Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-03-17
SOUTHEASTERN OHIO.
Some Account of the Various oil Districts
in the vicinity of Marietta.

A new wheel of fortune to add to oil
dom's many circles has been found in
the South western oil regions, with Ma
rietta as its hub. A more delightful
city in which TO live could not be found,
and tender foot and old-timer have
cause for mutual congratulation on the
chance that brought them here
The field in this vicinity presents a
checker board appearance, the Oil pro-
ducing area consisting entirely of isolat-
ed pools.t Eight miles northeast of Ma
rietta, IN Washington county, is the
original Cow Run field, being the old
est district in this section. Operations
have been conducted here since the ear
ly sixties. and there is still some little
drilling being done in the neigh bor-
hood. The oil is found in the first and
second Cow Run sand, at 500 and 700 feet
The Macksburg field is located about %
miles north of Marietta, in Noble coun-
~, is an old development in which con-
siderable drilling is being done just at
present. Captain Lee, of Titusville;
w. T. Hamilton, Longfellow Bros. and
a number of other producers are inter
ested to a considerable extent in this
| field. Various kinds of oil producing
sands are found here, the Buell. Run
sand, shallow sands at.3O0, 800 and 700
feet, and the Berea grit at from 1,750
to 1000 feet.
Southwest of Macksburg lies the Cats
creek district in which most of the
wiid-catting is being done just now.
The sand is found at 500 feet Four
dry holes have been drilled lately to
the south of this district, but in the
north the ventures are showing up
quite we'll, although the field is very
spotted.
Southeast of Macksburg, at Elba, the
Ohio Oil company is doing some drilling.
The Sand Hill development lying a
bout FIVE miles east of Marietta, is a
small pool, but has shown up some good
stuff.
Craig and others hrve developed a
nice shallow sand pool at Bells Run,
seven miles southeast of Marietta, in
section 35 Newport township.
E. II. Jennings, of Pittsburg, is drill
ing well in the Berea grit, on the Ed
dy farm, section 16, Newport Township.
At Tunnel Station, FIVE miles west of
Marietta, on the 7. ~ O. c. railway. is
second Cow Run sand development,
in which a 300 .bbl. well was struck last
summer This section is also very spot
ted
Several fair well have been struck in
the Turkey Hen creek vicinity, three
miles northwest of the Tunnel Station
field, Biszantz IL Buckley being among
the paincipal operators there. An at
tempt.is being made to connect this de.
velopment with the TunnelStation field
In the Cutler field, 30 miles west of
Marietta, on the T. & O. c. railway
there are three producing wells in the
keener, or Big lnjun sand Decker and
others, and Bucyrus parties have done
some work in this section.
Thomas Riley & Co. are drilling an
important test well on the Layelle farm,
one.half mile west of the Cutler district.
The JOY field, situated % miles north
west of Marietta, near Sharpsville, in
Morgan county, is shallow sand de.
veiopment in which oil has been pro-
duced since 1861. The sand here is
found at a depth Of from Gs to $50 feet
Mr.. Edward Dale, Of Marietta, owns in |
fee 500 acres of territory in this district,
with 90 producing wells thereon This
field is being developed to the north
east and southwest in both Berea grit
and shallow sand
The Corning field, lying about 40
miles northwest OF Marietta, on the Y.
X o. c. railway in Perry county, is q /
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