The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-10-05
IN THE OIL FIELDS.
WHAT THEY ARE DOING IN THE
OIL CoUNTRY-soME PLATTER
ING REPORTS.

WHAT THEY AXE DOlNlf IN HE
OIL CoUNTRY-soME PLATTER
ING REPORTS.
The Elk Fork field is sun attracting
u lot OF attention and the southwest ex-
tension in the direction Of the Hill well
is the centre of attraction. The Hill well
Just now Is being watched very closely.
When this well was first drilled In 1t
started Off at a rapid gait, but did not
keep 1t up very long and during last
week almost altogether collapsed. The
well was reported to-day as making
about ninety barrels and the owners
intend to shoot II with the hope that Il
will increase its production. The con-
census OF opinion Is that It has filled up
with sand and that shot viii do II u
great deal OF good.
Up In the northern part OF the Elk
Fork field Nichols & Barnsdall has COM
pleted their well on the Hawkins farm
and will have very dry hole. Very
nice sand was gotten in this well, but
there was only a slight showing OF the
! fluid.
lut I4dSlEtll vi COMPANY lehNN AAN
rig completed for their No, 2, on the
Clean farm 10 the east Of the original
wells on the Woods farm and will COM
mence drilling at once. The rig for No.
. is building and will be completed In a
couple OF days.
The Wilson Run territory on the Ohio
side back OF Slstersville, Is not showing
up quite as well now as 1t did last week
and the indications are that 1t will not
amount to anything.
The territory IN the Vicinity OF Cam
eron is not nearly so bad as that at
Wilson Run. although 1t is bad enough.
The two dry holes drilled In there cou-
pie of days ago has given that stun n
black eye from which It will not recov-
err very rapidly aud in the future there
will be more caution used by the oper-
ators In that section. There is still con-
siderable work being done In the Cam
eron field and some of the wells will be
due in the sand before the week Is out.
The most important wells now are to
the north In the direction Of Clarlngton,
and they are being watched very close
ly. The Mobley well started off at
about forty barrels day, and 1t is stlll
doing about that amount, while the
Groadhaus. which made about ninety
barrels when drilled In, Is now making
about seventy-tlve barrels day.
The wlld-catter IS not doing great
deal OF work at present and none OF
them will until the price OF oil goes up
considerably. At the price oil is at
present. II does not pay them to 20 into
new territory and take a chance OF drill
Ing dry hole and losing several thou
sand dollars in experimenting. There Is
great deal OF territory under lease, es-
pecially In the southern part OF the
state and II the price of crude petroleum
would go up the drill would be
bouncing merrly In many new sections.
There has perhaps never been field
in the history OF the oil business Of this
state that has produced so much oil In
such short time, nor IN which there
has been so many good paying proper
ties as In the Elk Fork territory In Ty-
Ter county. which was opened up Just
about one year ago. and It is also a
mooted question whether there has ever
been n field which has attracted the
tenderfeet so well and In which they
have made so much money Nearly all
OF the operations in that section have
been carried on by people who have
never been In the business before. but
there are some who had years OF expert
ence although they are much In the
minority. As an instance OF the good
property which has been developed in
that section the Pipes farm, of'the Hen
ry G. Mcdonald Company. Is good
criterion. These people have drilled an
even dozen good wells on this farm and
at the present time have about loo
barrels or a production.
Treat 6 Crawford have drilled In their
No. u. on the b. f. Hawkins farm. In
the Elk Fork territory and viii have a
hundred barrel producer The same
company's No. 10 on the Asher farm
has been completed and VIII be a very
small well. while their No, II, is on top
OF the sand and should be In some time
to-day. Their No /. on the j. r. a.
Hawkins two-acrc lease Is also on top
OF the sand and should be In the pay to-
day.