Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-08-01

Oil interest appears ~ ~ V' ~
or AT least has had small boom IN TINS
section at least The price Of oil uhder
the gold standard does not encourage oe-
velopments and wild eating Is oady
under water The Broad Run field ap-
pears 10 be a thing of the past, except
numping. that still goes on. The X u
Caldwell we'll on the IL. Rgg tarm
was watched with much interest as the
drill went lower and lower until II reacheo
tho Rig Iniun sand and bid fair for
good light producer.
All the early part Of the week you
would hear inquiries about the date oil the
shooting of this we'll II was scheduleo
for Wednesday afternoon but was not
ready until Thursday and was announced
for Thursday between ten and tweiNe
O'Clock. quite a number were on the
ground but found 1t could not he done
until in the afternoon. BY 1880 p. M
about one hundred and fifty or two nun
dred people. consisting Of men, women ana
children were on the ground awaiting the
wonderful sight which was TO be "free
for all Hour after hour went and no
shooting; a photographer was on the
ground early in the afternoon. then a sec
ond one came in and they sighted and
sighted until the first one became eXclted
and out of patience and started home eN-
pressing his disapprobation OF the delay
I'm uneuuivocal terms. Ladies tanned ana
talked men smoked and walked and the
kids rolled over and over in impatience
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sixty quarts in quantity exploded. send
ing oil to the top of the derrick and iarr-
ing mother earth slightly. the perform
ance closed. and all FASTENED home 10 look
after the temporal wants OF man. Well Il
isn't a gusher but will be good for some
thing like twenty or thirty barrels per
day and suggests that IL oil is not found
I'm the first or second Cow Run sand, II
may be q good plan to go TO the b. |.
sand, or some strata Of sand nearer the
land of the Mongolians
The Carson City Oil Company Is reset
ting the casing and cleaning the well on
the c. w. Bills. drilled this spring In the
run near Mr.. Bills dwelling house They
think the well will produce from five 10
ten barrels per day when cleaned and
pumped This is the third well drilled In
this run and within very short distance
OF each other. two OF which were not Of
much accountas they were abandoned
The French Creek field is still alive and
in some cases there is a little kicking"
The work i'm this field has been very en-
couraging this year There has been no
gushers but the wells are steady light pro-
ducers and Of the lasting kind.
Messrs. Campbell. Holt, Henry and Bar
Reed farm in this field.
Colonel ]. F. Thompson and those as
ISOLATED with him drilled in a well on the
Cain farm In the above named field this
week This well Is situated one and three
fourths miles from st. Mary's: It has not
yet been pumped but has a fine showing
in the Horseneck sand for a good well
This well proves the Coloners theory OF
the extension OF the Cook and Dye to be
correct beyond a degree OF doubt The
Colonel holds a lease OF two hundred
acres here and all the wells on said lease
are good producers. He has located an
other well two hundred and fifty feet due
east OF this one. Leases are I'm great de-
mand near the land on which these wells
are situated.
Messrs Murphy and AN. Campbell are
leasing land on the head Of French Creek
Col. J. T. Thompson has Just leased
over one thousand acres OF land In Cal
houn county near the Writ county line
and about one mile east OF the well the
Fisher Oil Company and Ludwig are
starting. on the Little Kanawha river
near Creston.
Mallory Bros. have commenced drilling |
another well on Whisky Run.