Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-03-18
Oil Notes.
YESTERDAYS MARKET.

fennsylYanla' a'.'. ''... .'....'.'.'l 10
GAINESVILLE 80. =. -. .... -. 81 03
Corning ..... ........... -. W
Newcastle ..... 80. ..... ...... 9S
North Lima ...... -. -. -. .. so
South Lima..... 80. 20
Indiana ...... ....... ........... 10
with the moderating weather opera
tions have been pushing vigorously in
all the adjacent fields, although the re-
cent heavy advances in Tie price of
tools and material will likely shut out
a number of wildcat operations that
would have developed something worth
W.. lie this summer If they could have
operated at reasonable expense 1t is
likely however that as the present pro-
due! begins to settle in the newly
opened fields that there will be some
wildcat drilling done in spite of the
high prices prevailing for the material.
Over in Monroe county, operations
in the fields already opened continue
active. At Rinard's Mills there were
| four new wells fought in during the
last week which are all good ones,
three of tuem good for oil and one
I.eavy gasser Four more are expected
in with a very few days and they are
all showing nicely at present. New
locations to ohe number of about doz-
en- have been made and there are also
ABOUT dozen rigs up waiting for the
reads to get into condition that the
machinery can be hauleI from the riv-
shape that there is very little leaning
being done and the field being off the
line of railroad and navigable streams,
is almost shut off from obtaining new
machinery to work with
At Jackson Ridge there is not quite
so much apparent activity as at Ri
nards Mills, but the wells they are get
ting t..ere are good ones. No. on
the James Hawkins farm is a fine one
that was drilled IN a short time ago.
-Iey have been trying to get it clean
ed out in order 10 get in shape to fill
the tanks, and every cine they go to
WORK at it it spouts o. clear over the
derrick. T. N. Barnsdall has a well
drilling on the John Dearth farm near
this well and expects to get the sand
in few days.
There are a number of new locations
in the Jackson Ridge field, but there
as at Rinard's Mills, operations depend
considerably upon the roads and the
work is greatly delayed because sup
plies cannot be gotten on the ground
really The Joshua Jackson well No
l was shot on last Monday and is max
ing a fine production. This is an i'm
portant well, as it is some distance in
advance OF production and is looked
upon as marking an extension of the
pool.
A good field is in the possession oi
the United States Oil Co., which they
obtained when they purchased the
Johnson lease above Willlamstowr
from Messrs. Campbell G Clarke fol-
$4,000. Although the muddy roads
have interfered very much with the
work in this field there are seven pro.
ducing wells in this territory. A rec.
ord of two wells on the johnson tract
for twenty days just closed shows the
average to be 100 barrels per day from
the two. For the twenty days preced.
ing that the record shows the average
to have been $50 barrels per day. This
pool seems to be a continuation of the
Sand Hill pool, but is much wider thar
that oneJ There are at present five
wells drilling on territory continguous
to this farm and on it.
The fish pond wel on the Moore
farm made a little over 100 barrels be
tween the hours of 5 p. m. and a. m
Thursday night. The owners have
been at work trying to get it drilled
deeper so it can be cleaned out ant
find out just what it will do.
At Lower Salem the excitement i!
working. Messrs. Charles Trapp anC
Christ Lauer with others have made ;
location and will drill soon on thu
John Compton farm. Other parties
have made a location on the Philil
Bole farm with prospects of drilling
soon.