The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-01-31
.WEEKLYBOlL REVIEW.

c Only o. Few cllan ges marx lnel course
OF events In tie fields Of olldom during
the past week, and these are not Of
particular significance, although the
bear element OF the trade made the best
OF them to dcpress the value and the
situation in general. says the Leader
review Of oil
( Perhaps the most noted change In de-
vclopmctts Is the recent strike on
Whiskey Run, IN Richie county, which
came In Wednesday afternoon. The
late producer over which such an ado
has been made. II located on the AL
brecht farm and In owned by Theodore
Darnsdall and Mallory Bros. The Wild
est rumors wcrc set In circulation, as to
the new ventures production. and for
a time gained soine credence, Upon In
CURRY OF several prominent producers
(onc or two OF whom arc interested In
the locality what they knew about the
new strike. all said they had direct and
authentic information from tho well
and Il was making thlrty-ilve barrels
an hour. The writer being familiar with
this territory and Its past development
took these reports with lots OF salt, be-.
llevlnE that II Whisky Run had yielded
n producer OF this CALDER 1t certainly
was most extraordinary. Later the size
of the we'll dwindled down TO $50 bar
rels day. then to 100 barrels. The re-
ports said the oil was found in the Big
.lnjun formation, and that Whisky Run
was destined to be the Klondike OF the
great southwest. ,N 3
+ The writer Ntelegraphed n trusted
scout In the Whisky Run district who
had been on the scene. for information
concerning the new find, and here Is
what he said:
"The Barrsdall and Mallory Bros
well, located on tho Abbrecht farm
Whisky Run. has been enormously re-
proted, and its present condition Will
make perhaps from 10 barrels TO 100 bar
rels n day. The oil was found In the
Kccner sand, but some claim It Is from
the Big 1njun."
The oil certainly resembles that found
In the lother Keeners sand wells In this
district. and why the claim should be
made that 1t is Big lnjun Is not ac-
counted for.
{. From the Indications OF the Abbrecht
we'll there Is considerable interest man
Tested, and us n result several Local
lions have been made, but owing to the
almost impossible condition OF the
roads II will be some time before ma
chlney and supplies can be gotten into
the field.
Since the Elk Fork Oil and Gas Com
pany have gained their suit for the
present, 1t is most likely that they will
commence an active campaign In the
pool on the Johnson leases, which en-
brace 10000 or $1,000 acres of territory.
But at best their operations will be slow,
owing to the bad roads, which affect the
transporting Of lumber and machinery.
The victory gained by the Elk Fork peo-
pie seems'to meet the general approba-
ton OF the trade. Perhaps there was
never litigation involving the right TO
oil lands In the southwest that has at
tracted SO much interest. The case,
however. has been appealed to the high
or courts, and some time will elapse be-
fore the controversy Is settled.
The Elk Fork field has remained rath-
err passive for some timc and nothing
has occurred out Of the ordinary. With
In the past week or so one or two dust
ers have been completed, while the wells
that were found were by no means
gushers. The Hill Oil Company have
started their No. Is on the Hill, which
is considered quite an important test.
as 1t Is located in the southwest end of
the farm, and Is considered clearly out
Of the line Of defined territory. This
company are pushing work as fast as
possible Mt their Nos. 13 and II Hill,
but II will ibe some time before the pay
is reached.
While Elk Fork has presented many
sensations in the way Of Gushcrs when
least expected, 1t has also in the past
week surprised the local talent by q
rank duster, when it was thought fall
ure was impossible. This surprise was
Henry &: McDonalds No.2 ". W. Cor
rell, located in purely defined territory,
and only 400 feet south of the Fearless
oil Company's good producer on the Ag-:
mes Gorrell farm. In this part of the
pool the pay Is found near the top OF
the sand, perhaps eight or nine feet in.
while the wells in the northern part Of
the field are found anywhere from four
teen to twenty-five feet in the sand.
When the owners failed to find oil In
the top OF the rock they were not the
least dismayed. but felt certain they
would find rich pay when the drill
reached the level Of the pay in the wells
In the northern part of the field, but 1t
was q dust road from start to finish.
This result has unquestionably put a
quictus on further hunts to the south.
q The South Penn OIL Company were
again among the prize winners during
the week in Monongalia county. West
Virginia. Near the source Of Flat run
they tapped the first pay in No. . S. J.
Harry, and the well responded at the
rate of twenty barrels an hour. Fur
Their operations were suspended during
. 10 1,p
way, and at this writing the drill has
the full result of this strike cannot be
reported. This new strike is located
some distance to the east of other de-
velopments, and for this reason 1t is
considered of Importance.
Il OF recent date, however, the deep
sand region of the Mountain state has
not presented the most glowing aspect.
The failures that have come to pass
In the past week have lowered the sails
set by the gushers some time ago. The
disappointment to the owners of these
costly ventures Is hard to bear and will
have tendency 10 chill their ardor in
the Gordon sand.
Perhaps one OF the most important
test wells completed In this formation
for some time past and which has also
condemned quite a large amount Of ter
ri,ory. was finished by the South Penn
OIL Company at the beginning of the
week. This venture is located on Piney
Fork, Wetzcl. county. to the northwest
of the deep sanders In this county, and
situated on the j. Brash farm. 1t was
the drycst buster found In the state for
many months. In their wildcat explo-
ration In the same formation they met
with failure on the w. G. Snodgrass
farm, some distance east from The noted
Mills tract. In Wetzel county the same
company ran up against another DUST
CIR on the II. i. Smith farm, in the Big
Sandy district. On Campbell's run, Ma
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