The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-09-30

The report printed yesterday in re-
gard to the well drilled In on the Holts-
claw farm. In Monroe county, Ohio,
by the Henry OIL Company. has proven
20 be true and the we'll IS the best ono
that has been drilled in In That sec.
ton for n long time. It is reported to be
making In tho nelghborhoodSof three
hundred barrels a day and the indlca.
tons are that It Will increase IN pro,
ductlon when It has been drilled deep
or, As was stated yesterday there Is
A great deal Of new work starting over
there and as all OF the material will
have 10 be sent out from S!stersvile,
The strike will create quite q revIval, In
business In the oil town. The Henry
oil Company. the Fisher Oh Company,
and Shay &c McMullen arc sending oyer
a great deal OF. material everyday and
within the next few days there Will be
0 large amount Of new work started.
A report was received in Sistersviiie
yesterday afternoon from Middle
bourne TO the effect that the Carter
OIL Company has drilled In "a big we'll
on the Collins farm out in the Plum
run territory and that It WINS making
In the neighborhood OF six ghundred
barrels u day. The report could not
be verified, but 1t came from good au-
thjrity and Is generally believed to be
true. This well Is located In'4errItory
that Ia very peculiar inasmueh as In
that section good producing wells have
been found in all OF the sands except
the Berea Grit and the Gordon. In the
Cow run. the shallowest sand found In
this part OF tho state, there ts a good
producing well. and a. we'll was drilled
IN In the Keener sand a few days ago,
that Is making quite a lot of,oy. These
facts, taker In connection with tho
report received yesterday that the Car
ter Oil Company had gotten q good well
IN the Big 1ntun sand makes that stuff
look as fine as silk and there will likely
be- a great scramble for leases as soon
as the reports received have been verl-
fed. The report received about the
Carter's well Is that It was making
twenty-five barrels an hour when drill
Ell In and that It was increasing Its
production right along.
There is a great deal of-work being
done In the vicinity OF the Mayfield
well, owned by Spragg 6 Company, OF
Wheeling, and In other parts OF the In
~ " 1DuHks.H. lie
Victor OH Company Is drilling at about
400 feet at Its No. . on the Hughes
farm and has the rig building for No.
5, and IS now putting the'r timbers
on the ground for No. 4. AL of these
wells Will be drilling In 4 few, days.
The Carter OIL No. 3 on
the Thomas Freeland has the six and
one-fourth Inch casing in; and should
reach the pay the first or1mhdle OF
next week. The same company has
the rig up for No. 4 on this farm and
will commence drilling as Soon as the
rig a be fitted up.
SpraSg & Company are drilling their
No.. : on the Robert Mayfeld farm and
have a number OF locations mnde. They
Will probably have several CELLS drill
ing on this farm In the near future. Mr..
Robert Maydeld, on whose farm this
company got IT'S big well. has refused
$4,000 for one-half OF the royalty az
his farm. The same company has the
rig building for No. . onsithe James
Mayfield farm and will have the we'll
drilling in a few days. ,bigy1