Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-05-16

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I Special to the Register.
Sistersville. w. Va, Nay 15.-Treat
& Crawford's Asher No. l is making
13 barrels an hour from the first pay.
They will drill it TO the second pay
some time this week, and II 1t acts
like other gushers out there 1t Will De
a big producer.
The B. F. Hawkins No. l of the
Atlas Oil Company's, situated about
900 feet northeast of the Elk Fork
Oil and Gas Company's No. l, is COM
paratively a dry hole, making the first
one drilled in out there and as it is just
above the country store up the hollow,
il will put a stop TO the premeditated
work in that particular portion of the
field. This we'll coming in dry is the
first black eye administered this field
which now has about a dozen big wells
and it is thought they were over the
line.
Work Bros. & Henderson will case
Sunday on the Lowery farm. and since
the advent of the Asher we'll this ven
ture looks a sure thing. and as they nave
to go about 1900 feet with this well
owing to it being located on top of a
35O-foot hill. it will be about the last
of next week before its result can be
ascertained We hope for a good
strike.
The Henry Oil Company, which has
a lot of work going on out there, VIII
put the casing in their Joe Williams
tomorrow and drill it in about the
middle of the week. This well, like
that of the Work Bros. looks like a
sure shot. and if it is it will put an
impetus on the work in that particular
part of the fed. This location is
south of east about three-quarters or a
mile from the first strike out there.
Barnsdall & Nichols will reach the
pay at their Maxwell No. about next
Thursday. and if this we'll comes in a
gusher it will make a large tract OF
territory available for developing. This
well is the farthest in advance out
there. and is being watched with con-
siderable interest by the talent, as its
determination will either put black
eve on the territory in that neighbor-
hood or make it worth fabulous sum
of money.
Nichols & Co. are casing their Woods
No. 8 with the 1O-inch. and are rigging
ND for their No. 4. Their No. is the
largest producer out there, making a
total of 2SS barrels a day. No. l and
No. > Elk Fork are making 240 con-
1hnrPh
lot we'll 1885, Huling's school house
well $50: Brenneman's Joy NO. l, 80;
Treat & Crawfords No. l Hawkins los,
and their Asher No. 1. 312.
St. Mary's w. Va. May 16.-Ballard
& Co. are putting up rig on the A. b.
Core farm on French creek.
Seldom & Johnson drilled in well on
the E. NJ. Cook farm on French creek,
bur no definite information has been
obtained respecting its production.
Mallory Bros. are moving their tools
from the dry hole at Vanduse to the
CORVALLIS field.
TheCarson City Oil Company has
about finished a rig on the c. w. Bills
farm. Spudding will commence in two
or three days.
Crosper. Wolf & Co. will clean out
the No. / on the c. w. Bills farm the
coming week and pump 1t.
The Franchot Bros. have located
well on the ]. s. Smith farm and are
getting ready to start the drill:
The Franchot Bros. are drilling on
tina Gallaher farm. This well and the
Carson City Oil Company's well on the
c. w. Bills farm are matters of interest,
as they will decide the value OF COM
paratively new field. If these two
wells are good producers there will be
a boom here.
The Wilson & Campbell we'll on the
Dive farm is going down slowly. Part
of the casing had to be drawn and
some roaming done before the work
could proceed further.
Special to the Register.
PARKERSBURG. W. Va. May b
Col. W. E. Chiffon. of Charleston, who
was here this week. made another invest
ment i'm oil territory in the Henderson,
field He has purchased Dudley & Car
news 1872 working interest in the Samps
AUeman farm. on which there is one good
producer already drilled in. The price IS
private. The remainder of the farm Will
he fully developed.
Special to the Register.
CHENILLE. w. Va. May 1.-THE Mil
Ter & Sibley well. drilled in about a year
ago on the Hardman farm and abandon
I'd. has been cleaned recently and is max
ing about five barrels.
The same company moved derrick up
TO the Want & Bennett lease, in the same
county. and will begin spudding in a few
days. The company have many thousands
Of acres under lease in that county.
The Nursery Well at Moundsville. was
drilled into the Cow Run sand Friday
night. and proved to be a dry hole. The
sand was reached at a depth of 6l9 feet
There was p feet Of sand which had the
appearance of being a good producer, but
the greasy fluid was not there, and the
drillers are now engaged in pulling the
casing. The Hicks well is down about 1,315
feet in the Salt sand. and has about 40
feet TO go before reaching the Big Injun.
There is every indication that it will
make a producer. Mr. Baird. the man
ager. is row in New York. and is expected
in Moundsvile the first of the week TO
watch the we'll come in.
SHOT THEIR WELL.
The North Penn oil Conway have shot
their No. .. on the Rogerson, and while
the result cannot be definitely ascertained
until Monday the indications are that the
production will be doubled.
New York. May 15.-Petroleum-
PENNSYLVANIA crude steady: June So