The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-03-03
IN THE OIL FIELDS,
Late intelligence OF Operations In All oil
the WeAt Virginia Fields.

Late Intelligence OF Operations In All OF
the WsAt Virginia Fields.
Down in the Conway pool. In Tyler
county. Jennings Brothers have been
greeted with pleasant surprise on the
Tuskln farm. At eighty feet in the Big
Injun a pay streak was encountered
when the well began to flow at the rate
OF five barrels an hour. The location OF
the well is only 500 feet south otthe dry
hole completed on the Ashcncraft farm
| last week, and quarter OF mile south
| Of the Mayneld wells. Jennings Brothers
very naturally concluded they would
have n dustcT, since the dry hole lay on
a direct line between their well and the
Mayfield production. They thought SO
little Of the location that no tlnk1Ee had
been provided. aud drilling was suspend
cd on Saturday until the necessary tank
age had been erected. Monday II was
connected up and drilled a little deeper.
Increasing It's production tn ton barrels
an hour. 1t is a strong Easser, and IN
addition to the oil 1t IS producing hows OF
about five barrels OF salt water each
hour, The fact that the Tuskin is a good
producer and the AshCncruft buster IS
evidence that a dry hole does not con-
denim any territory beyond Its location.
Last Friday Jennings Brothers would
have been glad TO let go at any price.
The deep sand territory Of West Nlr-
EinIa supplied the biggest bulk OF the
| new production OF the month Just closed
says the OIL City Derrick, In Its mnnthly
review OF the oil folds. From torty-Iour
wells compIeted in Warrington alone
NJ 4nn now
production for February. And seventy
two wells In the Warrington and Sisters
VILE fields combined are credited with
4,736 barrels production, while the re-
naming S6S wells in all the other Penn
sylvonia fields produce but 1866 barrels.
or, while slxty-f0ur productive wcllS IN
these two sections averaged seVenty-tour
barrels each. the remaining wells scat
tered throughout the other districts
averaged less than twelve barrels
There Is a general desire to let up on
good work all over the region, which IS
revealed by the decline Of seventy-seven
in active operations. The new poVls tnat
appeared very promising some months
ago have not come up to general cNpee! .i,
tIons. RenWOOd. IN Monroe county
Ohio. is limited in area, and the Chip
munk and Rice Brook developments, VIII
MOI have A very decided influence IN
gwellIpg the volume Of new production.
For February. the grand total for MI
fields Is 66S wells completed. l3,lOl bar
rels now production and ii6 dry holes
COMPARED with January, this represents
n decline of 90 wells, "A dry holes and
.3gS in new production. The summary
I'm all fields for January showed Spl wellS
completed, lO9 dry holes and l4,A20 bar.
rcls nav production. This was a drop OF
isT in completed wells and % IN dry holes
from the record for December for req,
ruary, 1896, there was a grand tntaI Oh
900 wells completed. 1876 barrels pro
ducilnn and 2O7 dry holes. IN inc heiIS
producing Pennsylvania ana Lima oils'
/ .OIS wells were completed IN DeCcInOCl,
with 1915 barrels production ana 2l3
dry holes. An aggregate nt l'OSo WSlls
werc completed in all fields during NO
vember; gO7 Of the number were unpro-
duCtIve of oil and the new production
amounted TO li,ASS barrels.
There were 40 wells completed IN inc
various districts producing Pcnnsylva-
min oil in February. the dry holes were
i09 in number and the new production
was S5Ol barrels. Compared with Jan.
uory. there is an all round decrease o..
i5S wells, 49S barrels production ana ~
dry holes. In January sos wells were
ComnIcted. with $3.50 barrels new pro-
1ucflon md $50 dry holes, The Penn
syIvonja fields completed 6S2 wells IN
December, Including 1867 dry holes, and
tho new production amounted to l2,l9b
hnrrpIq In November go wells were
CONNECTED. with lg.44S barrels new pro-
| ductIon. and l59 dry holes.