The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-04-02
on IN MARCa.

Review eftho Month BY the on CITY Der
Eiok-No PhSnonenaI Wells, bat BSV-
sral Strikes ofImportaneo.
The OH City Derrick publishes q re-
view OF the month In the southwest Oh
helds. in the course OF which It said:
March proved . quiet month Ia the
OH aelds. No phenomenal wells were
brought TO Hight, but several strikes
were made that arc expected to have an
important bearing on future develop
meats Among the prospective fields
are an extension 70 the Benwo0d pool,
In the SIsterBYftle district, and possible
new fields OF greater or less AREA IN
Greene county and In the Elk Fork
section OF West Virgins, IN the Nam
ningtOu district. In the older fields no
wells OF more than ordinary interest
Were discovered. The Warrington and
Butler and Armstrong districts both
recorded big drop IN the new produc-
ton as compared with that OF the Feb
The advance in the price OF credit
balances has caused q revival OF Inter.
est In all sections, and the advent OF
spring Is accompanied BY q general IN
crease in active operations Tho aver
ag0 Yield Of the March wells In the
Pennsylvania oil 6elds Is the smallest
Of the present year,
During March the summary OF ops
eratIonS In the Pennsylvania, Ohio and
Indiana deIdS shows six hundred and
BixtY-stS wells completed. 1854 barrels
production and ono hundred and Nifty
three dry h6les. This Is two less than
the number completed IA February
and q decrease Of 1870 barrels in the
new production. For February, tho
grand total for all fields was SIX hum
dred and slxty-cighs wells complsted,
l3,101 barrels new production and one
hundred and forty-slx dry holes. Conn
pared with January, this represented q
:Ieciine 81 two hundred and twenty
three wells, forty.four holes and Les
barrels In new production. This SUM
mary Of all teldS for January showed
eight hundred and ninGty-on wells,
completed, one hundred and ninety dry
holes and 1l,l29 barrels new production.
This was a drop Of ono hundred and
hfty-BeVon ID complete6 wells, 5,Oi6 bar
relS In new production ind twenty
three in dry holes tom the record tOr
December. In the deldS producing
Pennsylvania and Lima oils, l,0iS wells
were completed in Decemhe5, win y
as barrels production and two hundred
and thirteen dry holes. AZ aggregate
of 1905 wells wero completed in al
delds during November; two hundred
and seven of the number were nnpro-
ductlve OF oil and the new production
amounted TO i7.tSS barrels.
on the last day OF March there were
four hundred rigs and six hundred ant
ninety-fivc drilling wells, a total o.
1,I62 In now operations under way This
il only four more than the number at
the close Of the month preceding, Al the
close OF February the new operations
for both the Pennsylvania and Lima oil
fields consisted Of four hundred and
Slxty-eIght rigs and SIX hundred aud
ninety drilling wells. q total OF l,l5S
as compared with four hundred and
forty-One rips and seven hundred and
sixtr.nirc drilling wells, or q total OF
1910 on tho last day Of January. The
decline for February was ntty~tWo'
while during January the decrease In
new operations amounted To one hun
drcd and SIxty.six, on the last day OF
March a year ago the fields showed
grand total OF seven hundred and 4tlr.
ty-fiVe rigs and 1925 drilling wells IN
operation.
In the, fields producing Pennsylvania
oil four hundred and hftecn wells were
completed IN March, with 6,0o4 barrels
production and one hundred and six
Teen dry holes. This Is n decrease OF
Twenty-Five wells and 2,49I barrels pro-
duction, and an Increase Of seven dry
holes as compared with the month OF
February Thera were four hundred
and forty wells completed in the var
lous districts producing Pennsylvania
off In February, tie dry holes were one
hundred and nine In number and the
new production was S50l barrels. In
january five hundred and elghty-elEht
wells were completed, with $500 barrels
new production and one hundred and
iifty-three dry holes. The Pennsylvania
fields completed six hundred and
eIghty-two wells in December, lnclud-
INK ono hundred and Glxty-sevcn dry
holes, and the new production amount-
ed to l3,196 barrels. In November Six
hundred and seventy wells were COM
bIeted, with 1O.4l8 barrels new produce
ton aud one hundred and Ntty-Nlne dry
holes
There were three hundred and thirty
two rigs and four hundred and sixty
three wells drilling in the Pennsylvania
fields on March 81, gain OF nine rigs
and thirty drilling wells. rs compared
with the totals for February q. The
new work at tho close Of February was
composed OF three hundred and twenty
three rigs and four hundred and thirty
three drilling wells. an Increase OF four
rigs with 4 decrease Of clghty.one drill
Ing wells, as compared with the month |
preceding. The report for January sum
med up three hundred and nineteen rigs
and Ave hundred aud fourteen drilling |
wells, 4 decrease Uf fOsty-six rigs and
cIghty-one wells drilling from tho fig
uTes for December 81. On the last day
Of December there were three hundred
and slxty-fiVe rigs and i've hundred and
IlInety.fivc drilling wells under wHH, a
decline of twenty-five rigs aud sixty.
two wells drifting from tho figures of
November 30. Tho new operations at
tic close OF March year ago consisted |
OF four hundred and Corty-eight rigs
and six hundred and s'xty-niRe drilling |
wells, or three hundred and thlrty-two
moro thRn az tho presotit lme.