Sistersville oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1896-1901, 1898-10-12
tify CT a cut. The markets of the
world are all right.

Mr.. Friend c. Williamson, o
Friendly. was in the city one da,
this week disposing of an interes
in a well he is having drilled on thu
White farm, near the town o
Friendly. MIR. Williamson has fol
some time been quietly working NJ
a block of leases in that section o
the county and has succeeded il
1gettiug leases on a large body O
land. Heis drilling a test well and
thinks he Is sure of getting a well
We understand he still has some
interests be will dispose of at very
reasonable prices. 80. g,
From Mondays Daily.
There is quite a lively war out In
the northeast extension of the Elk
Fork pool inst now that is interest
ing to some ofthe onlookers though
! it may not be to others. The Henry
Oil company has lease on one OF
the Gorrell farms and a short time
ago started a we'll drilling along
the line between the Gorrell and
the lease of the South Penn Oil
company on the Cunningham farm.
They located their we'll right up
against the line and the South Penn
people took umbrage at this and did
the same thing-locating their well
up against Henrys. This started
the ball rolling and now there are
fully ten wells along the line be-
tween the two leases, so close to-
gether the derricks about touch
each other. During the past week
both of the companies had gangs of
rig builders at work not only IN
the day time but at night as well,
with the result that all of the rigs
have been completed and on some
Iof them drilling has been com
menced, while on the others it will
be started as soon as it is possible
to rig them up. Il has been long
time in this section since there has
been any serious line fighting and
as there are two big companies after
each other this fight may become
very interesting before it is over.
There is an immense amount of
work being done in the northeast
extension of the Elk Fork field at
the present time and there should
be some interesting developments
in short time, some very impor-
tant wells being near the sand and
some of them should get the sand
by the middle or latter part of this
week.
The Sun Oil company are drill
ing No. I on the Adds farm and
will put the 81 casing in today.
This we'll is located some distance
in advance, and will be watched
very closely. 1t will not be due in
the sand for a week or ten days.
Yoke & Steelsmith will put the
81 casing in their No. I, on the
Morrow farm tomorrow, and should
/ get the sand the latter part of the
week.
Gaffney & Co.'S No. I on the
Lowry farm should be in the sand
not later than tomorrow. The gen
eral opinion seems to be, this well
will not amount to great deal, for
the reason that it is in such close
proximity to the dry hole recently
drilled in on the Henthorn by
Childers & Co. There is no telling
though, as one or two dry holes do
not condemn territory, and the
Lowry may come in a good pro-
Queer.
Treat & Crawford's No. on the
Wetzel farm Is drilling at 1850 feet
and will be due in the sand the Lat.
ter part of next week.
Nolan & Philips No. on the
Bowser, In advance to some extent,
is still fishing. An attempt was made
J to drill by the lost tools, and they