Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-02-06
The WHISKY RUN GlyEER.
Has Been the Principal Topic Of In
tereSt in OIL Circles TliS Week.

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The Well is a Good One and There
is Not the Least Doubt But That
1t Has Opened Up a Large Poo.
Quite a Number OF Wells Will Be
Drilled There at Chocolate News
from Ali the Fields.
The principal topic Of interest in oil
circles during the past week has been
the gusher drilled in by Mallory &
! Barnsdall on the Abeicht lease, on
Whisky run, just across the Tyler
county line in Richie county. The
we'll was drilled in a week ago and
started off at the rate of about 40 bar
rels per day, but since then has been
drilling itself in, and it is now max
ing % barrels an hour.
The we'll is located in good gas ter
ritory and as has usually been the case
in this State where there is a good gas
country there is d large pool OF oil
somewhere near.
There are gas wells in abundance to
the west and south of the well men
toned above, and some Of them are
spraying quite lot Of oil. The Bum
gartner gasser, drilled couple of
years ago, is becoming quite an oil
well, as the gas is exhausted and it is
believed that in short time it will be
good producer.
There is a very narrow strip for the
/ nnnf If crIah q should ny n 10 in
which the Abeicht well is located 1t
is not over three-quarters Of mile
wide at the farthest, taking into con-
sideration the gas wells or one side
and the dry hole drilled on the other
by some Wheeling parties little over
q. year ago
The natural course of the pool would
be to the northeast and southwest, and
taking this into consideration wells
have been located on nearly all the
adjoining farms in that direction from
the we'll
The Fisher Oil Company has located
a we'll on the Hamilton farm, almost
directly southeast of the well, and the
South Penn has one on Delong, in the
same direction.
Gartland & Co. have located a we'll
CA IilS Wy III AdtilSOH 1cdSc, DIT d uiSIdIlCS
Of about 200 feet from the we'll drilled
in, and Shryock & Co. are about the
same distance away on the Payne
twelve acres.
On the Abeicht and also on the
Butcher the people who own the big
well, Mallory & Barnsdall, have made
several locations. The rigs for all
these wells viii be erected as soon as
- ~
until ali of the wells will be drilling
In the Elk Fork field there was moth
ing CT importance during the week.
The Hill Oil Company shot their No. 6
a couple of days ago, and collapsed the
casing and are now trying to set it
out
The same company's No. on the
Hill farm has been drilled in and it is
showing up for about IS barrels day
natural It will be shot with small
dose of glycerine and it is believed it
will greatly increase in production.
Theirs Nos. 10 and II on the same farm
should both be in the sand Sunday
evening.
Henry & Mcdonald have been COM
PEELED to move tho rig at their No. 2
on the w, " Gorrell lease and will
start q new nOtS III u CDuplO VI uuSS.
Cobb & Glenn are due in the sand at
their No. / on the Harris the early part
of the week. They are drilling at
about 1000 leet at their No. 2 on this
lease.
The Victor Oil Company has cased
their No. 2 on the Smith farm at Cen
treville with the Ga, and it should be
in the sand the early part of next
week.
Bartlett & Stancliff have the rig
completed for their we'll on the lease
near Centreyille. and will commence
to spud the early part Of next week.
Over at Wilson run the Carter Oil
Company will have a small producer
at their No. on the Edwards. which,
when it was drilled in, was reported
TO be dry hole.
G ordon G CO. are drilling at about
1 .0CG feet at their we'll on the Beaver
farm in the same territory.
NEW YORK, February 5.-standard oil
certificates reached their highest market
to-day 403 being the price asked. In the
outside market half q point higher was
bid