Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-09-18

MOTIFS.
The pool in the southwest th;;t has
been attracting the attention II the
operators during the week hasz been
Elk Hun, IN Washington county, 4 Ohio,
about ten miles from this city = Ever
since the first wells were star,sd in
that field there have been good< pro-
ducers, but the banner wells II the
field were drilled in this Week-one of
them as regards production and the
other one as regards 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 well when drilled
the Big Injun sand showed up for
all well, and when they went on
to the Berea grit and got nothing
anne to the conclusion the best
% do was to shoot the well in
fS lnjun formation, which they
With the result that they have a
lucer from the Injun which will
!ood for about go to Is barrels day
result of this strike there have
lkt couple of days.
The fact that this well is so far ahead
Iof developments and that the forma-
lions 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 it
to believe that an independent pool has
been opened up.
The Carter Oil Company, Keller &
Co., the Little Muskingum Oil Com
pany, Garner & Afford and several 9TH
ers have leases right up against the
Thomas farm, and all of them will COM
mence at once to get the rigs up and
start to drilling ON their leases There
Is only one drawback to this territory
and that is that to the north about a
quarter of a mile the Carter Oil Com
pany drilled in very small we'll on
the McLain farm.
While this strike was a very import
ant one, yet 1t was not of as much sig
nidcance as the well which the Carter
Oil Company drilled in on the Moore
farm, about mile west of the first
wells drilled in in the Elk Run field.
This is conceded to be the best yet
drilled in the Berea grit, estimated tt
be good for not less tlan 20 barrels
a day. 1t was drilled in on Thursday
and has been flowing ever since. This
We'll caused a great deal of excitement
as the people who had leases over in
that section did not in their widest
dreams expect that such we'll would
be the result. The Carter Oil Company
has quite lot of territory and they
a Iii ;,v,c <l,,1 -
once. On the Moore farm they have
made the locations for three more
wells. They have also made the loca-
ton for No. on the Johy( Gullen farm.
the front pretty rapidly and it is as
Aming some Importance. All the wells
that have been drilled so far have been
good and the Clenhenning No. l. which
was drilled in some time ago, is hold
ing UP to its original production. At
this time there are about eight new
wells starting out there and during the
next thirty days there will be some i'm
portant news to chronicle from that
section. The Henry & Macdonald Oil
Companys well on the Margaret Cor
rell lease, will be cue in the sand some
rear the Clendenning and it is:almost
certain it will be a good well and the
owners will be sadly disappointed if
1t is not. Gaffney, Bruner & CO. Treat
& Crawford and the Harvey Cusler Oil
Company are all either drilling new
wells or are about ready to. start.
NJ ders & Co. have finally gotten the
IS out of the Henthorn and it should
lin the sand the coming week.
One of the principal features of the
eek in oil circles was the advance Of
|wo cents in the market which occurred
|bn Friday about noon. The advance
looming SO late in the week when there
had been nothing preceding it, was
something of surprise to the talent
as, unless there has been some 1uctua-
ton during the early part of the week.
It Is never expected that there will be
anything either of a pleasing or dis
pleasing nature on Friday or Saturday
Oil has been towering at one dollar
for several weeks now and there had
finally come sort of presentiment
to some Of the people engaged in the