West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1898-09-03

SVlllG. A halt dozen wells have
bean completed in the two devel-
opments. OF the four located near
Dorseyville, three are known 10 be
busters.
The Mullet we'll west Of Harm
ersville, is the best producer. 1t is
claimed the Oil in this we'll was
found in the fifth sand, which
makes the territory in that locality
OF more than ordinary interest.
The Bridgewater Gas company
has drilled in its test on the Younk.
ers farm through the fifth sand and
found that, like the upper forma-
tons, barren.
AT Jackson Ridge Monroe county
S. Galley & Co. have drilled in their
test we'll ON the Truax farm, and
have strong gasser. This we'll is
spraying some oil but will not be
drilled deeper at present. The gas
will be used for fuel at the drilling
wells in the Jackson Ridge develop.
ment. The first OF next week
Galley & Co. and the Fisher Oil
company will drill in test wells on
the Brown and MARBLE farms. The
last named company completed a
15.barrel producer on the Gadd,
six acres, few days ago.
In the Big Flint district Dodd-
ridge county, w. Va, the South
Penn has completed it's test we'll on
the Stephen Bennett farm and found
nothing in any of the sand lorna
tons including the Gordon. In
Tyler county near Stringtown No.
s +. K. Ball was shot and made 90
barrels the first ri hours thereaf.
ter. In advance of the Campbell
run development the South Penn
has drilled in its important test
well on the J. c. Wise farm into
the top of the Gordon and has a
so0d gas pressure. The location
| OF this we'll is mile to the north
east of the producer on the Eakir
farm and if, when drilled deeper,
proves producer, will show quite
an extension to the Campbell's run
development.
The rich spot of Big Injun terri
tory. near Brink, Wetzel county,
is not of great area as determined
by the South Penn Oil company
drilling in buster yesterday on the
Merriner farm, located only 2 900
feet east of the same company's
gnsher on the E. Batson farm. The
Hartman Oil company completed
two good wells on a part of the
same farm last week, but the South
Penn's buster condemns the north.
east side Of the development.
There was street runor yester-
day to the effect that a big Berea
grit producer had been drilled in on
the Smith farm back of Belmont,
Peasants County, w. Va. Now
that oil men are very much inter
ested in field developments fake re-
ports of big strikes in out of the
way places are coming in with a
good deal of regularity.
THE OIL MARKET.
The Standard made DO change
in pipe line prices yesterday. There
was no trading in oil on the local
board. The quotations Of the Seep
purchasing agencies for crude in
the various fields are as follows:
fiona, SI.Io; Pennsylvania, S1.oo;
GAINESVILLE, 9oc; Corning, S3c; New
Castle, 75c; North Lima, 73c; South
Lima, CSC, and Indiana, CSC.
The quotation of the Producers
and Rehners Oil company for
Pennsylvania crude is 81.
Oil City, Pa, Sept. Credit
balances SI.oo. Certificates opened
and closed at e91ac bid for cash.
No sales. Shipments, 1902, 1872 bar
rels; runs, 1882 barrels.
The South Penn Oil company is
going straight ahead in the Fink
creek field. Drillers are at work
on the seventh we'll in that terrific
~. Every we'll drilled is produc.
ing, but the exact production is not
own.-Weston Democrat.
The South PENIS Jim Piersol in
the Henderson, field, which was
drilled in YES erday, has proved
quite disappointment. When the
sand was struck the we'll began
gassing strongly and it was thought
that they had fine gas we'll. 1t
was the intention to tube the we'll
today, but by this morning the