The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-03-03
IN TBE on FIELDS.
Late Intelligence OF Operations in All Of
the West Virginia Fields.

Late Intelligence OF OpeFatIonh IN All o.
tho West Virginia Fields.
Down In the Conway pool. in Tyler
county, Jennings Brothers have been
greeted with a pleasant surprise on the
Tuskin farm. At eighty feet In the Big
Injun a pay streak was encountered
when the well began to flow at the rate
OF five barrels an hour. The location OF
the well is only 500 feet south of the dry
hole completed on the Ashcncraft farm
last week, and n quarter Of mile south
Of the Mayfleld wells. Jennings Brothers
very naturally concluded they would
have buster, since the dry hole lay on
n direct line between their well and the
Mayfield production. They thought so
little Of the location tina no tankags had
been provided. ana drilling was suspend
cd OIL Saturday until the necessary tank
age had been erected. Monday II was
connected up and drilled little deeper.
increasing its production tn ton barrels
an hour. II iR a strong gaSser, ana IN
addition to the oil II IS producing flows OF
about FIVE barrels of salt water cach
hour. The fact that the Tuskin Is a good
producer and the Ashcncratt n duStcr IS
evidence that n dry hole does not con-
demu any territory beyond It's location.
Last Friday Jennings Brothers would
have been glad TO let so at any price.
The deem sand territory OF West Vir-
CinIa supplied the biggest bulk OF the
new production OF the month Just closed,
says the on city Derrick, In It's monthly
review OF the oil fields. From forty four
wells completed In Warrington alone
comes over forty per cent OF the new
production for February. And seventy
two wells In the Warrington and sisters
Vile fields combined are credited with
4 1875 barrels production. while the re-
naming SOS wells In all the other Penn
sylvnnIa fields produce but 1865 barrels
or, while sixty-four productive wcIls III
these two sections averaged sevcnty-iour
barrels each, the remaining wells scat
tered throughout the. other districts
averaged less than twelve barrels
There is n general desire TO let UP on
y,.oI work ali over the region, which Is
revealed by the decline OF seventy-seven
in active operations. The new po2ls that
appeared very promising some months
a 20 have not come up 10 general eXpecta-
IIons. Renwond, In Monroe county,
Ohio. Is limited in ca,-and the Chip
munk and Rice Brook developments. VIII
not have a very decided influence IN
swelling the volume OF new production.
For February, the grand total for all
folds Is 66s wells completed. l3,l0l bar
rcIg new production aud 1916 dry holes
Compared with January, THIS represents
n decline OF 223 wells, A dry holes ana
]. 1913 In new production. Tine summary
In all fields for January showed SSl wells
completed. 1903 dry holes and 1929 bar
rolls new production. This was II drop OF
III in completed wells and 81 in dry holes
from the record for December. For Feb
runry. 1896, there was n grand total OF
900 wells completed 1885 barrels pro-
auction and 2O7 dry holes, In the helIS
producing Pennsylvania ana Lima OILS
i 0I8 wells we're completed IN December.
with 1916 barrels production and q"
dry holes. An aggregate NE l,OS6 wclls
werc completed in all fields during No
vember; g07 OF the number were uhpro-
ductive of oil and the new production
amounted 10 l7.ASS barrels.
There were $40 wells completed IN the
various districts producing Pcnnsylva-
MIA oil in February, the dry holes were
100 In number and the new production
was S.bOl barrels. Compared with Jan.
vary there IA an all round decrease OF
l5S wells, A9S barrels production ana "a
dry holes. In January sos wells were
completed, with 5000 barrels new pro-
;1uctIon and 1853 dry holes. The Penn
svIvania fields completed 6S2 wells In
December, including t67 dry holes, and
Tho new production amounted to 1896
Larrcla in November go wells were
cotnuleted, with 1O,4iS barrels new pro-
duction, and 100 dry holes.