Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-08-02
OIL NEWS.

| Special 10 the Register.
Sistersvile, W. Va. August 1.-The
| shooting of the we'll drilled by tie
Paden Valley Oil Company on the Pol
! lock farm, in the Paden Valley dis
! trict. last night, was the event of the
week in this vicinity and its result is
| awaited anxiously by the fraternity
who have Their headquarters in this
| city. When they struck the pay at this
location it gave every indication Of be-
. ing a producer, and after drilling TO a
depth of six or seven feet in the sand
the well filled up TO depth OF 400 feet
with pure oil free Of any other sub
stances. The we'll was cleaned out
| preparatory TO shot, and while wait
ing about four hours on the man who
did the shooting it was found that 1t
had filled up again to about the same
depth as before tThis was all bailed
out and the well shot. The result of
the shot was plainly in evidence, as 1t
threw the golden and enhancing fluid
about twenty-five feet above the der
rick, spraying. oil all over the surround
ing territory for some distance, max
ing quite good flow, and the man who
0dUultU
the opinion that it would make from
a % to 50-barrel well. He has had
life long experience at this business
and surely ought to know WHEREOF ne
is speaking. Other experienced oil men
were present at the shooting and they
expressed their opinions in about the
same strain.
This we'll was looked upon by the
community as a rank wildcat venture,
as several of the oldest operators in the
field had had leases on this land at Off
times but allowed it to expire, pro-
nouncing it as worthless stuff, but now
that oil has been found in paying
quantities they have become detected
over the matter and the finding or the
greasy liquid at this particular point
gives traces of being a connection OF
the famous Elk Fork gusher territory
and will probably have some connec-
ton with the celebrated Benwood, o.,
| pool. as it lies between the two, Meth
er one being over three miles distant.
Mr.. Lansing Farrell, Of Huntington,
who is president and general manager
Of this company, informs the Register
representative that they control in the
! neighborhood of 800 acres in this val
| lev, and it is their intention OF pushing
| the work of developing the territory in
a vigorous manner, and that three 9TH
er locations have been made and work
will be commenced within the next ten
! DAYS Of putting them to drilling. Their
next well will be on the Paden farm,
! about three quarters Of mile north
east of their Pollock No. l, and the
drilling of this we'll will be watched
with great interest among the talent,
as it lies on a direct line between the
Benwood and Elk Fork territory, and
gives good reasons of being producer.
1t will be put to pumping tomorrow.
The well was shot last evening
about dark and was cleaned out dur
| ing the night, and about 9 o'clock this
morning a measuring line was run
which indicated that it had filled
about 900 feet In talking with sew
eral old oil men, they expressed them
! selves that the well would make over
! 500 barrels, speaking from past ex-
periences. This well, unlike that be-
| ing drilled by the Proctor Oil Com
pany. on the Moore farm. at Proctor
has no water at all, being free from
/ foreign substances of all kinds.
The last named concern are max
ing fairly good progress at their well
and if nothing happens to bar the ad'
vent of the we'll it should reach the
pay some time this week.
Operations in the Elk Fork field
goes merrily on, and to a casual OBJ
/ server it would appear as if there was
a continual string of teams going to
that ground, being heavily laden with
oil we'll supplies of all kinds.