Sistersville oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1896-1901, 1898-10-19
farm today, and this well should be,
in the sand the latter part of the
week, or the first of next.
WAvERLY, w. VA.

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Our budget of oil news is covered
by a nice we'll on Monroe William
sons farm out near the famous
Hunter farm.
The Eureka Pipe Liue company
have connected on to the tank OF
the Long Reach Oil company on
the Josephus Whitlatch farm. The
rigs up in the Salt sand develop
ments, one on the Kelly farm held
by the Ross Oil company. The
other on the Whitlatch by the
Long Reach Oil company.
The Ross Oil company is still
making mystery out of their
Strosnider No. for it is settled
fact that they have plug in the
hole and it will make nice pro-
Queer when it is opened up.
Frazier Corbitt Bros and Brocku-
nier have drilled their No. S on the
R. J. Corbitt and it is aeother dus-
ter. These operators grit is to be
admired as this is the fourth dry
hole and one two barrel producer
on slxty-fve acres.
The Henry Oil company and
Ross are building a rig for No. 4
Malone.
Kennedy aud Kelly have just
drilled in nice we'll on the Thorn.
iley lease.
From Thursdays Daily
The we'll drilled in couple Of
days ago on the Mercer farm in the
northeast extension of the Elk
Fork pool by Bruner & Co., which
has been reported good for about so
barrels day is doing even better
than that amount. A guage of the
we'll by the pipe liue company
shows that it is fully as good a well
as, No. on the Clendennirg ard it
can safely be said that it will make
not less than IS barrels day. 1t
has been tubed and is now in good
shape.
Gafney & Co. have abandoned
their No. I on theLowry and will
commence to pull the casing today
or tomorrow.
1t is expected that about the lat
ter part Of this week or the first Of
next there will be several impor-
tant wells drilled in the northeast
extension of the Elk Fork pool.
There are four or FIVE whicIs should
be due about that time and some of
them are very important. g.
There is a pretty state of affairs
over in the Wilson run pool in
Ohio, which will probably result in
a big lawsuit, in a short time. A lit,
tie over a year ago Garner & AL
ford took lease on the Eastman
farm, with the provision in the
lease that they were to pay GER
tain amount Of rental or drill we'll.
The well specified in the lease was
drilled. and was very small pro-
Queer. Since that time the Car
ner & Afford people have done
nothing On the lease. They have a
two year lease on the farm. A
couple Of months ago R. L. Gregg
ry, of this city, went over there and
took a lease on this farm, but not
until after the owner had told him
about the other one. The farmer
said he would not give a lease to
Gregory unless it was taken subject
to the one held by GARNER & AL
ford. This was agreed to, and the
lease given. Now, the fun COM
mences. Gregory and some others
have made arrangements to drill a
well on the Eastman, and Garner
& Afford are getting ready to stop
them. What the outcome of the
matter will be is hard to conjecture,
but the most of the oil people seem
to think Garner & Afford have the
best Of the deal, as there was no re-
lease clause in their lease, and they