Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-30

fair producer: No ! 81 .. z. Church
lot good showing since shot; wen on
fair grounds It Jewett. eight barrels
since shot; q. s. OIL Co. on DR.. Lysle
lot, an old well, was shot and made
good flow and has heavy gas pres
sure; Connotton Valley on Spiker lot
good we'll; Belmont Drilling Co near
college good well; Myers & Brown
have drilled in good gasser on the
Spiker farm; Wills Drilling Co. on
Gale lot good we'll since shot: Jennings
& Co.'s No. ; Fisher good producer
since shot; Nichols, BaFnsdall & Co.
on T. Whitaker farm when cleaned
out will make 10 barrels: the Post well
on the Thompson lot, south of Cadiz,
is pumping 20 barrels since being
cleaned out, which Is double the out
put when it was drilled in several
years ago; the well on Jeptha Bargef
farm, northwest of Cadiz, struck a
strong flow OF gas at 500 feet; three
miles east of Cadiz a well is being
drilled On the McGavran farm; the
Bair well. which was plugged, Is pro-
ducing, the water having been shut
off; Martin & Colds we'll on the Van
Kirby lot was shot with good results.
the we'll ON the Boyd lot is showing,
well since shot; Downing & Co., on
Canaga lot, is good well; U. S. Oil
Co.'S No. 8 Shafer is an average we'll;
Jennings Bros Nos. % and 26 Custer
farm are producers; nine wells, all pro-
ducers, have been completed on the
w. & L. e. right of way, three are
drilling and seven are contracted for;
nearly 100 wells, with an average pro-
duction of Is barrels, were drilled In
this month; Jennings Bros, U. S. Oil
c., Hogue Bros, S. Bailey, Jr., Myers &
Brown Lawrence Oil Co. and Kennedy
& Fitzgibbons are the most active OPP
orators. Jennings and the U. S. Oil
Co. each finished fifteen wells the past
month.
Near Bowerston a derrick is being
erected on the Jere Warner farm.
Drilling has commenced on the Heller
farm. Work has been commenced on
WEI on the Borland farm. The Dia-
mona Oil Co. will drill on the S. H.
Warner farm. The Weyand well is
producing II barrels. The Station Is
Oil and Gas Co. will drill four wells
shortly. Several other wells have been
located near Cadiz.
Carroll county-The Dr. Scott farm
well was drilled in and Berea found at
1903 feet, and small showing of oil
The well was not shot. but is
being held as mystery. A derrick has
been completed on the Dutenhaver
farm. Drilling commences on the No
BILE farm next week. The Carrollton
Co. commenced on the Lott farm this
week. The Augusta we'll was abandon
ed at 1858 feet
jefferson county-The oil finds on
the Wilson farm near Unionport and
the TweGdy farm near Dillolvale, has
attracted interest to both points. The
Wills Creek Oil and Gas Co. are drill
ing on the Kelly farm, near Bergholz.
TuScaraWaS cOunty.-Duff Bros. a.
Gilbert have begun work on No. Cal
vim Scott, near New Cumberland. The
Citizens oil well on the Rifle farm near
Dennison, is in. was shot and is dry,
though some gas was found. A well is
to be drilled by the Port Washington
Oil and Gas Co. On the Jones Bremen
farm A well will be drilled on the
Tschudy farm near Gnadenhutten- The
Citizens Co. will drill another we'll on
the Brown land near Dennison.
The @. Z. P Coal Co. will drill
we'll to 5000 feet near Salineville in
search of oil or anything else to be
found.
The drilling in of the Black well at
Cambridge and the finding Of oil has
attracted oil operators to that territory.
Leases are being taken up and bonuses
are being paid in some instances and
excitement runs high. Drilling will
commence soon at Washington, which
is on a direct line between Scio and
Macksburg. r. E. Cornelius, OF Cam
bridge, was offered $4,000 for two
acres and a Mr. Daugherty sold two
acres for $1,000 A Buffalo company
will develop leases near Brady and
Winterset.
The well drilled on the Finley farm
near Senecaville was a duster A big
flow of gas was found in the Smyrna
well at 500 feet. One derrick is up near
Londonderry and several other loca-
tons have been made. A test well is
being drilled at Kimbolton. The Cam
bridge Oil Co. will drill on leases near
Salem.