recently drilled in on the
Junod farm northwest of the Stroude
Run we'll, by the Hooking Oil Co.,
proved ,o be duster. The company
will locate another well soon. The
we'll was abandoned at depth of 1890
feet. &
The McDougal we'll seven miles east
of town was completed Tuesday. No
oil was found Uut plenty of salt water
The we'll on the John Walsh farm
two miles south of Athens is not yet
completed. The drillers report they
are at depth of about $50 feet.
The Alexander township well on the
farm of PaIk Henry has at this time
been drilled to the depth of about 75o
feet and the drillers still at work.
On Wednesday local company or
ganisedby JIG. Brennan commenced a
wef1 on the Higgins farm two miles
Southwest Of Athens GS p, 9t'3ss s.,,,o1a ~ s,s
INsMarietta parties have erected der
rick on the Jesse Finsterwa1d farm
about two miles east of Athens. Drill
ing will probably commence about the
! first of the week.-Athens Journal.
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On the Broad Run side of the st.
Marys pike Bonnell & Work have drill
ed in a nice we'll on the c. G. Schau-
wecker lease. 1t is good for from so
to 100 barrels per day.
| Haskell e Company have their No. 1
| on the Cornell lease down some 500 feet,
and will put in the casing Thursday
evening. They ought to be in the sand
by Tuesday of next week. They have
also made location on the, Jos. Pethtle
lease, few hundred feet to the south
east of Bonnell & Works we'll on the
Schauwecker lease.
On the Long Run side of the ridge
the Great kanawha Co. 6 Frink have
a rig under way for their No. 2 on
Schauwecker, and have locations for
four other wells, No. 2 will be some
600 feet to the northeast of No. 1.
Franchot Bros No 1 on the T. H. C.
Reynolds lease was drilled in the first
of the week, and is fine we'll, with
plenty of gas to flow the oil. 1t has
been shot and is now being tubed. 1t
is said to be good for from 10 to 100
barrels per day. They have made To-
cations for some four or five other wells,
and rig is going up for No 2.
Capt Mclaughlin has rig under
way for No. 2 on the Rodney Reynolds
lease, and expects to be drilling by the
middle of the coming week. He has
several other locations made.
1t looks now as though there would
be quite field opened up on the waters
of Long Run, as there is large lot of
untested territory there which looks to
be "gilt edged" in the light of late de-
velopments This territory is about
one and one-half miles to the south
east of st. Marys.-St Marys Oracle.
The Shay we'll No. 2, on the Weekly
farm, out on Indian creek, which had
stopped drilling the earlier part of the |
week on account of the strong gas
pressure, was resumed for little
while today, but the gas being so
strong they had to abandon it. They
will endeayor to drill it in as soon as
the pressure decreases.
Sistersville, w. Va, May 1.-The
Victor Oil Company's we'll No. l. on
the Julia Groves farm, out on Indian |
creek, was drilled in at five o'clock. |
The terrific flow of the oil threw it up |
and over the derrick, making a beauti-
full sight The amount of oil that was
lost cannot be estimated. but up to
eight o'clock they had no arrange
ments made 10 save it. 1t is good for
1875 barrels per hour.
This is the largest strike recently
made, and the Devonian Oil Company,
who are drilling Kyle No 3. on the ad-
joining farm, claim they will strike
the same vein and get we'll as good
as the Victor's. 1t is expected in at
any hour.
On Friday of last week John Landon
and George Hammett sold to the
American Oil Co., of Buffalo, half in
|erest in tract of undeyeloped terri
tory in the Waverly oil field for the
sum of $4,000. The tract has in it 100
acres, and it bears much promise of
large possibilities for its owners.
Announcement.
We have opened an Office and are now
prepared to undertake and conduct the
sales of Real Estate and other proper
ties. Property listed, wants to buy"