Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-07
OH. N EWS.
Special TO the Register.

Special to the Register.
ELLENBORO, w. Va, February e.
During the past week all sorts of unre-
liable reports have been published con-
corning Col Ira DeWitt's well No. 2, son
the Thomas E. Davis farm, near the
county bridge. on the road to Harrisv.lle
Some papers have reported it making 10
barrels. Since the Wen was shot it has
been showing for a small producer. but
owing to the heavy gas pressure, does
not now produce as mucn oil as it should,
but conservative estimate of its proiuc-
ton would be twenty or twenty-five bar
rels per day. The final. striking OF a
paying well in a section that was about
condemned as dry, has caused consider
able excitement, and more drilling will be
done.
David Lamb & Companys test well on
the Newbrough heirs farm, on Wei
Pen rum is reported in and dry, but Mr.
Lamb told the Register correspondent
last night the well was not yet COM
pated This is a most important wild
cat test.
The January oil report shows a general
falling of in new oil operations for the
month, but the gain IN new production
is mostly in West Virginia and South
eastern Ohio.
For several weeks all eyes have been
turned towards the new Berea grit de-
velopment rear /scio, Harrison county,
Ohio, where there is d great rise in the
sand formation the Berea being found at
about 1,GD feet, while in West Virginia
it is found at about 2.900 feet.
Fifty-four producing wells at scio, and
adjacent territory, are credited with a
production of Piss barrels. and at the
close of the month over one hundred rigs
and drilling wells were under way in this
district AT this rate it will take but a
very short time to drill this new pool
dry, but the deep sand drilling of West
Virginia will be the work of years.
During December IT5 producers in the
southwest supplied 6,CS9 barrels of new
production. an average of nearly thirty
five barrels to the well.
In the Warrington district the average
new production was 1fty-two barrels.
In Wood county during January thirty
eight wells we're completed, nine OF which
were dry. Tie webs ranged in size from
two to one hundred barrels daily pro-
duction, the entire daily new production
bel g -772 barrels. The county had six
teen new rigs UP and twenty-five drilling
wells at the close of January.
Peasants county comes to the front
with twenty-five completed wells during
the month, all of Which were producers,
the total new production being j, 105' bar
rels daily. At the close of the month
this county had nine new rigs and ten
drilling wells.
In t2itchie County twelve new wells were
completed during the month, only two Of
which were dry and the total new pro-
duction was 143 barrels This county
starts off February with six new rigs and
fourteen drilling wells.
In the Volcano and Burning Springs
districts four new wells, all producers,
are reported. with a total production of
thirteen barrels. This section reports
three rigs up and four drilling wells for
the first of February.
Roane county reports one new rig up.
The Associated Producers essed with
GA inch casing yesterday in their No 3
on Sanford Bamgardner's farm, on
Whisky Run.
The South Penn Oil Company got no oil
in their wildcat well near the mouth of
Leading Creek. in Gilmer county, but
will hunt for deeper sand.
Operator Joseph A. Kennedy left to-day
for Sistersville.