Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-02-11
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Special to the Register.
SistersviHe. w. Va, February 10
The latest news from the Benwood
pool is to the effect that the tlsher
Oil COMPANY shot their Neff No THIS
afternoon and that it responded nicely
Their Howell No. 8 is still holding up
at % barrels an hour. The same COM
pany is erecting a rig on the Schaunl-
baugh farm, east OF the 4O-acre tract
belonging to the Liberty Oil company
and known as the Mcfarland farm, on
which the last named company nave
some excellent producers.
McFadden & Twitchell, who are
drilling a well on the Witchey IarIh'
are at a depth of eco feet, and making
good progress. This well IS BENG
watched with considerable interest Dy
the producers in that section, and IL
it comes in good, large tract OF lana
in that direction will be made good
territory for the sinking OF the drill:
The Fisher Oil Company has stopped
drilling their Hummell well, which IS IN
close proximity to the above, and VIII
suspend until the Witchey well mas
been drilled in.
The 81 casing has been put in the
Martin well to a depth Of loo feet
and the work OF drilling continues
nicely.
The Liberty Oil Company's No. 4
Mcfarland is still putting in the TANK
twenty-five barrels of the liquid every
hour by actual guage.
The Henry Oil Company have sue
ceeded in abstracting the tools from
their Cehrs No. 6. and have gotten the
drill to going at the old rate again, ana
if no further accidents occur it should
reach the pay by the last OF this week.
In the Middle Island, or advance ter
ritory of the Hebron and Wick pools,
the Carter Oil Company have succeed
ed in detaching the bit with which
they have been bothered for the last
three days. This well should touch
the sand within the next few days,
and if it comes in producer II VIII
open up a vast amount OF territory.
The wells in these TWO districts, as
well as in the Sancho territory, are
holding up fairly well.
Special to the Register
MARIETTA. Ohio. February io.-Messrs.
w. G. Elyea j. l.. Apple y. l.. Gracey
and John Kaiser have disposed Of their
interest in the Alta oil Company pro-
perty at Sand Hill, to II. Clark, Jr' The
basis of the sale WAS $4,000 for the entire
property. comprising about 200 acres. with
a production Of sixty barrels per day.
Mr.. e. II. Ryan has taken the contract
Of pulling the collapsed casing from the
Lavelle well Of Tom Riley and others at
Cutler. The well is down about 1000 feet
and if the casing is pulled successfully
will be drilled i'm next week
Gedders. Trapp & Co. have located No.
8 on the Haga lease at Cats creek
The A. p. Smith well of Roeser and
others. on NeweUs Run. came i'm and was
shot Tuesday. II makes splendid show
ing.
The All Vaughn well ON the Reed farm,
in the Cats Creek development. notice of
which appeared in these columns several
days ago has been cleaned out since
being shot. and verides the prediction
that it would be a 100 barrel producer
Davis Bros and others have located
their Preacher No. in the Big Run de-
velopment.
The wei on the Lind farm at Maclls-
burg, is dry.
The new well on the farm Of the Wild
ow Rubrake I'm the Cats creek develop
ment. viii be pumped without shooting.
There are eight or ten producing wells
within "a hundred yards of this location.
The development is gradually extending
down the creek.
y. W. Sprague VIII put down a well on
the Abigail Allison farm near Lowell.
Special to the Register.
ELLENBORO, w. Va. February To-
The CORVALLIS well owned by the Henry
oil Company is showing for q good pro-
Queer but as yet no one knows what It
viii make Oue-half screw I'm the sand
shows one thousand feet of oil
ASHLAND. Ky, February 10-DHllinc
has been resumed az the well of the Big
Sandy oil and Gas Company on Cadets
creek. this county where operations wers
suspended when when oil was first APP
parent a few days ago.
Oil City, February f0.-Credit ball
ances sec; certificates 92c; sales 1000
barrels; shipments S9.57i BBFfel@ runs
101 ST. barrels.
New York, February 10.-Peroeum.
PENNSYLVANIA crude steady; March