The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-07-21

A we'll of considerable Importance in
the oil world was drilled in yesterday,
on the Beaver farm. on Wilson Run, in
Washington county, Ohio, by Gordon &
Co, OF Slstersville. About three years
ago they drilled a well on this farm,
which showed up for a very small pro-
Queer, and. supposing that the territory
would not amount to anything, nothing
more was done except to connect the
well with a tank and let II flow, Since
that time the well has been flowing
constantly and from a three or four
barrel well when II was completed, It
has developed into a well good for about
eight barrels a day at the present time.
A short time ago Gordon & Company
decided to drlll another well, and this
decision was arrived at for the reason
that the first well evidently had a feed
err from a pool Of oil close by or 1t would
not hold up as well as 1t had been do
ing. This property is situated about
six miles directly west OF Sistersville as
the crow flies, and Is as nice looking
stun as the most %fasbdious oil man
could ask for in the line OF wildcat
territory. To the east Of the well drill
ed in by these people, a distance of
about three mlles,the Ohio oil Company
drilled In one OF the largest gas wells
ever found on the Ohio side, and It goes
without saying that in the near Vicinity
there Is q pool OF oil OF some dimen-
slons. The Gordon people have a num-
Der of leases In that section and they
have made arrangements 10 at once
commence the development OF them.
Another well will be drilled on the
Beaver farm as soon as It Is possible to
do 80 and It Is believed there will be
some good wells and possibly q pool OF
some dimensions.
The Magnolia Oh Company has drill
ed In No. 2, on the Farrell twenty-four-
acre tract. In the Elk Fork field, and
will have q producer good for three
hundred barrels. This well Is located a
short distance from the big producer on
the Williams farm, drilled In a couple of
weeks ago, and Il was expected 1t would
ue IL HOOu pIOuuGdI. IHt bdulG IbLh-
PAM evidently thinks pretty well OF
the territory, as 1t is making extensive
arrangements for development. At this
time 1t is drilling at about eight hun
dred feet at No. 3, and No. 4 was start
ed spudding yesterday afternoon, while
the rig for No. s, lie almost completed,
and as soon as 1t has been rugged up,
spuddlng will be commenced.
Childers & Company are down to q
depth OF 1900 feet at Nc. / on the Sni-
der seventy-acre tract, and should
reach the pay the latter part OF the
week, II they do not meet with acci-
dents.
AS an evidence OF the fact that terri
tory at Elk Fork Is held in high esteem,
It ia but necessary to mention the fact
that n prominent brokerage firm Of Sis
tersvllle had a buyer for some stuff out
there n few days ago and In endeavor-
ing to get hold of a piece OF property,
they offered $1,000 for a sixteenth inter-
est In a piece containing about one hun
dred acres, on which M developments
had been made, and It was practically
q wildcat venture. although there was
q good well within less than q mile Of
the stuff.
The South Penn has secured a large
tract OF land near the well being drilled
on the Moore farm, at Proctor, and II
10 understood will 0t once make ar
rangements to put a couple Of wells
down,