Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-12-09
Oil Notes..
YESTERDAYlS MARKET.

Tornle S SIaI@. & .''s'ao'E 49, =. =. Ss @
NewcastIe. $500. 80. ....... ......s 30
North Lima ..,.. ri. ~ - ~ n
South Lima. ...s .. -, ,.... 70
The well on the Calder farm back of
Briggs post Office, being drilled by She
West Virginia Oil Co., came in Tues
day with 20 feet of sand in the first
Cow Run, hut was duster This
company will at once drill on the Es-
quire Phillips farm. They have a block
of leases of about 1900 acres and will
drill at least three test wells before
giving up the venture.
Clarke g. Co. are tearing down the
rig at theif No Won the Moore farm
md will move ii to another location.
The NGH. \ w&tekind, ,owned ! BY
Barnsdail & Ranger, is now making
about $50 barrels per dayaMu =
-n4he Rinards Mills field business lis
lively. The Ullman No. in the Big
Injun is good for forty barrels daily,
A dry hole was drilled in lastiweek, the
first duster for some line.
At Flints Mills, near the lower end
Of the Wilson Run field, "a well is
drilling on the Day farm, tsand loca-
lions have been made Oh The p. B. Cox
property and on Catherine Smith.
In tie Jackson Ridge field work is
being crowded as fast as possible. The
oil boom has so greatly increased the
business there that a new post once
was necessary. Accordingly the post
master. has furnished it and all il
lovely.
We are very sorry to report the adj
vent of q duster in James Steed No. q
by the Ann Oil Co. This we'll is south
of Jackson Ridge and as it is some dis
lance ahead of present work, Will slack
development in that direction. Much
will depend now on Barnsdalrs ]. A.
Dougherty and McFadden's Riley
Smith drilling wells which are as yet
farther out in this direction.
Fishers John Dearth we'll is also re-
ported as dry. This is directly south
of the Jackson Ridge field s
Two'wells have been located and
will e drilled on the William Howell
farm, in the eastern part of Jackson's
Ridge.
Barnsdai's Lee. Truck No. q is re-
ported in and good for a 10 barrel
pumper.
There is considerable activity IN the
Lrv,le Muskingum river territory and
important developments may be look
ed for there before long Two good
Wells are pumping on the Martha
rnomas, lease and we'll is being drill
ed on the Harvey lease, in that terri
tory. =. ,'ss
The Oil; Review isays:l F~W.lIlhr
son, the well known broker has
bought of j. r. Martin and others a
lease. of 40 acres adjoining the Rash
man we'll at Wilson Run for eight
dollars an acre. 1t would be hard, neW
to find an inch of land in the vicinity
of tne Rashman well that is not taken
Up to the present time there have
been 65 wells drilled in Ludlow town
ship or Wilson Run OF these 45 are
producing oil, seven gas and the rest
dry holes. This is pretty good per-
centage of production.
Some royalty is being exchanged in
that territory, but not as much as
might be expected under the circum-
stances.
In the EigA. Mile oil field Bosworth
& Gracey have drilled in nice well on
inc Empire lease. They hau 20 feet of
pay sand and shot with y, quarts. 1t
IS the best well on that property.
The new development at Scio, Harri-
son county, promises to tract a.ten-
lion soon if anything can be judged by
the way leases are being taken up.
Four wells have veen completed there
rwo' are drilling and four more rigs
are up and ready for machinery. This
.erritory lies on both sides of the Pan
Handle railroad, so bad roads. this
winter will be no drawback,
In Newport district, Washington
county, there are nine rigs ups and
drilling. The wells there average
about 2O'barrels day, but dry holes
occur frequently.-Spirit of Democ-
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