Sistersville oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1896-1901, 1898-09-21

section and preparations are Delng
made to drill lot more. The well
mentioned above which came in a
good producer was that of Laug1er
& Co. ON the Hupp farm which
was drilled in on Thursday evening
and was shot on Friday. When
the we'll has been cleaned out there
| is not the least doubt but that it
will make good producer. 1t is
located to the north just about a
mile and all the interviewing terri
tory is thus opened up and is look
ing fine. Quite number of peo
pie from Sistersville have some
good leases over in that section
ane they are all making prepara-
tions to drill their holdings as soon
as it is possible to do 80.
There seems to be a prevailing
opinion at the present time that
there is still something in the old
Wilson pool which has been round
ed up. and slandered so much.
There is every indication that 1t
may yet branch out and make at
least respectable showing and 1t
is to be hoped it will. 1t seems
that the farther west and north the
drill is sent the better the wells
are. Among those who are drilling
there now are Gordon & Co. on the
Poulton, Fisher Oil Co. on the Ed
wards, the Wilson Run Oil Co on
the Edwards, the United States Oil
Co., Carter Oil Co., Laugher Bros
and others.
The pool in the southwest that
has been attracting the attention OF
the operators during the week has
been Elkrun, IN Washington coun-
ty, Ohio, about ten miles from this
city. Ever since the first wells were
started in that field there have been
good producers, but the banner
wells of the field were drilled in this
week-one of them as regards pro-
duction, and the other one as re.
CARDS extension of the field.
The first we'll to be drilled in was
that OF the Little Muskingum Oil
company on the Martha Thomas
farm. located about three miles
north of the Berea grit wells which
had been drilled in over there
This we'll when drilled in to the Big
lInjun sand showed up for a small
we'll and when they went on down
to the Berea grit and got nothing
they came to the conclusion the
best thing to do was TO shoot the
well in the Injun formation, which
they did, with the result that they
have a producer from the Injun,
which will be good for about 60 TO
Is barrels day when it has been
cleaned out and put IN good shape.
AS the result of this strike there
have been about a dozen wells To-
Gated in the last couple of days and
the work on all of them will be
rushed along as rapidly as possible.
The fact that this we'll is so far
ahead of developments, and that
the formations were not nearly the
same as those in the wells in the
Berea grit territory. where some
showing of oil was found In the
Injun sand, leads some of those
who have paid careful attention to
lit to believe that an independent
pool has been opened up, and If
such should prove the case the
extent of the pool is hard to tell, as
there is very large amount of ter
ri,ory over there, which has never
been tested. Dbe Carter Oil COM
pany, Keeler & Co., the Little Mus
kingum Oil company, Garner & AL
ford and several others have leases
right up against the Thomas farm,
and all of them will commence
at once to get the rigs up and start
to drilling on their leases as soon as
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