The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-01-15

The fact tina, several dry holes have
been drilled in the Benwo5I aald would
lead one 10 believe that limit 20 the
boundary Of the pool had been reached
on the side where che dry holes were
found. During the pas. couple o; weeks
there have been several wells OF such
small clllbTc that they might be class
cd as dry holes. These wells have all
been on the east or west side OF the big
wells which are producing .he bulk OF
the greasy huid, and this would indi-
cate that there IS a streak running
through that country, which IS very
narrow. on either side OF the big Nc
FarIand and Price producers, al dis
lance OF a couple OF hundred teeI, al
the wells have been either very small
or dry. The opinion among the opera
tors IL that the pool at BenwOOd runs
In a north and south direction aud that
st Is about eight hundred 10 one thou
sand feet IN width. on this line oil o.,
tho wells In the future viii be drilled
by the companies who hold leases and
Il Is not likely that there VIII be much
deviation from this line.
There IL quite a LOT OF territory held
by outside people on both sides Of this
streak, and some OF the more adventur-
Gus operators who do not believe IN
anti-clInals and other lore. will prob
ably put some wells down, and they
may get some good producers, too. II Is
possible that there Is only IA hard streak
on either side OF the wells already drill
ed In and that when the wells have
haAn lpElt4I distance
other streak VIII be found that VIII
pay 10 operate. As an evidence Of what
has been stated above take the wells
drilled in by the Liberty Oil Company
, on the Mcfarland lease and the Fisher
OIL Company on their Price farm. The
Liberty Oil Company have Just com
pletcd their No. 3 on the Mcfarland
farm and will have a well too small to
operate. on the Price farm the Fisher
OIL Company drilled In couple OF
small wells and It IS understood one OF
them was so small that 1t has been
abandoned.
The Fisher Oil Company has drilled
IN another good well on their Howell
farm In this territory. This well Is No.
on this farm and It Is located a short
distance east of Mcfarland No. Switch
came in good for about thirty barrels
an hour The well on the Howell farm
Is reported good for about fifteen bar
relS an hour.
Hosrord & Holden have the rig COM
pleted for their No. I, on the Shin farm
out In the Cow run sand on Middle Is
land creek. They are rigging 1t mp now
and as soon as this can be completed
the well will be started drilling.
The Ramey Oil Company have not
done anything with their well on the
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opment. This well was drilled into
the Keener sand about week ago and
heavy dose of salt water encountered
Since then nothing has been done with
the well and 1t Is reported to-day that
It is hOwlng up some oil. 10 Is very
unusual to get salt water in the Eeener
sand and the impression Is general
here that the well is in the Big In
Jun.
The Fisher OH Company has about
fifteen wells under way in the Ben
wood territory. Three or four of the
wells are drilling The rigs are up for
a number OF them and they will be
started in a short time, while for the
others the rigs are in course of cree
ton This company will develop the
rest OF their territory In this section as
rapidly as possible.
The Liberty OIL Company Is prepar-
ing 10 shoot their Nos. and on the
Mcfarland forty-acre lease over at
Benwood. These wells are expected to
respond to the shot very nicely. When
the Fisher Oil Company shot their wells
on the Wood farm they were increased
in production TO a remarkable degree,
one OF the wells going up from about
fifty barrels day TO better than three
hundred.
The Fisher OIL Company has well
duesoutheaSt of Sistersville on theL ysle
farm. out in the Big Buffalo territory.
This Is their No on this farm and Is
important for the reason that il will
open up or condemn large amount of
territory. The first well drilled in is a
good producer and It Is believed that
this one viii be as good If not better.
There are two or three other companies
operating in this territory and there
should be some more wells In the sand
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