The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-11-18

The indications at present are that
the Elk Fork pool, at least the south
west extension, Is not going to'be quite
as prolific a field as was at first sup
posed. So far this week there has been
two wells drilled In to the east OF for
mer developments in this ieId and both
OF them have been very small wells.
Ehe first was that of the Henry OIL
Company on the Eliza futile farm. and
the second one Is that OF Treat 6 Craw-
ford on the Williams, The latter we'll
was drilled In on Monday and It showed
up for about ten barrels an hour. 1t
wIk be drilled to the Big Iujun, at
nee. The futile well showed up for
about the same amount OF oil. but so
far the Henry oil Company has done
nothing with 1t and the chances are that
they will not drill It deeper, but will
tube II and put It 10 pumping, There
are quite a number OF wells drilling to
the east of the HIN wells, the lrst ones
drilled in in this field, and the fact that
the two wells mentioned came In Sc
small may have a great deal to DO with
the extent Of operations in that Sec
ton.
There Is practically nothing being
done In the old Elk Fork devlopment
at present. The last wells drilled In
were those OF the Eastern on Company
on the Glenn farm. No. 2 showed up
for a small producer and It was thought
No. . might open up the expected exten-
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in II as the latter well came in a rank
buster.
The indications 10 the west OF the
southwest extension of the Elk Fork
pool are first class. All Of the wells
that have been drilled In in that part
of the field sdsfar have been good ones,
and now that the eastern extension
looks so bad there will probably be a
number of wells started in that direc-
tlon. The Hill oil Company are drill
ing several wells on their one-hundret-
acre lease IN that direction and the Elk
Fork Oil & Gas Company are also going
ahead with their work, The Hill OIL
CompaRV's No. 4 on the one-hpndred-
mere tract. should reach the sand the
latter part OF this week, and the Elk
Fork oil 6 Gas Company's well on the
other portion OF the lease should reach
the sand by the latter part OF this
week or the early part OF next.
To the northwest in the vicinity OF
Iuka, where Garland drilled in the
gasser on the Stevenson farm several
months ago, Treat & Crawford are
making arrangements TO put down a
well on the Tracy farm. The outlook Is
not very bright In that section OF the
field, but It has always been found In
this part Of the oil country that where
there Is n good gas pressure there Is
nearly always n good pool OF oil and
these people are going % test this the
DRY once more.
S~teelsmith's well on the Wagner farm
in the vicinity q Sugar creek.iep the
line between Tyler and Peasants coun-
ties. should he nearing the sand now.
and news from It Is being anXiously
awaited by the talent. There Is a
possibility that 4 new pool may be
opened up IN that sec.lon. This well Is
located a couple OF miles to the south
west Of the dig gasser on the Baker
farm in that section and there is reason
TO believe that something will be the
result.
The Meredith well. near Centreville,
recently drilled In by the South Penn
OIL Company. is still attracting consid-
cradle attention. on account OF the
mystery with which the company have
surrounded it. The latest report is
that It is holding up at its original pro-
duction. The company has made ar
rangements to do a lot Of work there.
X Is stated on good authority mat the