Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-08-14

" US SOOu 1OI lNOIty vi l2Ill ~ La
rels per DAY. Henderson & Thomp-
sons No. 5 is said to be a good thirty
barrel producer. Nesbitt is drilling a
vel Ion the Stewat-Reynoads twelve
acre lease. Boland & Bole got nice
producer in their No. 2, on the z. I.
Riggs farm. Snee & Company are
getting up a rig for the well on the
Meanor lease. Upham & Company
are drilling a well on the James
Thompson land.
Perhaps the territory in the south
west that is attracting the most at
tention at the present time is the Berea
Grit territory recently opened up in
Washington county, Ohio. There has
been several first class wells drilled in
over there and there is a great deal OF
work being done at the present time.
During the coming week there will be
several important wells due i'll the
sanh, and there will be considerable
new work started. On the Martha
Thomas farm, Cowell & Aitenberg, of
this city, will be ready TO commence
spudding the first of next week at
their No. l on that lease. This is a
very important well and will be
watched very closely, as it is fully
three miles ahead of present develop
ments, and is only snort distalde
from the well of the Carter Oil Co,
drilled in near Bloomfield a year or so
ago. The Carter Oil Company is al
most ready to start at its No. l on the
Moore farm, and at its No. on the
Musser farm. Shay & McMullen, as
soon as their Nos. 2 and on the Bob
ler are in will start several more wells.
Nos. and should be in the sand the
early part of the coming week and
there is every reason to believe that
they will be good producers. Garner
& Afford are due in the sand on the
Snider farm at about the same time
as the well mentioned above Cum
miugs & Co are ready to start at their
No. on the Smith, and will probably
commence drilling the early part of
the week. Myers & Dye, of Marietta,
have made the location and will start
building the rig for well on twenty
acre lease south of the Cummings &
Co., on the Smith farm.
In the Wilson Run territory the
Fisher Oil Company during the week
got well on the Edwards farm which
started off at bett rthan $50 barrels a
day, and it is holding up first rate.
This territory seems to be coming to
the front again, as there has been some
good wells drilled in there during the
past few weeks. Gordon & Co. have
drilled in a couple OF good wells on the
POultOn lease, and are making ar
rdngements to drill several more at
once. The Carter Oil Company and
the Fisher Oil Company, both of which
are lar gely interested in this territory,
are doing a coed deal of work, and the
territory is showing up in good shape.
Up in Wetzel county the Kanawha
Oil Company, which has an immense
amount of territory, is doing consider
able work at present. On the Mills
tract Of about 5000 acres they have
six or seven strings of tools running,
and On some Of their other leases they
are either drilling or getting ready to
drill. 1t is reported on good authority
that they will have a dozen wells
drilling in that section in week or
ten days.
A well drilled in during the week
which has attracted some attention
and which is yet an unknown quantity,
is that of Trees, Chapman & Co, at
the head Of Proctor creek, Wetzel
county. The well was drilled in
couple Of days ago, and has been re-
ported good big producer. but So
far nothing definite has been heard
fro nit There VISA slight showing
of oil, and tankage has been ordered
for the well. but Of course that does
not indicate a great deal. The well
is a wild cat and if it should be a good
one it will open up a large amount Of
new territory.
Out in the Elk Fork territory, Craw-
ford & Treat have made the location
and vii commence building the rig at
once for their No. l on the Cassander
Thomas This well is located south
east of anything that has been drilled
in the souahern part Of the Elk Fork
extension, and is some distance ahead
of developments.
In the same section the Henry Oil
Company will start a well in a short
time on the Musser lease.
Childers & C0mpany's well on the
Smith farm, out at Hebron. drilled in
during the week, is doing about 60 bar
rels a day. It was reported good for
100 when drilled in.
fa1- day-- epo Thomas Chestnut