Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-15
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boom on account of the Fisher OIL Com
pany's rich strike on Mrs. India j. Gill
bert's town lot opposite the Baltimore ana
Ohio railroad depot. The well Is making
about 800 barrels of oil daily and has not
been shot. and will not be until there Is
a falling off ,in the production. when
good shot of nitro glycerine will likely
again cause an increased production. 1t
+ IS the best wen of the field.
Owing TO the heavy rains of the last
collple of days the little hamlet had the
appeararce of street in Venice yester-
day. being flooded by the waters from
Hughes river and Bear river. and boats
and RATS We're in demand. Obstrucuons
floating in the flood caused much trouble
and p6n were kept busy repairing bro
ken gas and steam lines and saving ma
terial from the flood At one time all the
drilling wells on the north side of the rail-
road that used gas were shut down owing
to "a broken line.
The Fisher Oil Company's well on Sig
Ter Il Giborts Waterbury farm winch Is
about LOO feet deep. was shut off from
their ceal supply yesterday on account oil
water and compelled to suspend operations
The Ellenboro oil Company's well on \.
c. Rollins lot is down 45O feet.
woodward Brothers are 200 feet deep on
the 2. Morahan town lot.
The West Oil Company began spudding
on Mary McCabe's lot to-day.
The Fisher Oil Company's second ven
turs on Gilbert's town lots will be ready
for spudding by tomorrow, and their No
or the 3lb acre tract across the river Is
nearing completion. No. will be started
at once.
Cox. woodward & Peters No. l, on the
Rowland land. will be cased with Ga inch
casing to-day at about 1900 feet. Their
well on Sigler & Gilber,'s 63 acre tract Is
ready for the 10 inch casing.
The Douglass No. is 500 feet deep and
rigging up has begun on No. 8, which
should begin spudding to-day or to-mor-
row.
Mobley & Kelly have had some bad hck
in their well on George Wells farm, but 1t
is expected in the first of the week. This
well is west of any venture in the field
and will be watched with great interest.
Many operators think it too far west TO
he a producer Mobley. Kelly & Stiles
have a rig up for No. . on Lizzie Row
lands farm. which is on the eastern edge
of any development and will test another
side Of the field
Naughton x Holt have the rig completed
on the Matheney land, 1,5CO feet southeast
from the Douglass gusher.
Mallory Brothers have secured control
of the lease on the Baltimore and Ohio
railroads three or four acres of land To-
Gated in the heart of the field and have
made rhree locations which will be drilled
with all possible speed. one is near the
river Just opposite the big Douglass well.
The rig is up on the location and drilling
would have commenced tomorrow but the
rig is flooded. only the roof Of the engine
room being visible yesterday. Their sec
ond location is in the bottom just below the
new Gilbert well and not more than 300
feet from It. The third location is along
the river bank east of the depot and west
of the West Oil Company's well on the Nc
Cabe lot.
A rig is up on NJ. Grffin's farm on the
eastern edge of the town.
So far opera tons about CORVALLIS have
been confined to very narrow strip oil
territory less than half a mile in width
and there seems 10 be a revival oil the
craze for drilling on town lots, when
usually results disastrously from imam
cial standpoint. Especially was TINS the
case at Cairo last fall Wells are beng
drilled intentionally close together ana
the result will be that heavy shooting
will cause many to be disappointed.
Smith &, Padan. who are drilling their
well at No. y tunnel TO the Big InJun
sand are shut down at a depth of l5lo
feet awaiting the arrival of coal Tor iuel'
All the machinery is on the ground for
second venture on Abraham Lucas
farm on Bonds creek, except the boiler
which will b. moved as soon as the hlsh
waters reced5.
The Rock Oil Company's Mckinney well
is due in to-day.
News reached here yesterday of the Car
ter Oil Company's rich strike on the
Thomas Freeland farm. located between
Wick and Sancho. The we'll is in the Big
Iniun sand and reported to be making
forty barrels per hour.
The Farmers Oil and Gas Company are
go feet deep in their well on W. II. Gun
ninghams farm, three miles east oil TINS
place. ,
Bettman. Watson & Bernheimer are 1000
feet deep in their venture on the Robert
Cunningham land on the north fork OF
Hughes river. They will hunt for Gordon
sand.
The Carter Oil Company, Treat, Craw-
ford & Worth and the South Penn on
Company have a large force OF men al
/ work repairing the county ROADS Ieao!hS
from Pennsboro TO the Hebron and Plum
run fields and will put them in hrst class
condition al their own expense. These
firms are preparing TO DO vast lot OF
drilling in this section during the summer.
The Carter Oil Company has invested
5000 in stables, supply d5pots ana oihces
at Pennsboro.
Transfers receive five dollars per day
for work in the CORVALLIS heId.
MARIETTA. O.. May 1.-THE William
Hume No. of the Ohio oil Company, at
Fifteen. has been tubed and is about
ten barrel producer. In the same locahty
Hyde. Campbell & Co. have begun spud-
ding on their No. l Narke. and the
owens Oil Company will drill in their No.
1 Owens tomorrow.
Shea and Murphy have begun work on
their Berea well near Caldwell Noble
county.
The Richardson well of Barnsdall & Co,
back of Waverly, is delayed by collapsed
casing and will not be drilled in for sew
eral days The well is down 1850 feet.
Buckley & Biszantz have drilled in
heavy gasser on the Powers farm in the
Turkey Hen field.
The rigs are up for the Henderson on