Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-04-25

this field and were branching out and
developing fields adjacent when news
of great strike on Elk Fork hitherto
unknown place, which brought them all
back to this city to seek their fortunes.
Many operators becoming unsatisfied
with this field and its splendid oppor-
tunities, left here and went to other
States, but meeting with disappoint-
ment socn returned, and are new devel
oping the resources Of Tyler county, and
are meeting with wonderful success. As
has been predicted by the Register time
and again there is yet lots Of the oily
substance under the surface of Tyler's
rich farms. and all that is needed is the
required amount of nerve TO seek it.
The celebrated Elk Fork pool has dem
onStrated this fact more than any other,
as these gentlemen were laughed at as
Adventures when they started to drill
in very rank wildcat territory, and the
old saying that He who laughs last,
laughs best" fits in here better than
was imagined when they commenced
drilling.
This pool has developed into large
one, and although the talent are very
pronounced in their opinion that 1t is
from the Keener sand, the pool has al
ready admitted of extensions, and when
the wells now drilling are reported in
the probability is that it will prove one
of the the best producing blocks Of ter
rtory yet drilled into in this vicinity.
Lots of work is being done out there,
and lots Of it has been mapped out.
When the roads become passable the
hustle and hustle Of the unlimited
number of teams passing to and fro over
the beautiful paved streets of the city
will cause the eyes of the uninitiated to
open wide with wonder and visit TO
the city from persons living in such
towns as Parkersburg, Marietta and
New Martinsville will cause them TO
stare like dummies at the hustle wit
messed for the first time in their lives.
Out at Elk Fork, the Nichols & co.
Woods No. will be in about Sunday
evening or Monday morning. The adj
vent of this we'll is being watched close
ly by the talent. and its result will
either condemn a lot Of territory in that
direction or make good the same amount
of territory. This well is located about
500 feet east Of their No. !, and is be-
tween the church lot we'll and the loca-
tion of Work Bros. and Henderson, on
the LOwery farm, the latter named par
ties are drilling at g depth of about 500
feet and if the luck of the parties drill
ling only clings 10 them in this venture
there is every possibility to look for
gusher We hope so, and hope that 1t
will be a gusher of the first magnitude,
something to brag of. and to shame the
operators and silly newspaper reporters
of the little villages down the river who
are every ready to say something mean
of Sistersyille.
The we'll Of Treat &; Crawford, on the
B. +. Hawkins farm, was drilled deeper
to-day. and at the time of writing 1t was
making % barrels an hour. This well
was enc of the most important drilled
out there owing TO its remoteness from
other production, being over 1,200 feet
southeast Of the big gusher on the
Lyman Woods farm. When drilled into
the pay it commenced flowing at the
rate of over % barrels an hour, and
dwindled down to about 10 barrels. 1t
was only y feet in the sand, and since
it has been drilled deeper it has re-
sponded eXcellently.
All the other wells out there are still
producing plenty of oil and are making
that pool the envy of others owing to its
ability to hold up longer than any other
ever drilled in this field.
The Henry Oil Company, who pur-
chased leases on several hundred acres
Of gilt-edged territory. are commencing
actively the development of their hold
fnrs Thev are also doing some wnrk