Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-04-27
Oil Notes.
YESTERDAYS MARKET

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North Lima ..........w.. s.....E so
South Lima ....... L.. >, .4iu ~1b
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The No. 10 well on tGe,Mpore farm
caused the wells on tileI ,WiEtekind
lease to stop flowing by aIlqwlRg the
heavy gas pressurei 4other,, outlet,
The gas pressure is, veEY heavy, in
Moore No. 10 and sincssftl was drilled
in the wlttekind No. Z, Which had been
making 20 barrels per .hopr stopped
flowing and will need 10 be pumped.
The Roeser well on the Schlaubach
lease was expected to reach the first
Cow Run sand Wednesday. evening
The people of Cambridge are great
ly excited over the strike made by the
Morton Tin Plate Cos on The fair
ground addition and leasing has been
going on wildly ever since. There are
oil men there from everywhere, ac-
cording to the Cambridge dailies, and
they are quoted as saying the stuff
loks flattering.4 The papers are claim
| ing everything in the radius of SO
. miles as centering at Cambridge and
even limiting that Scio is no longer an
oil town, and all the hibbub is about
a single well which is perhaps good for
20 barrels per day.
The codFq putting down and getting
a well ready in the Chesterhill field
when itA9roves a producer, is about
$4OO. Ftss--drilling 5haa been dena
hitherto about 6Oe a foot although
that pficeI Mas been II creased. For
those wells which proveinot to be pro-
ducers deduct from $4O0 about 33 1-3
per cent. When it is known that there
are now fully twenty-five wells going
down in the Chesterhill field, it will be
readily seen where in the great ad-
vantage is coming to Marion township
In the neighborhood of $4,000 will be
distributed there in the next few weeks
for drilling, besides in the producing
field, those farmers whose; lands are
not being drilled on are receiving their
rentals. The strike Is great boon to
Marion township,+ McConnelsville
Herald. * .-.iry,
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RINARDs MILLS FIELD.
Two wells have been drilled in SINCE
our last writing, which are counted up
to the requisite standard. of paying
producers. One of these wells was
drilled in on the Hppp, farm by Law
fer G Co., and is No, 2 on that lease.
The well affords great amount Of oil
1t is believed by the owners that it will
make a finelwell when shot.
q bl They reachedbshe iBerea sand in Ull-
mans No. 7itR S. Oil Co. and it was
pronounced'dTy eThey found small
arfibhnt of oil IN The bottom of the In
;, jun sand. We do not know whether
the well will be abb kndoted or whether
it will be filled uplAnd, shot in the In
ID jun sand.--Matamq3lriapss, q3lriapss, Mail atluI,
This summer will tell the stprJ
, whether .Muskingum county has gas oil
!, Eoll Nearly two-thhas6f the lands il
. the county are nov tndef lease for tes
purposes and tbxsfasss will be genera
an&sthoroqgh. azan&s2ille Times Re,
coRdsr EsS.ss r. ''" i.
Drilling Mas' Tesuifeds in the Blacl
| gsTell tt E.AenltHlgSS ii Bdt the drill
, Started sucH heavy how, of oil tha
but little progress could be made ant
drilling was stopped. Three dipping:
were made, which resulted in ten. bar
rels of the fluid. Today at noon the OF
stood 700 feet in the we'll. The owners
are making hurried preparations p tC
take care of the oil when the wei
= comes in and tankage has been tele.
graphed for. .a.
Mr.. Scott, of Toledo, man who has
been in the oil business for thirteen
years, stated this morning that he .hat
examined the we'll and it is the best he
ever saw. 49, FRA" ,s,,.s
The gas well struck at Dudley yes
terday is said to be one OF the greatest
gushePs ever known in southeastern
Ohio 1t is owned by the Treat
Crawford United Gas company who
have their Offices in this city.-Cam-
bridge Sun. a.
Sioo REWARD 500