Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-25
OIL NEWS.
New Wells and observation-disclosures About
the Producing Wells.

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The Henry & Macdonald Oil Com
pany is on top of the sand at their No.
on the John Easton farm on Margery
run, out in the vicinity of Elk Fork,
and the we'll should be in this after
noon or tonight. 1t is an important
test and if it comes in good will open
up quite a lot of new territory.
Nichols & Barnsdall have the rig
building for their No. 8, on the Haw-
kins farm, and will be ready to COM
mence drilling the early part of the
coming week.
Guffy & Co. are building the rig for
their No. 8 on the Lyman Woods
farm. The rig will be completed this
evening and will be rugged up at once.
Spudding will probably be commenced
the first of the week.
On the Messer farm Jones e Co. are
building the rig for their No. 2, and
will have it completed by this evening.
Spudding will be started at this well
the latter part of the week.
The Henry & Mcdonald Oil Com
pany is drilling at 1900 feet at their
No. 5, on the Lloyd Gorrell farm, and
have the rig up for their No. 6.
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at 500 feet at their No. 2 on the E. J.
Wetzel farm, have put the ten-inch cas-
ing in their No. 3, and the rig is up
for No. 4. The latter we'll will be
started drilling tomorrow or Satur-
day.
Childs e Co., who are drilling a wild
cat well on the Watson Bros lease,
east of the Blue Front Store, near Will
son run. have a fishing job. Had it
not been for this the well would have
been in the early part of the coming
week.
Over in the Jackson Ridge develop
ment, near Antioch, Ohio, there is a
large amount of work being done at
present. A gentleman who came in
from there last evening stated that
there were about twenty-eight or nine
rigs up and wells drilling and that the
operators were pushing the work as
lively as possible.
Barnsdall & Co. have a fishing job
at 1900 feet at their No. 1 on the
Hendricks farm, about three miles west
of Antioch.
The same company is spudding to-
day at their No. l on the Dougherty
farm, and they have the rig up and
will commence drilling at No. on the
Devore the first of the week.
The intelligence regarding an i'm
portant well in the Wilson Run devel-
opment over the river came to the city
last evening. A few days ago Hender-
son & Co. drilled in their No, on the
Reishman farm, about a mile north of
the Blue Front Store, and the we'll was
reported to be gasser of not more
than ordinary pressure. Since
the we'll was drilled in the
gas pressure has been getting stronger
until a couple of days ago the well
commenced drilling itself deeper with
the result that it commenced spraying
quite little oil. Connections were
made and the oil turned into the tank
and the well was reported last even
ing to be good for about ten barrels
q day at the present rate of produc-
ton, and it is increasing rapidly.
The report which was received here
last evening came from a reliable
source, but this morning it was not
possible to thoroughly verify it and
the Register gives it for what it is
worth. 1t is altogether probable the
well is a good one and that it will be
even a better producer than now re-
ported.