The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-07-17
A NEW Held
VIII Probably be Developed in
Vicinity Of Wick.
CARTER OIL CONPANY'S STRIKE
or oil There some Time Age was Kept
ouis,in Order that OroTsrrltOrTnItght
be Asqairsd-AtisnllOn OrOn Men from
ali Parts or,hs Country Conferred Upon
the Elk Fork District Late News OF De-
vsIopmsnn Ia the soHthwssL

The news of what promises to be quite
a sensation In oil clrcles in the Sisters
Vile field reached here last evening, and
there is every indication that new pool
will be opened up In Tyler county in a
very short time, Some months ago the
Carter OIL Company the branch OF the
Standard operating in the siStersviiie
field, commenced a well on the Allen
lease, in the vicinity OF Wick. The well
was in very important territory for the
reason that directly east of 1t there had
been quite number OF large gas wells
drilled and 1t Is generally the case that in
the Vicinity OF large gas wells there Is
oil In paying quantities II Ii can only be
found, The company's No, /, on the Al
len farm. was completed a couple OF
months ago aud In answer to inquiries 1t
was stated that the wen was very
small one and would only be good for the
gas which II would produce il was shut
In and nothing more thought Of Il. Il
has Just transpired that only short time
ago the Carter Company drilled In No. 2
on this farm and.that at the present time
they are drilling No. 3. No, ?, when
drilled In, started 10 flow and the first
flow made at the rate OF about twenty
barrels an hour. This we'll was also shut
In and nothing given out about IL
From all that can be learned 1t ls the
general opinion at sstersvllle that new
Held has been opened up, which viii be
OF considerable Importance The reason
why the Carter company has acted In
this manner Is that several parties who
had territory out there and were carry
ing II at heavy rental, were expected TO
throw up their leases, in which case the
Carter company was ready 30 assume
them. A company Of Slstersvllle people
has a lease on the Delbold farm, which
Is but short distance from the Allen
farm. and has made all arrangements
to drlll a well at once. The location for
the well was made a few days ago and
the rig Is now almost completed ana
drilling viii be commenced in as short a
dine as Il Is possible To complete a rig.
There Is every reason to believe that q
good field will be opened up In that Sec
ton OF Tyler county for the reason that
It has always been the experience OF the
operators that good pool OF oil lies In
close proximity to all OF the large gas
wells. From the fact that both of the
wells already completed by the Carter
company have made excellent shOwlngs
and that they are shut In while the COM
pany is going ahead drilling another one,
II is very evident that something more
than gas has been found. 1t is the lnten-
ton of the Slstersvllle company to push
the work on Its we'll as fast as possible,
Another section Of Tyler county which
looks extremely good Is the territory In
the vicinity OF the Ball farm well, recent
ly drilled into the Gordon sand by the
Carter company. A late report received
from the well is that 1t Is making better
than 200 barrels day Courtney & Co..
Of Slstersyille, have lease adjoining
the Ball farm, and the rig is up for n
wei on which drilling will be commenced
In a couple OF day.. The indications are
that a good Gordon pool has been found.
The Miller oil Company's well on the
Burnfield fam in the Elk Fork district,
which was drilled In couple OF days
ago, Is reported TO be making about
twenty barrels an hout, When tirst
drilled In II was thought It would only
make a very small we'll
The Elk Fork pool continues 10 be the
centre of attraction to the oil men all
over the country and there are dozens OF
them daily trying 10 make some sort Of
deal whereby they will be enabled to get
hold OF some OF the stuff" in that sec
tioh. The direction OF the pool at Elk
Fork now Is almOit directly to the south
east and wells are being located and rigs
built all along the line for a couple of
miles In that direction. Every company
or Individual which owns piece Of terri
tory in this section OF Tyler Is either
drilling 1t or are making arrangements to
have II drilled. and, as a consequence.
there Is great deal Of work being done.
There Is every reason TO believe the ex-
tension Of this pool will be to the south
east for a considerable distance. Unless
the pool Is shut on to a certain extent by
well which was drilled In some time
ago on the BOreman-Strous property. It
ls impossible to tell how far II viii ex-
tend. II seems that only the edge Of the
pool proper has been tapped 50 far and
when wells have been drilled In on some
OF the territory where the locations are
now being made. there will be some gush-
ers which will make the talent think OF
the good old times at Cherry Grove and
Mcdonald. when the market was sent
down along the line at terrific gait by
the 1000 barrel day gushers, drilled In
those fields.
BENwoOD PLATE MILL