The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-09-29
IN THE OIL FIELDS.

The advance in the credit balance
market to 81 50 has failed to bring forth
any new guahers in the lower southwest
fields. The southwest and local fields
are not expected to furnish any great
number Of them. West Virginia and
Southeastern Ohio viii NO doubt fur
nIsh some new pools. but Just when. or
where. is for the future to determine
The search. however, goes merrily on.
and in time the new pool win be forth
coming.
Near centerYiiie. Tyler county w.
Va, the American OIL & Development
company has drilled In It's No. 3 on the
D. NJ. Booker farm and has show for
a ten-barrel producer from the haxon
sand.
Near MeadvlIle. in the same county
the Eastern on Company has drilled It's
No. 2 on the w. E. Smith farm through
the Keener and Big Intun sand and
found nothing in either formation. IN
the same district. the American on q
Development Company has drilled In q
test well on the T. A. Campbell farm,
and has a good gasser from the keener
formation. Il will be drilled deeper.
In McElroy district, 7. II. Shearer g
COMPANY have completed their No. 2
on the II. ]. q 8. P. Ash farm and VIII
have a small pumper.
In the Campbell's Run Development
in MonOngallR county, the South Penn
on Company has completed test wei!
on the Mason heirs farm. In advance OF
Developments, and Will have a small
producer, not good for more than hve
barrels a day:
In the Jarvisville development. in
Harrison county. the same company
has completed Its No. 6 on the 81. v.
Hurst farm and has ten-bRrrei pump
on Piney Fork. wetzel county. the
South Penn has drilled in It's No. & g.
" Riley. and has n thlrty-five-b barrel
producer. ]. K. Fluhartys No. 3, In the
same district, is drilling IN the top Oh
the sand and showing some oil.
In the StrIngtown end Of the deep
sand development, No. 4, Isaac Baker.
has been drilled to the top OF the sand
and has a show.
Near Cross Roads. Monongalla coun-
~. the South Penn company's NO. 2,
Lewis Fox, has been drilled In and
made twenty barrels the first twenty
four hours
Near Newport. Washington county
Ohio, Smith. Gale & Company have
completed their No. on the n. Lo-
REM farm. located four hundred feet
south Of their No. 3 on the same farm
and have small producer. not good Tor
more than ten barrels a day. During
the past two months this territory mas
furnished some good producers, but the
late wells have come In small.
The Scio field. in Harrison county
completed iifty-nIne wells during the
month and all were producers, but
small, as compared with those drilled
In during the early development OF the
pool. The new production amounted
to 7l9 barrels. or an average Of less
than thirteen barrels to the well. n
few Of the wells. located on the inside.
ranged from twenty to thirty barrels.
but the outer edge wells did not aver
age more than ten barrels. a ten-bar-
rel producer In the Sc!o field is a good
investment One-half that size vs. pro-
htnble, with the market at 81 so. and
the conditions are such that the wells
can be coupled up and operated by pow
er. There has been big slump In
field work, which goes to show that the
field has been very nearly defined.
There are thlrdty-one rigs and drilling
wells in the Scio field at this time. a
falling OF Of almost one-half, as com
pared with operations OF the cores
pondIng time last month.
The new development near Wellsville.
o., Is attracting some attention. While
the production OF the wells is not as
large as the reports sent GU. by inter
ested parties, the last two are fairly
good producers The Buckeye Pipe
Line company will connect up the wells
and take care of the production. There
is some new work starting and there Is
a chance to get into some better pro-
ducIng territory.