The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-01-13

BY permission the following extrsgtF arg
made:
No remarkable Developments N the
petroleum regions characterized the
wear lust closed, but the production was
greatly increased through the discovery
OF numerous small pools in nearly every
part OF the field. No Mcdonald Sister, =,
vms or Cherry Grove startled the on
trade. Gusher wells. however, Eelt, v les
merdus enough and many NV ,.tSsnce.
in unexpected quarters were ~ =, ,.sas ~
but none opened up any llI6e ~ baen
new territory. The wlidels'e sr,ns have
ms busy as ever, and large SUMS ., ~
bcon cynsnded in exploring lA0c0usis
tnrs s,.Ttinns an West Virginia. heiNuChg
ma ,Tcnn,.ssac. The dry mole account -
,,niis,,oiiv large, and the year on tns
,vhnie bnd NOT been rs prosperous tNA
the OH producer as the year peeesalls,.
Productlon has averaged ten " tWeIne
rhous.nd barrels 4 day In excess ~ Coi.-
sumption. stocks have 5teadily ~! ~ ~
ed and prices have fallen irolh.ti w on
barrel at the beginning Of the year ~ ~, ~
cents at the clcse. The aVer1sS; los II
year Is is cents barrel below ,o6 ~ ~,
age 0f 1896. During 1894 and lese, au en-
TireIv different condition of ailairs Vas
,vitnessed in the oil regions. me cons
snmntlon was in excess Of the produc-
,ion and the plpe line stocks we're re-
dIced 1.l74.S12 barrels IN 1922 ana 9,li4,SS
IlI barrels m 1894. The export demand
HE mast wear has been lsrger thln the
ysar precedlng, but the price or Inc re-
fined article has ruled lower; ~,
The year 1886 may truthtully De cNi i..l
lhe wear Of small pools. No other year
in the history Of the oil deVe!optii,teiitt -
has witnessed such universal ectiy VIZ, IN
From Allegheny, on the northeast 70
the extreme southwestern llmSs1t the
ali belt In West Virginia and s1nrneaSt-
arm Ohio. new discoveries have.llen tne
rule. and many Of them have peeh NJ
such close proximity to the olper pouls
az IA hiring about their enlargement anu
eytansloR in various directionas-. WINE
nJne N Them would have beeh-oi great
importance by themselves. IN the sBsLe-
gaze they have exercised an enoiIl i..,.,i
effect in swelling the daily outpue sho
hsve helped to bring the tot3I gEoS S,.,.
tinn Of Tie year within n few uiitsk2n esir-
al, az Tho record OF 1891. when McDou=
aid's r1isher wells brought the yield Ior
tEai wear to proportions hitherto IN
Ernwn and which have since never Deeh
Oyer along the eastern edge- OF me
comfy there Is Il stretch OF prospecthS
deep. or Gordon sand territory, tnat ~
ro,y being developed and u IS qulte
likely 10 prove an lmportanf motor ~
the developments OF this year ~ nan
dozen wells have been compieteu' -
tending over as many miles OF teIll-
tory. and they have ranged from eweh-
" to one hundred and htty io1lrTeis ii
day. -. ,,.or
completed on the May1eld farm, ana
A. Is almost certain that new BIG IN
inn pool viii be the result. The hrst
Two wells are forty barre!-producers.
while the last. just completed, Is r3teu
al one hundred and fifty barrels a Gay.
Near Centreyille some new work Is
starting, and on Sancho creek opera
lions have been conducted with MOD
crate degree Of success. II
In WetZel, Doddridge, Marion anu l
Monongalia counties there has peeh ~
cessation in operations, but tcle WORK
has been confined prlncipaug 10 ths
DEVELOPMENT of the oil helds rather
than the discovery OF new ones
Monroe county, in eastern. Ohio, mas
stood Ia the front rank In ttiiC south
western pact OF the Buckeye state.
During the early month Of the past
wear Il did not spring any: surprises.
bur later the Fisher Oil Company drill
eli In a well on the W. II, Price farm
that created q sensation and. was the
!orerunnes OF what Is noWLdesignated
the Banwood pool. The oil Is found IN
the Big Iniun formation and some
wells OF gusher calibse nae beeh
found. It's dimensions al t;fiEtlme are
unknown There are thirty-eeVen rigs
an and wells drilling. and Bs this re-
view closes the Fisher Oil Coiupnny has
drilled lin IT'S No 1, on theA5ll Price
farm, and IS making thlrty-fRdEoarrels
west virginia and Southeastern
Ohio continued TO record the DuE. OF
the new developments and flley fur-
nished likewise the Creates proportion
of the new production. Senegal new
pools OF Big Injun and GdSdon sand
OIL were brought to light and she Berea
grit developments assumed Ereater
prominence than ever before. An these
new discoveries were far fron- eNten-
siye,but several of them wera-IEogress-
ing towards the close Of the year, with
favorable Indications for angenlarge-
Enent.
In the lower southwest producing
area West Virginia presented more new
features than all others comDfned. In
the production of oil II promises 10
stand next 20 the old Kevstcuc state.
The discovery of new pools and the
continued development Of tie older
fields has gone ON with increasing reg
ularity, and the production gHGt only
sustained but Increased oYet that OF
1885.
The Kyle pool, on Indian SVaek. Ty-
Ter county, was the first up FOR con-
slderation at the beginning OF the
wear. Many good wells followed, but
the territory possessed n strong gas
pressure, aud the oil was soon forced
10 the surface. leaving nothing but d.
minutlve producers. Scarcely had the
Kyle pool been disposed OF when th1
pullman pool near Wick. came 10 the
front, and IN many respects the terri
lgry resembled that on Indian creek.
The wells were nearly all Strong gass.
ers. md In a short time the field had
been defined and the decline was rapid,
The Cow Run sand excitement at
Hebron was next IN line. but the terri
tory proved SPOTTED and soon had run
lts course; but about the same tlmc II
had been SHOWED q pool OF Bis Injun
sand had h0cn found 10 the northwest
and some Two hundred and niTec hun
dred-barcl wells followed Thlt part
Of Tyler county is SIN quite active, but
II Is The prevailing opinion that the
pool has been fnirly well defined.
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