The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-09-02

Tuesday evening while a torpedo
man from slstersyille was putting a
small shot In one OF the wells on the
Pipes farm of Henry & Mcdonald, In
the Elk Fork field, he set fire to the rig
and Il was burned to the ground, Frank
Brown, who was In the rig at the TINA
was severely burned about the hands
and face and is in very serious con-
dItlon. During the past two weeks
there has been quite number OF accl-
dents OF this kind in the oil field and
II would seem from the reports receiV-
ed from che most OF them, that care
lessness is the cause of all the trouble
although this was not the cause in this
conhagration.
The South Penn on Company, which
has had fishing job at their well on
the Boremau-suouse tract to the east
and south OF the Elk Fork pool, dis
lance Of about mile, have plugged the
hole and will now be compelled to move
the rig and start a new one. The first
hole was down about nine hundred feet
when the tools were lost This well Is
one of the most important wild cats
drilling In the southwest ana was peils
watched very closely by those interest,
ed in the territoy, 1t VIII be delayed
about week.
The Henry oil COmpany's NO. . on
the Joseph Williams farm, which was
drilled in a few days ago and reported
good for thirty-hve barrels an hour, Is
moi good for more than two hundred
barrels a day. This well is almost due
west of the big ones on the Pipes farm'
and is about a half mile from the Wild
cat drilling on the Hill farm, Inc nm
well will put in the last string OF casing
thIs week and should reach the sand by
the first Of next week. Vhis well is the
farthest to the west Of any that are
drilling at present and 1t Will test the
territory In that direction.
The well drilled on the Travis farm
IN the northwest of the Elk Fork pool
mention of which was made few days
apo has been drilled to the Big lnJun
sand bv the owners, j. NJ. Guffy Il Co.
and It is dry in that formation. This
well is fully two miles ahead OF deVel-
opments to the northwest.
There Is considerable drilling being
done In the Sancho territory at present
and some wells OF importance are be
ing drilled In. In this territory Raney
a Company are due In the sand with
their No / on the j. c. Leasure, and II
viii probably he drilled into the pay to.
,lay There have been several lOca-
tIons made recently in this pool
Hulings & Company have a bad fsh-,
ing lob at their No. /, Hawkins, ana
II looks very much now as though they
had plugged the hole and would be
compelled 10 move the rig and start a
new well. During the next couple OF
DAYS there will be several wells due In
the Elk Fork field hut they are all IN
defined limits and will not be OF I'M
portance The Magnolia oil Companyh
No. I on the Farrell farm Is drilling at
seven hundred feet, and Henry & Nc
Donald's No. I and II Pipes are drilling
ut four hundred and six hundred and
fifty feet, respectively. The Henry OIL
Conpany's No. on the Joe Williams
farm, has been rugged up and drilling
will be commenced within the next few
days.
Since the drilling in of the Nicely well
in the Wilson Run territory there has
been falling off in the value OF pro-
perty In that section, and 1t Is not a
hard matter TO get good lease at fair
figure.