The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-07-24
IN THE OIL FIELDS.
The Past Week Has Been a Quiet
One in the Southwest.
ONLY THREE IMPORTANT WELLS
Were cOmPIsted-Insrsst stu Center, at
ths Elk Pork Development In the In
tsrlor orTyisr county-Intsrs,tlng De-
vslopmsnts Expected at sAnsho-ROugh
Shedding nths Once Famous aud Pro-
duetiye Ienwood Territory.


on the West Virginia side OF the Sis
tersyIlle field and one on the Ohio side.
The wells on tire West Virginia side
We're the Henry OIL Company's No. ?
on tho James Farrell farm out in the
Elk Fork territory, and Treat & Craw-
ford well on the William Farrell farm
in the same development, These are
practically the only wells that have
teen drilled in the Elk Fork field this
week, and while they are in the old de-
velopment to a certain extent, yet they
are Important for the reason that they
extend the territory ahead for about
TWO locations and make the farms on
which they are located look much bet
ter.
The first OF the week indications were
that the Elk Fork territory would come
TO the front this week with several SEN
sations, but for some reason three or
-FOUR OF the wells which were expected
In were delayed and some OF them viii
not reach the SAND until the latter part
OF next week one of the most impor-
tant wells In the field which is due now
Is that being drilled on the Snider farm
by Boyd Bros, OF Sistersvllle. This well
the early part OF the week was expected
In, but It has been delayed for several
reasons and will hardly be in before
Sunday. 1t is located little In ad-
vance OF developments and the talent
are watching II very closely. as 1t will
open up some new territory II It comes
nnnH
producer OF any magnitude II will be the
cause of great deal Of new work being
started In that section of the field.
The Elk Fork field at the present
time is the only one in the southwest
that Is attracting the attention OF the
oil men. There are now In the neigh
borhood Of twenty strings OF tools rum
ming in that territory, and the coming
week will see fully ten more wells start
ed. The low price OF oil Is holding the
work back considerably, but the wells
gotten in the Elk Fork territory are so
large that the operators and producers
are taking a chance and they are do
ing 1t, There viii be about five wells
due in the Elk Fork territory during the
coming week and all of them will be
in practically new territory. Two OF
the wells are to the northeast Of the old
development and the others are In the
southwest.
The report which was sent ont the
early part Of the week In regard to the
strike Of the Carter Oil Company on the
Allen farm out In the vicinity Of San,
Cho, has aroused n great deal OF inter-
est In the territory out there. and quite
n number Of local operators have gone
out there TO look around and try to pick
up piece of the stuff. During the last
ten days one of the most conservative
oil companies operating In this field Of
fered some Of the people who have leas-
es out there 81 00O for the lease on 100
acre farm. but the offer was refused.
The Carter oil Company has a hard
time trying to keep Its discovery in this
section a secret and they have not sue
cceded to any extent. II fs generally be-
lieved that one Of the best producing
pools In this section of the country will
be opened up out there within the next
six months and as an evidence Of this
some OF the big companies which have
territory out there are at present haul
ing stun out there while the roads are
good. so they Will hava plenty Of mate
rial to work on during the winter. when
Il Is almost impossible to get any ma
terial out on account Of bad roads
The well on the Ohio side Of this feld
Of Importance which was mentioned in
the first of this article. is that Of Cor
don & Co. which was drilled In on the
Beatty farm the early part Of the week.
on this farm n well was drilled about
three years ago which has been in
Creasing slightly Tn production ever
since. and Mt the present time II Is max
ing about ten barrels day. The last
well drilled on this farm. the one which
came In this week, Is reported making
10 barrels n day nov. When II was
drilled In II started at of at about 80
barrels a day, but II has been INCREASING
slightly In production ever since. This
well is located but a short distance east
Of big gas Well drilled in over there
about year ago by the Ohio oil Com.
pany, and there Is every reason to be-
lleve that n good field will he opened UP
there In n short time quite n number
Of prominent operators In this city are
interested in this stuff and leasers have
been sent out 10 pick up all the stuff
they can get hold Of,
There r. practically nothing doing If
is repurtcd that the Fisher oil Company
have laid on all the dTillers they have
had working In that territory and that
they do not intend to do any more work
for some time. All Of the recent wells
drilled in over there have been either
dry holes or very small producers and
this company. which has nearly all the
territory under lease has decided IN do
H..
production Of this pool has fallen off un-
III at the present time II Is not making
more than 100 barrels day, where
year ago It was good for 1000 barrels at
this time Practically the same may be
said Of the pool out In the Plum Run
district. There Is hardly any work be-
ing done out there and as an evidence
Of how slow things are, II may be re-
marked that nearly all OF the saloons
and spcakcasics have quit business and
left that section Of the country. The
Carter oil Company are the only people
who are doing anything out there now.
and they are only running two or three
strings NJ tools
The deep. or Gordon sand wells In tho
back part OF the county are attracting
n great deal Of attention now, and II Ia
the conccnsus Of opinion that some
thing worth while will he opened up
out there within the next sixty days.
There IL all Kinds of oil being found In
the Gordon sand development In Wet
zCl county along the line Of this county
and some good wells nave been found In
this county. Tho companies nov op-
Grating out In that section nrc the South
Penn. n branch NJ the standard and the
Knnnwha II IA impossible to get any
Information from either of these COM
pnnlos aud II a. pretty hard To tell what
in going on Some Of the people com
inn In frnu Ihprp gay that there ia