Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-08-28

There has been very little of interest in
the different fields during the week. There
were some wells drilled in but the major
ity of them were of no Importance, with
perhaps the exception of the wells of
Shay & McMullen, drilled in the Elk Run
territory. Their No. 2 in that field started
off at the rate of better than 100 barrels
day and at the present time by actual
gauge it is doing about 10 barrels a day.
Their No. 8 on the Bohlen, which was re-
ported dry when first drilled in, has been
shot and will make 25-barrel producer at
the least. There are a number of other
wells in that territory which are of in
terest to the talent, but they are drilling
yet and will not be in the sand before
the latter part of next week.
Cowell & Altenberg drilled their No.
on the Martha Thomas into the Cow run
sand on Thursday and will have a pro-
Queer from that formation that will make
about ten barrels a day. The Cow run
oil has been cased off and the well will be
drilled to the Berea grit unless something
good is found in the Big Injun. The fact
that this well showed up good in the Cow
run sand makes that territory the most
prolific in regard TO the different sands of
any that has ever been found in the
southwest. In the Injun good wells have
been found, and in the Berea grit where
the intention has been to drill all the
wells, good producers are the result.
The well being drilled on the Clenden-
ming farm out in the northern extension
of the Elk Fork field should have been in
the sand last night, but up to late hour
it had not been heard from This well
is a very important one, as 1t is some dis
lance ahead of developments, and should
it come in good there will be a number of
wells started in that vicinity very short
ly. There are half a dozen wells drilling
in that part of the field at present and the
locat tons have been made for number of
new ones and they will be drilled, provid-
ing the Clendenning we'll comes in a good
producer.
Over on Jackson Ridge, Moproe coun-
ty, Ohio, Galley Bros. have drilled in their
No. On the Truax lease and will have a
producer good for about IS TO so barrels a
day in the Keener. There have been half
a dozen wells of about the same calibre
drilled in in that territory, and it looks
very much as though there was field of
Keener oil over there.
NOfu was received IN the city last even
ing that the well of Gillespie Bros, on
the Neill farm, about three miles from
Proctor. had been given another dose of
glycerine and that ii was showing up for
a good producer. Nothing reliable about
the well could be learned and it is likely
the report is considerably exaggerated.
Over in the Elk run territory Shay &
McMullen have the rigs building for their
Nos. and on the Bohlen lease and their
No 1 on the Smitternbach. The rigs
will be completed the early part of the
week and drilling will be commenced at
once.
jones & Co. IS we'll on the Marshall farm
about three miles directly south of Sis
tersv1IIe, on Big Buna1o creek, is still
holding up al about $50 barrels a day and
it looks as though good pocket of oil had
been found there. Jones has made ar
engagements to drill several more wells on
the lease.