Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-05-07
Special to the Register.

special to the Register
Scio, Ohio. May 6.-Tuesday of this
week was the first anniversary of the
operations for oil in this field. The
location then was on the Henry land,
and since that day the average has been
one well day. The venture of Snyder
was at that time ridiculed and some
who laughed have been made richer by
reason of Snyder's venture. 1t was
drilled before the big excitement came
on the community Citizens who might
have made a mint of money had they
understood how. saw experienced oil
operators come in and skim the cream.
Oil men realize that there are Berea
| grit pools in nearby sections to be
| tapped, but wild-catting is expensive.
Some of the many home companies or
gained may find new pool. Sixty
days hence will see considerable let
up in the active operations here, al
though there will be drilling for year
yet in this field. All that remains now
is the development of the interior por-
ton of the field Some interest attaches
to tests being made in the various sec
lions.
Chief Mine Inspector Haseltine is
sending notices here calling attention
| tn no 10 tn no INK nd q
lives of men employed therein. On ac-
count of the danger of communication
between coal mines and oil wells. per-
sons drilling are required to map out
all tracts drilled on and the sealing of
wells to prevent escape of gases into
coal mines is required.
The results of operations the past
week are: Linden Oil Company on
VIM. Whitaker farm, south of Scio
light we'll with plenty of salt water;
| Caldwell & Boyer on McIlvain farm,
one and fourth miles southwest, fair
! producer; Jennings & Co. on NJ & e.
Whitaker farm, rs barrels; Cadiz
| company on McGayran farm, on CadiZ
branch of Handle, buster; Ohio
Oil Company No 5 on NJ. J. McLands-
borough farm. 20 barrels Rutledge
| Bros. on Stephenson lot, fair producer
since shot; Perry Oil Company on Mrs.
Castle lot, shot their we'll and it is
making an excellent showing now;
! Stewart, Lecompte Brewer & Co. No.
! IL Scott, good we'll after being shot;
Kraft & Co. on Jail lot, fair well; Vail
| No. has been shot and is making a
good showing; good results followed
| shooting by Altekruse Oil Company on
John Grace lot; Malarkey Oil Company
! on Thompson lot, good well; Meldren
| & Co. on mill lot is doing all right
since shot a second time; Connotton
Valley Oil & Gas Company Nos.-1 and
2 Spiker, good wells; Caldwell &
Boyer No. l Corbett, shot and is good
we'll; Smiley & Co. on May lot, good
| showing since a second shot; Jennings
& Co. No. 25 Custer farm, drilled and
| shot and good showing; Bailey & Co.
| Nos. II and II Panhandle right of
way, shot and good wells; Wilson &
| Co. have a buster one and a half miles
east of Tippecanoe; Spiker, Myers &
| Brown No. 10 on Panhandle right of
way, shot and good producer; Myers &
Brown are on the opposite side of the
fence from Bailey, who is drilling on
the Panhandle right of way, and both
| companies are chasing each other hare
| but neither company is losing much
| oil by being drained by the other:
| Eclipse Oil Company, one mile from
/ Dr. = IlrNlf on
| Love lot, fair producer; Thompson &
CO. we'll on Garner & Crisis lots, good
we'll since shot; Brown & Myers on
! Donaldson farm, good showing since
| shot; Jennings & Co. No. % Custer,
! good we'll after shooting; Perry Oil &
Gas Company on Custer lot, good WE'LL
| the J. Bargain well in Archer town
ship, is dry; we'll on the Finnicum-
| Crawford lot is a producer, a shot in
creasing the flow; Kraft & Co. No. l
| Finnegan lot. % barrels.
The Diamond Oil Company well near
| Connotton has been drilled deeper and
| it will be shot again.
| Two wells have been commenced at
| Deersville Canton parties drilled a
! buster in near Smyrna this week.
| Thayer & HUFF will drill on the Dawson
| part of their leases III Archer town.
| ship, seven miles northwest of Scio.
| H. ]. Snyder has located we'll on the
j. H. Barr farm.
A valuable horse belonging to Stein
| Allison was killed at the Panhandle
crossing this week. Charles Grey was
seriously burned on Wednesday night
while working at Fisher No. by the
explosion of lamp. A derrick and
tank, containing 80 barrels of oil, on
the Norman place, near Cadiz, were
burned, the fire originating from light
| ming The Fearless Oil Companys
boiler house. on the Taylor lot, was de-
stroyed by fire.
In Jefferson county three wells are
drilling in the vicinity of Bergholz,
one at Skelley's Station and one at
Annapolis. Hon John Means is leas-
ing territory in the vicinity of Dillon
vale.
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