The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-07-21

which made an initial production of
eighteen and twenty-five barrels an
hour, respectively. AT this writing the
South Penn OIL Company is drilling
their No. Z, NJ. and ]. Wright, which
Is making 125 barrels day, deeper
and expect to double It's production.
This company was also lucky In con-
verting what looked like a duster into
paying well. This was their. No. s.
j. w. Glover, which. when drilled In,
presented rather dusty appearance.
! but by the administration of liberal
shot made thlrty-flve barrel well out
Of It. d
Wolf Summit.
| About the usual grist OF completed
work Is reported this week from the
Wolf Summit pool. but nothing new or
out of the ordinary was developed. A
fifty barrel well is credited to the
South Penn OH Company, located upon
the northeast section of the field. and
upon the B. H. Brown property. The
other wells completed here range in
production from forty to one hundred
and twenty-five barrels day, and are
all located In strictly defined territory.
The keener sand development on
Rich Fork. Is not producin as large
wells as were looked for and in this re-
spect is disappointing. There is con-
siderable activity here and the compile
ton of an occasional advanced well
adds a little territory to the pool. Shay
& aicMulien completed this week one
well on the S. S. Crawford farm. the
Fisher Oil Company another on the
Dewitt farm. and Galley G. Company
one on the G.. w. Keyser farm, which,
perhaps. Will show up an average daily
production OF fifteen or twenty barrels.
The developments In the shallow sand
any particularly brilliant results, and
the producers and dry holes Of late are
about stand-off.,a There is fair
amount of new work under way, but no
new territory has been discovered that
amounts to anything to speak OF.
In Harrison, Wetzel and Doddridgc
counties. West Virginia, the experiment
! tai drill is as active as ever. and the
search for new pools is energetically
prosecuted In many localities.
| In Richie county, West Virginia. the
CfI1ns proc ho,.a bno, huptipn fo nov.
conquest on the Marberry tract. The
| Berea grit horizon was their objective
point and notwithstanding their. Ven
ture was well located upon defined ge-
illogical lines. the well was dry as a
powder house. aE5 i,
There is nothing especially new to re-
port from the Gaines pool, in Tioga
county, Pennsylvania. Since our last
story from Gaines, the producing boun-
daries have not been extended, und
what new production was found Is
credited to old territory. The produc-
ton OF the pool, compared with&what
It was when 1t was booming. Is pain
fully small, nor is It the least Likely It
| will ever again reach the high figures
recorded In the past. AS sampl" Of
the calibre OF the wells In the doomed
pool. the BlossburG OIL Company's
eight wells are making only $50 barrels
day, which the nine wells OF the
Wellsboro Oil Company are doing but
eight hundred barrels day. There. is
! considerable activity on inside locations
but wildcat and experimental work Is
| by no means characterized by push
and energy. This class OF work has
proven so disastrous that there Is no
incentive and the lesson Of the past
seems to have had Its influence.
The Pipe Line Report.
The pipe line report for the month OF
June Is Indeed very interesting docu-
ment and will be read not only by the
producing element of the trade with
interest, but by those engaged In every
| branch OF the industry. 1t vcriiies in
every respect the predictions made in
past reviews and shows beyond doubt
the true situation OF the trade. That
| the features are bearish needs no argu-
ment and II the new discovered terri
tory in the Gordon sand formation in
! West Virginia burns out as Is anticipa-
ted, the bcarlsh features become more
prominent.
| According to the tabulated report OF
the pipe lines handling Pennsylvania
and Trenton rock oil. n general increase
In production Is recorded. with the SIN
gle exception OF Lima oil shipments
which by the way, were the lowest
since the beginning OF 1900, and con-
sIderably under the average for nearly
four years. Particular attention Is
called to the high daily average OF
runs OF Pennsylvania oil which were
over 100000 barrels, while tho ship
ments showed the big average OF only
4, 900 barrels day less. Attention Is
also called to the wide difference be-
tween the runs and shipments Of
Buckley oil which Is rather strange