The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-02-16
COLD WEATHER INTERPRETED
With Operntions in tic OIL Fields.

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Pipe Line Huns Decrease.
The cold weather has held back oper-
atlons in the oil fields. Wells that were
due last week have been delayed and
will not be drilled In before the first of
next week, even though the weather
should continue moderate. Many OF the
creeks and small streams that supplied
the drilling wells with water lrave been
frozen to the bottom and the wells VIII
have to remain shut down until there Is
a thawout.
Scio has been hit hardest OF any of the
lower southwest fields but Wood,
Richie and Peasants counties have
had serious trouble. Washington coun-
ty, Ohio. has had TO shut down One-half
OF Its drilling wells. IN the deep sand
territory, there has not been the same
trouble for the reason that precaution
had been taken to bury the water lines
below the freezing point. The. runs of
Pennsylvania oil for the past four days
have fallen off more than one-half and
the Lima runs have Jared even worse.
The summing up for February will
show a wide margin. as compared with
January. The average OF Pennsylvania
for the first thirteen days Is less than
G.. 900 barrels.
In the Jackson Ridge development. in
| Monroe county. the Fisher Oh Com
pany has drilled In its Nos. 4 and g..
Hawkins, and has n brace OF producers
good for fifteen and thirty barrels a
day, respectively.
At Smithfeld. WetZe! county, the
South Penn Oil Company has COM
MD al tt-N w he. II D,.n
| farm. and has Il forty-iive barrel pro-
Queer. In the deep sand territory, ut
| Stringtown. Tyler county. the same
| company has completed It's test well on
| the P. G. Stackpoie farm and has Il dis-
| ter.
| In the same locality. No. !, r. c. Nc
Intyre, has been drilled through the
sand and has 800 feet Of fluid In the
hole. It will make n small producer
after 1t has been shot.
Near West Columbia, Mason county,
I ". Va, Il home company has drilled n
test well to depth Of $50 feet and shut
down. 4 few weeks ago this well was
drilled into the Cow run sand and show
| ed for about three barrels Il day and
caused great deal Of excitement at the
! time. The well Is about opposite Pom
| croy and three miles back from the Ohio
| river.
| In Roane county, on Flat Fork. Il
branch OF the Poker river, the South
Penn OIL Company has drilled its No. 3,
I Morrison. through the Berea and below
where they should have found the Cor
| don. but found no traces OF oil. The
same company's wells on the Starcher
! farm have been drilled through all
sands and are busters.
! In Writ county. Miller < Sib!ey have
4 dry hole on the Bumgardner farm,
and the South Penn got one of the same
kind on the d. II. Bumgardner farm.
In Roane and Writ counties. twenty
one wells have been completed. Six
| were gas wells and three produced some
oil. The others were total failures. The
| three oil wells are shut down. The
Morrison No. produced about ten bar
rcls Il day for some time.
The Eastern Oil Company has pur-
chased the West Union Gas plant and
took possession Of the property last Fri
day. The line furnishes fuel gas 10
West Union. Doddridge county. The
consideration was not made public.
| At Scio, Russell Bros, have drilled in
their welt on the Thompson lot. located
east of Jennings & Co.'S well on the
Kennedy, and have show for seven
ty-fiye barrel producer