Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-05-13
IN THE OIL FIELDS.


day the Hamilton well No 1, on Whis.
ky run, in which the tubing collapsed
when an attempt was made to draw II
freed itself some how and made three
vigorous flows of oil oyer the top OF
the derrick. This well has been pro-
ducing for three years. More wells
are being drilled on Dutchman's run
in the southern part of the county, but
nothing encouraging has been found
as yet.
The StriclSler Oil Co. have only about
twenty days in which to finish the well
on the w. A. McCosh land, and are
pushing it with all possible speed, and
are now about /, 900 feet deep
Water is rapidly becoming scarce,
and unless q good rain comes soon,
drilling in this section will be retard.
ed.
Sisterstel sville, w. Va, May IL
Clint Moore e Co. shipped to them
selves at st. Mary's today complete
motive power to sink the well they re-
Gently located in that field AND expect
to commence spudding the last of this
week.
Early last October, Brown, Steele
smith e Co. got 500-pound gas pres
sure in their we'll on the Blauir farm,
out near Middle Island, and have had
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determined to have it drilled deeper
and see whether or not they can make
a producer out of it. They report a
showing of oil and hope for a strike.
This well caved in below the So cas-
ing, no 619 casing being in, is the rea-
son they decided to abandon it when
they did. This we'll is about 1900 feet
from the Kanawha Oil Company's 20
barrel we'll on the Williamson farm,
and about the same distance from the
Clint Moore we'll on the Hugus farm,
which is maintaining 20 barrel flow
per day.
The Lafe Gorrell No. 1, belonging to
the Victor Oil Company, about two
miles west of Wick, came in today a
rank duster. This we'll coming in dry
settles the matter beyond doubt that
there is no oil in that plot, as this is
the fourth we'll to come in dry on this
farm.
The largest strike ever made in the
Deist pool on the Ohio side of the river
took place early this morning, when
the Henry Oil Company drilled in a
500 barrel we'll on the Steele farm.
The looation Of this we'll is over 700
feet farther north of any other in the
pool. This well is their No t. and
was not looked upon with favor, ow-
ing to it's remoteness from other devel-
opment, and its coming in such big
gusher causes considerable excitement
and will open up practically new
territory, and has already stimulated
the work going on there.
A. Greenwall, who has been with
the Oil Well Supply Company for a
long time in this city, left today for
Waverly, where he will take charge of
the branch store the company has
there.
The Leidecker Tool Company ship
ped to their Waverly works today
carload of machinery which the in
creased operations going on in that
region make necessary. This company
has branch offices all through this ter
ritory, and do a large business in re-
pairing and manufacturing tools for
the oil trade.
Hosford & Holden hauled to their
lease back of Friendly today an en-
CINE and boiler, and as soon as the rig
is up will commence spudding.
Late news from Wick is to the effect
that South Penn Oil Company got a
Try hole on the Henderson farm, in
the neighborhood of the one that came
n dry for the Victor on the Gorrell
,arm.