Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-12-19
Special to the Register.


Special to the Register.
FLLENBORO, w. Va, December 1S.-
Contractor l. w. Siggins has finished well
No. on the Charles Hayhurst farm on
Whiskey Run, for the South Penn Oil
CO. and has a dry hole. The well is 2o72
feet deep and was drilled through the
Bag InSun sand. No. on the same farm
is making about twenty-five barrels of oil
per day from the salt sand, but will be
drilled into the Big Injun sand tomorrow
or Tuesday.
Kennedy, Lawrence, Griffith & co. will
shoot their No. 2 on the @. w Miller to-
barrels natural and a shot is expected to
increase the production to about fifty bar
rels a day No. / on this farm is still
making forty barrels, although the we'll
is several weeks old The rig is completed
for No 8, and No has been located.
The Associated Producers expect to
drill in No. 8 on the Nicholas Brooks farm
TO morrow. A ten barrel natural producer
was drilled in on this farm early in the
week.
A location has been made and derrick
timbers ordered for No ON the Sanford
Bumgardner farm. The Associated Pro-
ducers own the lease, and their first well
on this farm opened up the new pool on
Whiskey run.
FIacy & 90 are 500 feet deep in their No.
on the Andy Miller farm, and are erect
ing rigs to drill Nos 8 and 4.
David Lamb & Co are drilling an i'm
portant test we'll on the Newbrough farm,
two or three miles ahead of any develop
ment.
The Granite Oil Co. is still fishing for
lost tools in their No. 2 on the Alderman
farm, on Lower Bonds creek, near the
mouth Of Panther run.
Mccormick & Co are reported to be ar
ranging TO drill another well on the wa
tiers of Bunnell's run. .1ear the small pro-
duction on the l.. p. wilson and Thomas
McDougal farms. TheE old well On the Nc
Dougal farm has prcduced six or eight
barrels Of oil per day for over eight years,
and has paid for itself long ago. and as
it shows no sign of diminishing its out
put. it is thought there must be a larger
pool in the immediate. vicinity
Col Ira Dewitt's venture near the coun-
ty bridge, on the road to Harrisville, has
been going down slowly for couple Of
weeks, ana Is now dDuLt tru-V IeeA dcSP-
Dalton & Griffin have completed fine
producing well on tire w. J. Hardness
5000 acre tract of laTi. The well is To-
Gated east of Cairo.
Langdon, Pierpoint 81 Co. drilled In a
nice producer Friday on the Williams
farm. on Law Gap Is,n, south of Corn
wallis.
Major A. C. Hawkins has Just complet-
ed No. 70 on the Mf,Gregor farm, just
north of Cairo. and ms a small producer.
There is still considerable block Of
territory Unbiased west of ElIenboro. that
looks like it might ha valuable territory,
and it can likely all be secured al a dol
lar an acre bonus. and fair rental The
South Penn Oil Co. holds a large block OF
territory between this place and Corn
wallis. but they seldom develop. and the
land owners who have not leased their
farms, are anxious 10 get an independent
operator to develop for them.
1t is reported that Captain Peter Grace
who operates extensively in this county
has drilled in large gas well al Jack
| son Ridge, near Woodsfeld. Ohio. Fuei
is scarce over there, and the gasser vii
be money maker for the captain.
l. 3 Elyea, formerly with the Oil Wei
Supply Co here. has accepted position
w.the the Eureka Pipe Line Co
A charter has been issued TO the Gartlar
| Gil and Gas Co. capital $1,000 This
company owns valuable leases and pro-