The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-08-03
IN THE OIL FIELDS.


The new Gordon sand Development
east o, Proctor. wetzel county W. Va.
Is NOT coming up to the expectations OF
those who put up their good money on
the showing made by the Garner gtsh-
er after it was drilled into the prOduc-
ing sand. Since that time four add
tlonai wells have been completed ana
all have been busters, or SO nearly so as
tn barely escape the dry hole aggrega-
tion. The Gillespie well on the Wl'
Baker farm, a mile or more 10 INC
northeast OF the Garner gusher, or heAE-
Nv on q 45-degree line, has been COM
pleted and Il Is claimed failed 70 hh1
the Gordon formation. Il IS clalLne1,
however, that the well will make q ~
barrel producer from the stray usuauS
found above the Gordon -.
In discussing this phase OF the SUP.
feet an expert gives II as ms oPllllS s.
that the oil was developed In the reBu-
lar Gordon formation and not the stray
and that the producing sand eNtenas
from the Garner TO the Baker TEST.
While the dry holes on the feater farm
and the small producers on the faln-
er and Baker farms cOngest the pool
they do not necessarily condemn the
chances OF finding more good producers;
The next and most important Wen
due Is Carter & Trees test on the Jonh
Higgins farm. located 800 feet soutn-
west OF the Garner well on a 45-degree
line. on the same general line: put
still farther In advance the south rem llt
OH Company is drilling an important
test on the 2. Paugh farm. The Car
ner well. the first completed. IS now
almost four months old. and Is sun
making 1855 barrels q day. In view OF
this showing, It would seem that the
pool must furnish more producers.
Operators are still looking for some
new producing territory TO the east ana
sotheast OF the Elk Fork pool. The
Chester oil Company, the producing
end Of the TrI-State Gas Company mas
completed its test well on the ]. 5: q X;
D. Roberts farm and has five oaTrel
pumper. The location OF THIS wen u
one-half mile west OF luka and TWO
miles northwest OF Conway.
The Henry OIL Company has also
completed an important test well on
the j. b. Campbell farm, located one
and a quarter miles west OF Fishing
Creek. This venture Is showing tor a
5 or 10 barrel pumper. r
In the CenterVille district. Tyler
county, the Carter OIL Company has
completed its No. 3 on the Isaac smith
farm and has duster In the Big In)un
sand.
Hebron, ]. B. Aiken has completed MS
No, on the John Riggs farm and has
a 10 barrel producer. In the same de-
yelopment James Cusick has complet:
ed his No. 3 on the Melissa Gatrell
farm and has only small show OF
oIi a short way to make II a little pro-
The American Development Compa-
ny nnd the South Penn Oil Company
have completed their No. b. w. Dir
fenbaugh, and have a Il barrel pro-
Queer.
In Union district, Wood county, the
South Penn OIL Company has completed
its No. on the Richardson farm, ana
has n buster in the Berea formation.
THE EIcho Oil Company's No. Walk
er, in the same district. Is good for 40
barrels day from the Berea. The Oc-
tagon OIL Company has completed Its
No. 5 on the Corbitt farm and has a
buster In the Cow Run sand.
Near Volcano, Richie county, west
has completed his No AZ on the Volcano
tract, and has a producer good for
barrels. The oil was developed in the
salt sand and on what biologists des-
tgnate as the 'upnedNdls
In the Eureka district. ]. c. Trees has
completed Is barrel pumper at his
No. / on the Graham farm.
The month In southeastern Ohio be-
gins with large amount of work I'M
der way and has the best pool (Wllson
Rum under development in the Buck
eye state. The gauges Of Ave OF the
latest wells are as follows: S. English
Nos. s and 10, 24O and $50 barrels; y.
Thomas No. 2, $50 barrels, and D.
Haugt's Nos. . and 3, 800 and LIS bar
rels respectively.
At scio, Jennings, Grove & Co. have
completed No. Trushell. and have Is
barrel producer. The Allegheny OIL
Companys No. 5. Trushell is 10 barrel
pumper. Donaidson's No. II. Fisher;
Russell Bros No. 3, Crawford, and
Jennings & Co.'s No. Nixon. will make
90, %, and 10 barrels. Brown & Myers
have drilled in No. Hagey, and have a
show for n Is barrel well.
Near CadIz, Root and Co. have COM
pleted a wildcat on the Osborne farm
and have buster.
]. NJ. Guffey & Co.'S No. Carman,
located in the shallow sand district near
TTpIonnOFt Is through the sand and dry.