Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-03-28
Weekly Oil Review.
Derrick


features were not part of the devel-
opments in the lower southwest fields
during the past week. There were ru-
mors galore from Southeastern ohio,
strikes in different localities, but when
the reported new wells were investi-
gated they without an exception prov
ed to be purely visionary, and the re-
ports set afloat for the purpose of at
tracing operators to their respective
localities. The method is not new to
practiced for years, but experienced
operators usually accept the report
with the usual amount of seasoning.
The Carrollton we'll has been worked
to the limit, and the projectors did
succeed in fooling a number of oper
ators to that locality only to find that
there was so much as smell of oil at
the well. There is scarcely town in
Southeastern Ohio but what imagines
it is located right over an oil pool, and
that all that is necessary to duplicate
Scio's boom is to drill a we'll. All are
firmly convinced that the oil is there
but they have not the courage of their
convictions when it comes to a show
down and they are asked to put up
part of the money to drill one or more
test wells
The past weeks developments in the
Solo field have brought no change in
the situation so far as they apply to
extending the producing territory. The
well on the Whitaker farm shows an
extension to the south. 1t is half
mile in advance of developments, but
how much further south the producing
wells can be extended remains to be
determined. Two or more miles south
of Whitaker the dry hole on the Nc
Combs farm shuts off the producing
east are still hopeful that it will ad-
vance in their direction. This and the
south are the only directions that
there is the least chance for an extern
sion. Up until the past week opera
tors to the northwest were of the
opinion that they were in line.
The Scio field has been remarkable
in one particular. The first well
drilled is, as shown by developments
up to the present time, located in
about the center of the field, and the
town itself covered the richest of the
producing territory. The town lot op-
erations have about ended and the
greater volume of work now under
way is on farm leases adjacent to the
town. The town lot wells have de-
clined materially, but the output Of
the field remains close to 1000 barrels
day. There is no probability that
the production will be increased. In
all directions from Scio experiment
work has been started or is ready to
start as soon as the roads are in con-
dition to admit of hauling material to
the fed.
The Big Injun sand development on
Rich Run, Monroe county, is another
Southeastern Ohio discovery that will
claim the attention of operators dur
ing the spring months. The last well
completed on the Cronin farm is cred
tied with making rs barrels day,
which of itself is quite enough to give
an imeptus to new work in that local
ity. There are now six producing
wells in the Rich Run development
The Berea and shallow sand terri
Tory in Washington county will get a
thorough puncturing this spring. A
sufficient number of shallow sand
wells are coming in from time to time
to keep up the interest. There is an
effort now making to extend the rich
Cow Run sand development below Ma
rietta to the west.
The deep sand territory in Monon-
gala county, West Virginia, was again
in evidence during the week. The
II ldL Ituu anu Sduipbtlio. nun uCNClop-
ments each presented a gusher. Meth
er showed an extension, but both
showed that these two pools still have
some good locations.
The Kanawha Oil Co.'S strike on the
Hoyt farm, part of the big Crawford
tract, in Wetzel county, is given out as
so barrel producer. This territory
may come to the front as deep sand
attraction before the summer is gone
by.
The Rice farm Oil Co.'s well on the
Rice farm, located half mile north
of the northeastern extension to the
Elk Fork pool, in Tyler county, is
putting new life into that part Of the
famous pool, When the material can
be taken to the field there will be do
zen or more wells started.
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