Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-10-07

blue at present Yesterday morning
a dry hole was drilled. The latest
buster belongs to the Fisher Oil Com
pany and is located on the Grow farm,
where it was most certainly expected
that fair if not good well would
result. The other wells drilled during
the past few days have all been
small, and it now looks as if there
was very little over there to go after.
1t is about the same in the Wilson run
territory, on the Ohio side, back on
the Little Muskingum, about six miles
from this city. A couple Of days ago
another well was drilled in that was
reported to be good for ten barrels
an hour, and yet the gauges show that
1t is only doing about 80 barrels a day.
while this well is ahead of the for
mer developments in that section. it
does not make the outlook much
brighter and there is no reason to
change the opinion that the field will
not amount to great deal. There
have been too many dry holes drilled
L.
The old Benwood pool, which about
year ago was creating such furore
IN the oil world, has sunk into insig-
nificance and there is hardly anything
being done there now The Fisher
Oil Company are running two strings
OF tools, and they are about the only
people who are doing anything at ALL
Their No. on the Bandi farm was
started few days ago and is now
drilling at about 400 feet, and their
8A casing was put in on their No 8
on the, Schambaugh yesterday. Out
side Of these two wells and the one
on the Scl-lell farm being drilled by
Ramey & Co., there is nothing. The
Ramey has been due in the sand sew
eral days, but it has been delayed with
fishing jobs. 1t was reported on top
of the lime yesterday.
Following is a list of the work be-
ing done in the vicinity of the Hill
well, at Elk Fork: The Hill Oil Com
pany, on the same farm, are drilling
at about 900 feet at their No. 2, and
have the rig up and will commence
spudding at No. tomorrow, while
the location for No. has been made
and the material is on the ground for
the rig.
The Elk Fork Oil & Gas Company
are drilling at about 500 feet on their
No 1 on the ]. X. Hill 49-acre tract.
On the same farm the same company
have the rig up and will commence
spudding in few days at their No. 2,
while the rig for No. 3 is almost COM
pleted
Treat & Crawford at their No / on
the Farrell farm, which adjoins the
Hill, are drilling at about 500 feet, and
the rig for No. is finished and spud-
ding will be commenced in couple Of
days. The same company are drilling
at 500 feet at their No. l on the Will
liams. and the rig for No 2 has been
completed. No. 3 on both of these
farms have been located and the rigs
will be started in few days.
The Henry Oil Company are about
800 feet deep at their No. / on the
futile farm in the same section, and
the locations for Nos. and 3 have
been made and the rigs are being
built. They expect to commence
spudding at Nos. and 3 the first of
the week.
The Fearless Oil Company are drill
ing at 300 feet at their No. ] on the
Gorrell farm. and have made loca
tons for a couple more wells on this
farm. In addition to the wells men,
toned above as started or about ready
to start, there are several locations
made on other farms, the names of
which are not at hand. There will be
a large sized boom in this territory
for the next thirty days, and the
general opinion is that this is the
only proper extension of the pool The
original Hill well is only a short dis
lance to the southwest of the original
wells dilled in the Elk Fork field, and
it only looks reasonable that there
should be an outlet in that direction.
The shooting of the Hill well, in
the Elk Fork territory, brief account
Of which appeared in yesterday morn
ing's paper, has made things look bet
ter in that section of the southwest
than anything that has happened dur
ing the past two weeks. Shortly af-
ter it was drilled it commenced to de-
cline in production and it was thought
that it was no good. The owners Of the
we'll had confidence in 1t and decided
that the we'll was full of mud and sand
and that if it was shot and cleaned out
it would be all right again, and such
proved to be the case. When the well
was shot yesterday morning it COM
menced to flow, and during the follow
ing eighteen hours put $50. barrels of
oil in the tanks. Since that time it
has been holding up nicely.
There is a lot of work being done
in the immediate vicinity of this well
and the indications are for great deal
more in a short time. There are at
present fifteen wells drilling, rigs
building and locations made in that
part of the Elk Fork field and more
is contemplated. In order to facili-
tate the work. and also to make lit
tie money, the Guffy & Queen Compa-
ny are laying gas line from their
big gasser on the Fulton farm to the
]. K. Hill farm, and in this way will
supply all the drilling wells with fuel.
Crawford & Treat are extending their
water line also.
Wharton well. on the Wagner farm.
on Sugar Creek, in Tyler county, is
drilling at about 600 feet and the 81
casing will be put in in a couple OF
days. This is a very important wild
cat, as it is located south of the wells
on the Allen farm, belonging to the
Carter Oil Company, which are said TO
be good wells, although the company
has them plugged and says they are
no good Steelsmith & Co. have the
rig started for their we'll on tract of
49, -. 4. -.