The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-09-23
IN THE OIL FIELDS.


1t is pretty hard to tell just at this
time what the outcome of events In the
Elk Fork territory will be, During the
past couple of weeks there has been
several dry holes drilled in this field and
from the locations OF the most OF them,
It looks as though the pool was defined
on three sides at least, and possibly on
the fourth. There is only one thing
that win save the west side Of the pool
and that is the Hill oil Company's well
ON the Hin farm a report OF which mas
been printed In these columns before
This well, when drilled in, showed up
very nicely and there was every indlea-
ton that 1t would make good pro-
Queer. hut while the six and one-fourth
inch casing was being put In couple
OF DAYS ago, Il was dropped ana now
they have a fishing job and there is no
telling whether they win be able TO get
the casing In shape again or not the
well has shown up all right so far ana
gave every indication Of making not
less than two hundred barrels day II
the well should continue to snow up as
well after II has been fixed up ana
drilled deeper, It will open a large
amount of territory In that section OF
the country. II may be that after THIS
well mas been drilled deeper
II will show up Better and
that one OF the best wells In the
field has been drilled In, This direction
and well is the only salvation for me
Elk Fork pool at this time despite tue
fact that quite number OF writers
claim that the Glenn well to the east
will be an extension of the pool. The
Glenn well is only a short distance from
the original wells In the pool, which
were large ones and It Is only Good for
about seventy-five barrels a day, ana
well dAlled still farther east OF II would
In all probability, he a dry hole, even IN
case II was only couple OF hundred
feet away from the first well.
A sale OF some Importance was re-
ported In the field yesterday morning,in
which quite nice piece of property
changed hands. Cutler & Henderson
and C. r. Hosford purchased the eighth
interest OF j, W. Chllders In the Argus
OIL Company, for $4,000. The purchase
includes lease on the titty-hVe acre
tract which this company Is operating
on which there are three producing
wells with production of Loo
barrels day; and on which there are
at the present time three drilling wells
It is as fine a piece OF property as there
is in the Elk Fork field and the pur-
chasers did not pay too much money
for IT,
Henry e. Mcdonald have put the six
and one-fourth inch casing in their No
0 on the John Pipes farm, and 1t should
reach the sand the latter part OF this
week or the first Of next. This well is
located along the line between the
Pipes and the Farrell farms and VIII
probably come in. a large producer
Their No, IL on the same farm Is drill
inn at about three hundred feet
The Argus oil Companys No. on the
Snlder farm, fifty-five acres'at Elk FORK
should reach the sand not later than
Saturday. The six and one-fourth men
casing was put in the well yesterday
and with no bad luck It should be In by
that time. Their No. Z on the same
farm commenced spudding and
the rig for No. 6 is being rlgged up and
spuddlng will he commenced the latter
part of the week.
Bovd Bros. & Maarkey shot their NO
on the Snlder thirty acres yesterday,
and after the well had been cleaned out
this morning II started off at sixty bar
rels an hour. This is the best result
That has been obtained from the use Of
glycerlne In this section for some time
The well was not making much more
than one hundred barrels before 1t was
shot and the owners took chance OF
spelling it or making 1t OF some &c
count,
The company which drilled what Is
known as the Sawdust we'll have made
another location or the same tract anu
have commenced building the rig tor
the well. Their first venture on this
tract was miserable ftllure.
The South Penn oil Company has
made location and are drilling anoth-
er well on the Foreman & Strouse tract