Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-06-02
IN THE OIL FIELDS.

The Great Kanawha Company &c
Frink have good we'll in their Schau-
wecker No. 5. When drilled in the
sand appeared to be pretty hard, but
after shooting, the we'll filed up seven
hundred feet with oil. 1t will proba-
bly, make from so to 100 barrels per
day.
Capt. McLaughlin's No. 2 on the Rod
ney Reynolds lease is reported dry in
the first Cow Run sand, and will be
drilled deeper.
Franshot Bros. are having bad luck
this week. Their Collard No. 2 drop
ped the tools in the hole, and they
have not yet succeeded in getting them
out, They are still fishing for the lost
bit In the j. S. Smith No. 5, with but
little hope of getting it out. The rig
will probably have to be moved and a
new hole drilled.
Mallory Bros. have sold their inter
est in the Cornell and c. G. Schauweck-
er leases to Bruner & Bartlett. We
are informed the consideration was
SIS, 600. There are three producing
wells on these leases.
Haskell & Co. are getting up a new
rig on the Irwin Grandon lease and
will drill it as soon as possible.
Mallory Bros. are ready to drill on
the Doutt fve-acre lease, and will
probably begin today.
We are informed that rig will be
put up on the Cotton lease in the next
ten days. 1t belongs to Ohio parties.
There is nothing new at Whiskey
Run. The Nesbitt we'll is still plugged
up with tools.
The McCosh we'll is down some fifteen
hundred feet and drilling nicely.
The only sensation in the last week
has been the rich strike on the Dye
farm near Raven Rock, on the Ohio
side of the river. This we'll came in at
the rate of 600 barrels per day a week
ago. but at this writing has decreased
to 100 barrels per day. There is much
discussion as to what it is and what
sand the oil comes from, but the gen.
eral opinion seems to be that it is "Big
Injun" of the Wick.-Oracle.
Near Letart, w. Va, Sayer & Roush
have leased 5000 acres and will put in
several wells They are associated
with Pennsylvania parties and will
doubtless make the venture go with a
whirl. In this same vicinity, but
further back from the river, Thomas
d. Van De Wort his two brothers, and
w. Fl. Shelton, of Dunkirk, N. Y,
through their agent, VIM. Wood, have
secured by lease in the neigh borhood
of 5000 acres of territory OF Little Mill
creek and Ten Mile and will have a
we'll down by the first of July to pre-
vent the forfeiture of all their leases.
Ellenboro, W. Va, May 31.--The
connections have all been completed
this week and Cairo now has a good
supply of natural gas.
The Central Production Company
well on the II. S. Wilson tract of land
will reach the sand about Thursday
next
The Cairo Oil Company's No. s. on
the Davidson farm, is good for fifty
barrels per day.
Gillespie Brothers will drill their
we'll on the Wesley Clark farm to the
Big Injun sand, it being dry in the salt
sand.
The we'll drilling on the McGregor
farm is expected in by Tuesday.
Contractor Hugh Means, who is drill
ing we'll for the South Penn people
at Cantwell Postoffice, has lost string
of tools.
In the Whisky run field the interest
centers on the McCosh farm we'll,
which is expected in tomorrow. The
Strickler Oil Company's No. will not
be in for two weeks.
The we'll on the Mckinney farm will
be commenced on Monday.
The we'll of Warren & Butts on the
Berg farm at Eight Mile was shot Sat
urday and bridged over. 1t will make
a small we'll.
The Mulligan we'll above Belpre is
down 900 feet.
The Dye we'll on Lease Run is hold.
ing up we'll, at last account making
about 1875 barrels per day.
Board of Health Meeting.
The Board of Health met last night
at the Mayors Office for the purpose ot
reorganizing and appointing the Vice
President and Health Officer.
DR.. Hart, the Health Officer whose
term has just expired. suggested to the