Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-03-15
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Special to the Register
FIlenboro. w. Va, March IA. NJ
Guffv & Co.'S well on the Lambert
farm. on Upper Bonds creek Is oZ'
feet deep. Ill -
Rlack's Run got in the 81 inch casln3
Yesterday. and is ] 100 feet deep. MS
well will reach the sand in two weeks
The Catherine Jones NO. g. IN lh'
Hebron pool. is expected to reach inc
sand on Tuesday.
The CORVALLIS well is not yet tubed
but is flowing a great deal of OF
through the casing. The contractors
are experiencing much trouble, occas'
toned by sand caving in, while they
are endeavoring to clean out TIE well
but they promise to tube it tomorrow
The Cox e woodward No. ? Will be-
gin spudding Tuesday morning, and No
8 will commence probably the day IoI-
! lowing.
The Fisher Oil Company's rig on the
Gilbert three-acre lot, will be complet-
ed in a couple of days, and drilling Will
/ begin at once.
Smith & Paden haEa the rig timberS
on the location for their venture on
James Marshall's land, at No. j tun-
mel. .
In the Cairo. field, E.E. Wilson &
! Co.'S No. 8. on the c. & X. Y. railroad
depot lot, which is dry in the Big In
Jun. is to be shot with the tremendous
charge Of 14O quarts of nitro-glycerine
the largest quantity ever used in a SIN
gle shot in this section. sixty quarts
being considered a large shot.
Apple & Flyers well, on the Matt
Douglas farm, is on top OF the sand
and will be drilled in tomorrow.
The Pavia Oil Company NO. = on
the Widow Douglas land, near No. 10
tunnel. is 300 feet deep. No. l on TINS
farm is a 20-barrel well.
The Parkersburg Oil Company is pre-
pairing to drill on the Duffy town lot at
Cairo. Their well on the Finn lot is
good for Is or 90 barrels.
The Circuit Court has appointed re-
ceiver to take charge and account Tor
the oil produced from 122 acres Of the
McGregor farm at Cairo, which Is now
in litigation.
Barnsdall & Ricks No I. on S. A.
Parks farm. is due in on Tuesday, and
their No. T. near Rutherford, which
was dry in the Big Injun, will be
abandoned. They have a fishing job
at their we'll on Daniel Cokeley's farm.
The Florence Oil Company's strike
on G. T. Loyfield's land, which is an
eastern extension of the pool. widens
the Cairo belt some what. The well
will make % barrels.
The Cairo Oil Company has three
new wells drilling on the Richard Wan
lass land
r. II. Gillespie has started two new
wells. one on the Simmons land, the
other is Wilson No. 6.
Operations in the vicinity Of Macfar-
Ian, in the extreme southern part of
the county. are becoming active. The
Sill Oil Company, who own the only
producer in that section, are building
a rig on the Fury farm and Will drill at
once.
The company that drilled dry hole
on the Mitchell land. near Tanners,
Gilmer county. have abandoned their
holdings in that vicinity, and have
moved their machinery and material
to a point near the Richie county line,
where another test will be made. Baer
& Afford held a block Of leases in this
section of the county.
Since the sitting of the Richie
county grand jury. the speakeasies.
gambling houses and like resorts are
conspicuous by their absence at Cairo,
those who arc not now in jail are either
ont on bond. or evading the sheriff.
Judge Freer is a terror to the speak
easy-man. and will give poddridge
county a thorough overhauling during
the coming week.