The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-20
THE.B:ENW0OD
Oil Fields Now Attracting the Al.
tenlioh Of OIL Men
THROUGH sOUTnwESEGOuNTRY
Til. strike. Made by th. Ri.hsrs ANA Henry
on Companies Have Created u Gennine
Fever OF validating : titn,.ood Is the
Center or Attraction : Many Nrw Wells
arc no Pat Down-tiauSt, % the New
sl.lrr.viiie District Wells.

Southwest operators'S attention was,
directed to but one locality during the
week past, says ID $, WIZ in his
weekly review Of oil. and Tint was the
Bcnwood territory In Monroe county
Ohio. There has been q disposition
nom the first inception otlthat devel-
opmcnt on the part OF some operators
20 look upon 1t disparaginsly, and pro-
uouncp It OF the freak order Tho past
week. however, has causedja number 10
change th@ir minds and take a more
generous view Of the infant develop
!ncnt. vi
ON Tuesday last the Fisher OIL Com.
pany drilled In Its NJ. ! on the Chefs
farm, located 1000 feet north and east
Of Price No. !, and at ,ltteengfeet In the
sand, the pay was struck and the well
began 10 flow at the rate OF twenty
barrels nm hour. Two days later itwas
drilled for few minutes ndilncreased
10 forty barrels an hour. and at the end
barrels an hoilr. Those who are famii-
lar with territory now concur IN the
opinion that the main, portion OF the
pooI Hes 20 the north and northeast
OF the price well, aud that the Cheers
well Is directly in line, Values have
been advanced In proportion TO the size
OF the new wells and operations will be
increased ut once. In all OF the lower
southwest territory, this is the most
promising at this time and Will claim
the most attention. ifSs
The Bullman pool, near Wick, Tyler
county, caused little furry when the
Dcvon!an Oil company drilled Its we'll
on the Smith lot, In the town OF Wick.
il started 10 flow ut the rate OF twenty
barrels an hour, but the tiashy nature
OF the territory Will be against q re-
vival OF operations in that part OF the
field With the completion ,ot!this we'll,
operations are at a standst!ll In the
Wick pool. a..,,,,
On Indian creek, a paying producer
was drilled In by the Victor Oil and
Gas Company on the Furbee farm, but
this territory, like that ofeWick. has
been fully defined. The Big Injun
sand development. as well as the shall
low sand at Hebron, IL increasing in
activity and all seem warranted by
the size Of the new wells recently COM
pleted. South OF Cairo, Richie county.
Knox e Company increased the list OF
Big Injun producers by drilling in a
we'll on the Young lot Operators on
lots in the town OF Cairo are as busy
as beavers aid there will. be no let up
untlsit has been drilled over. 4,
A strike of considerable Importance
was made by the South Penn Oil Com
pany, on the Mackay farm, located four
miles south of Cameron. Marshall
county, on the line of the Baltimore &:
Ohio railroad. 1t is not yet known
what the we'll will be good for when
completed, but those we'll Informed say
It will make, paying producer. As a
venture OF the wildcat type, the we'll
will bear watching. Hr 4 b
In the Flint district, Doddridge coun-
ty. West Virginia. Murphy, Jennings
Bros & Company have completed their
No. 19, Hardman, and have a twenty
barrel producer. Gc-. ). i,
The Fisher OIL Company's No. /,
Cheers, near aBenwood, Monroe county,
Is holding up at. thirty barrels an
dour. The excitement in the new pool
Is increasing. With the wells now
drilling and starting, the Benwood ter
ritory promises to be the most lively
field in the lower southwest. The coun-
: try Is orerrun with leasers and every
acre of territory to the northeast is
being:leased The Cheers well has given
the field a boom and prices have been
advanced greatly in the, past week,
Following up the northeast line from
the 4 present developments. there is
room for a considerable extension In
that direction. There is a stretch .ol
four or more miles that has not beer
condemned by any previous test wells
To the east. there Is also room for q
widening out OF the belt and In thai
direction operators are, getting ready
to do some prospecting. ~,
The;appended list shows tie number
OF wells In the new developments ir
the vicinity of tSistersville making fft,
or more barrels day: Afiller's rur
district: Henry Oil Company's 6, Stew.
art, 80 barrels; Trail run, Moundsvills
OH Company's No. I, Barkus, 80 bar.
rels; Crawford & Treats No. 3, Echel.
berry, 80 barrels; Amos accompany.
No. ., same farm. so barrels; Henri,
OH Company's No. 3, Mrs. F.. c. DYE
" barrels; Wilson &. Company's No. .
Hensel. 60 barrels. At Benwood, Fishc,
oA Company's No. l, Price, 100 barrels
No. !. Cheers, 600 barrels: No. 7, Wood
10 barrels; Henry Oil Company's No
2. Holtsclaw. Go barrels. Wick district
Devonlan OIL Company's No. i, Flesher
20 barrels; Devonian on Company.
Nos. and 8, BulIman.e 100 barrels; Dc.
vonian Oil Company's Smith lot, ~:
barrels; s!x wells In the Big Injun de-
He!opmcnt. near Hebron, $40 barrels
Hettman & Watson'ss No. /. j. Barker
W barrels; No. !, Barker heirs,.,55 bar.
fcls,. In the Herea grit development
south of Waverly. six wells are pro.
uuctns from so to co barrels, a, day. A
caro-. six completed wells are sproduc,
i1S $50 barrels q day. The Lubbock Of
SNnpany's No. 4, Mcfarland Is the hes
IN che lot and Is making 30 barrels {
gay; In the interior districts the FOL
lowing wells are reported making on.
hundred barrels q day. or more: Hart.
man OIL Cotnpany's No. /. Efau, 10,
atrels; So.-2. 2l5 barrels: South Penr
~ company No. %, Robinson. $40 bar.
Ieis; No ., Morris. $50 barrels: No. q
felefson. 225 barrels; No,4, Morris. 10,
Uafreis; No. .. Starking. lis barrels
40 40 : II. L. Smith, 3l5 barrels: NO. is
,"Walt, lOo barrelg, and No,yI, j. al