Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-16


Scio, O., April 15.-The Scio pool was
thoroughly defined this week with the
drilling in of buster on the Thos.
Whitaker farm by Nichols. Barnsdall
& Co., and the hopes OF southern ex-
tension are blasted. The. work of drill
ing on the undeveloped territory inside
the defined lines will continue. One
operator gives out that he is unable
to pump mis- wells to their full capac-
ity, as the pipe line could not handle
the pr0duct. BY the time the six-inch
line is completed the production is ex-
pected to show an increase. While
some OF the wells have fallen on the
field shows an increased output. The
Ohio Pipe Line Company is at work on
a six-inch line when Will be completed
in few days. A larger engine has
been placed in the pump station. The
refinery to be erected on the brickyard
lot is to be owned by Cleveland cap
italist.
The following is the news from the
fields operations the past week: Rus
sell Bros we'll on the G. Palmer
farm. to the south, which appeared
light is good producer since shot;
Nichols & Co., on the Whitaker farm,
to the south, dry; ,the we'll on the John
Bower farm, near Conversion, has no
grease; Canton Oil Co., ON Ward lease,
has been shot with good results;
Belts well, near Franklin, is being
jealousy guarded as a mystery; Dave
Weyandt we'll, near Bowerston, is
showing for 10 barrels; Connection VAL
ley Co.. on Allen lot. good we'll; Milf
ken Nos. 2 and 8, w. & L. E. right of
way, have plenty of oil; Adena Oil
Co. on Heron lot, responded to the
shot with a good showing of grease;
Jennings & Co.'S Nos. Is. 10, 20 and II
Custer have oil; the Caldwell & Boyer
we'll. opposite the school house. dwin-
died down so that she was shot again
this week; the Diamond Oil Co. we'll
on the Holmes farm was shot again
this week; Markley No. 4. on Barnes
lot, is making 40 barrels; Jennings No.
2 Fisher is a good we'll; U. S. Oil Co.,
on James Trussel farm, to the north
west, is a good we'll; Meldren & Co.,
eight miles south of Scio, on the Hen
derson farm, is buster; Kennedy,
Lawrence & Griffith No. on S. B.
Gibson lot is a producer; Farmers Oil
& Gas co. has shot we'll on the Mrs.
Keepers lot: Cleveland Company we'll
on w. A. Wood lease, good WE'LL
there are three producing wells each
on the creamery and brickyard prop
erty; ten derricks are up along the w.
& l.. e. and nearly as many along the
Panhandle; Mckay, -Freidenberger &
Co.'s we'll on Thompson brothers lot
is good for so barrels since shot.
The same company's well on the Wick
ers lot, which was making IS barrels
a month ago, is now making is bar
rels, which shows how wells are de-
Ginning.
Ordinances have been passed to sup
press houses OF i'll fame and to prevent
cruelty to teams inside the village lin
its. Holders Of outside territory are
letting go.
w. S. Henderson, of Sistersville, will
drill near Port Washington. The Mas
sillon Oil Company will drill on the
Snyder farm, east of Massillon. The
Sun Oil Company, which has tanks
along the w. & l.. E., is buying oil and
shipping it in tank cars. Oil develop
ment at New Cumberland is on the
boom. Davis, Johnson & Co. are put
ting up a rig on the Mowls farm; an
other company is drilling on three
acres of z. C. Collins. Duff Bros,
Gilbert & Co., owners of the test well
on the Scott farm, which is showing
better every day, are getting ready to
erect half dozen rigs. Wellsville peo-
pie have organized to drill in Madison
township in Columbiana county.
Scio has been hot" town In every
- - II f<,,.
but Mayor Canaga,. who is backed by
the citizens, is bringing order out Oh
chaos and matters are getting too hot
for gamblers, thieves and liquor law
violaters, who are being terked up ana
fined the limit. Mayor Canaga pro-
poses to keep up the work until he has
rid the town OF every rough who has
brought the good name of the town
into Ill repute. Law and order, sobriety
and good government Is his platform.
The law violaters staked all on carry
ing the recent election by fraud and
they lost, and they are beginning to
see their finish.
Fire destroyed stable on the Scio
planning mill lot this week.
In Guernsey county S. X. Mckown,
OF Cannonsburg, and Samuel Coleman,
of Mcdonald. have leased 5000 acres
between Cambridge and New Concord.
F. Z. Spencer has leased $500 acres
around Washington for an eastern COM
pany. The Keeler we'll on the Weldon
farm, at Kimbolton, is flowing oil and
there is considerable excitement over
the strike. A well is to be sunk on
the Robert Wilkin farm at London
derry.
Carroll county people are excited over
the outcome of the Gantz well near
Carrollton, drilled by the Carrollton
Company. There was poor showing
of oil on drilling into the sand. but
the well was shot and is good for from
IL to 20 barrels. The strike proves
that there is oil in that county in pay
ing quantities, and active operations
will begin in many parts of the county
in search of the pool. Carroliton is
thronged with oil men and leases are
being snapped up. Mcmahon. Master
man and Menzie will test 500 acres of
leases in Washington township. In
side of two weeks Carrollton and Lee
township prospectors will sink well
on the Lawrence block in Lee town
ship.