Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-12-19

State is better at this time than it
has been for months. There is more
new work starting and more work
contemplated than at any time for a
year, and the operators are apparently
much better prepared for the work to
be done than they have ever been.
During the past summer, while the
roads were good, great many Of the
companies protited by the experience
they had last winter, when the roads
were so bad, anG had enough material
hauled out into the field to keep them
busy with their work for several
months after the roads break up.
The roads are now in a terrible
condition, and it is question of but
very short time until they will be pos
ltively impossible. Between Sisters
vile and Elk Fork there are holes now
that would hold a wagon and team of
horses without even sight Of them
being left, and they are constantly
getting worse.
Perhaps the best equipped company
now operating in the State is the South
Penn at their holdings IN WetZel coun-
ty. During all the summer they had
all the teams they could set hold OF
at work hauling material from New
Martinsville, and now they have miles
upon miles of all kinds of pipe and
casing piled up at their headquarters
in such o position that it can be han
died with very little trouble, and they
will be able to continue active opera
lions during the winter without being
hampered in the least on account Of
bad roads.
In the Elk Fork field quite a num-
Der OF operators also made arrange
ments for just such an emergency and
are fixed in pretty good shape. 1t is
III this field that majority OF the
work will be done this winter. There
has been a new impetus given to this
territory by the drilling in of the wells
to The south and west OF the southwest
extension, and there has been dozens
of new locations made for which the
rigs are being built as rapidly as pos
sible and as soon as the rigs are COM
pleted the wells will be started drill
ing.
1t is not yet year since the Elk
Fork field was opened up, but in that
time there has been a large amount
CT work done out there and an enorm-
Gus sum Of money has been spent.
During the time that field has been
operated there has been total of 100
wells drilled there, as roilows: On the
John Pipes lease, IA; Thos. Bunfill, 6;
II. j. A. Boreman, 3; Rosby PricAett,
.; Foreman Strous, a. Dan Snider. 8;
Simon Pipes. /; S. Srider, /; Joseph
Williams, Z VIM. Farrell 10; H. l.
Asher, s; J. T. A. Hawkins, il; Marion
Glenn, 8; B. f. Hawkins, %; A. S.
Kellar, Z; katherine Roberts, z; E.
JOY, 3; A. futile, / Eli Wetzel, /;
James Lowry, 2; JOS. Maxwell, /; John
Neff, i; T. G. Hawkins, l; |. n Haw-
kins, 2; c. Fulmer, l; A. +. Hearns, l;
E. futile, 5; James Eddy, 5; ]. K. Hill,
IL; j. Il. Farrell, 6; j. M. Henthorn, l;
l. Folger, l; Agnes Gorrell, 2.
In support Of the assertion that the
Elk Fork pool will in all probability
be the most active during the rest Of
the winter, the following list of new
locations is given: The South Penn
Oil Company has 3 locations on the
Folger; Cobb & Glenn have 4 on the
Myers: Tisher Oil Company on the
j. NJ. Henthorn; Fearless Oil Company
On the Agnes Gorrell; Treat &
and on the J. T. Farrell; on the J.
X Hill, the Elk Fork Oil & Gas Com
pany and the Hill Oil Company have
IA; Fisher Oil Company 2 on the e.
futile; Elk Fork Oil & Gas Company
on the Eddy, 1 on the Eli Wetzel, L
on the Joel futile, 2 on the W. J. Hill,
/ on the Joseph Williams, 3 on Joseph
Reed, on f. p. Snider, 2 Oh Bore
man & Strous, 2 on j. T. A. Hawkins,
l On T. G. Hawkins, l on NJ. a. Gorrell,
i on John Devol, / on c. c. F'luharty,
and l on G. w. Chapman, making a
total Of 60 wells already located, which
will be drilled as soon as possible.
The week in the Elk Fork field was
pretty lively ere in number Of
ways With the advent of the South
Penn Oil Companys well on the |. Fol-
ger last week, and that of the Fisher
Oil Company on the HenthCrn about
the same time, there was a rush to
get new wells located and started
During the week the Treat {, Crawford
company drilled in the largest we'll
that has yet been found in the field
1t was their No. On the j. F. Farrell
lease, and started off at the rate of
about so barrels an hour when it first
struck the sand, but has since declined,
and at the present time is making
about SEQ barrels day.
There is not great deal in view
for the coming week, although there
are several wells due in the sand The
well being drilled on the Myers lease
by Cobb G. Glenn was delayed several
days by bad fishing job, and will
hardly be in before some time the
early part Of the week, as nothing
has been heard from it lately and it
is supposed they are still fishing
The South Penn Oil Company drilled
lin a couple Of busters on the Reed
farm Friday The latest news receiv-
ed from their No. on that lease was
that it was about So feet in the sand
and no show Of Gil while No. 3 was
even deeper and was dry.
Treat q Crawford viii have two
wells due on the Farrell lease next
week Their Nos. and 10 are on top
of the sand and will probably be
drilled in some time tomorrow. They
have the locations made and the rigs
building for their Nos. 8 and Ii on
this farm
The banner well of the week in prac-
tically new territory was that Of the
Carter Oil Company on the Edwards