The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-01-20

as IOllOMIs GIuuet AHft.ei-r a.
( napbtha, 5l5.is5 5agols; lubricatinE OIL
! and parafine. 7,lS2. 355 gallons; residum'
| loi ga gallons. From New YORK there
] were shipped ss.67s.S5i gallons; Phila-
/ deinbla. iTg75.s75 gallons; Delaware
ports. 6.l26.56S gallons: Baltimore .
| iss.75s gallons. and from Baltmare
6s,997 gallons.
Another week In the world OF oildom
has passed into history without any
mnterlal change In the general situa-
tion. The same bullish tendency that
has characterized the trade TOT me
/ past six months SIN prevails ailo AZ AZ
I this writing there Is nothing IN 5Isnl -
change the present situation. ms ~ r.
dned market remains firm, although me
tiemand at present is not as great as Il
has been. Crude for some reason does
not seem to keep In sympathy with tne
| refined products, and as yet no one mas
yenhired the opinion why this IS so.
Reports from field operations Indicated
n falling of In new work in every sec
/ tion. from the polar regions down 20 tne
I extrenne limits OF the sunny southwest
district. The experimental drill now
ever. is still in as much evidence az
ever, and n anything. this class OF
work is on the Increase. WINE nV 9l
ing OF great Importance has taken place
in the field. there were one or TWO new
strikes made during the week IN
which considerable interest ID mani-
tested. 49,,
cry ia the new well located on the ray
Tor farm, Lewis county. w. Va, ana ~
the Camden district. The new wei ID
owned principally by Parkersburg par
Hes hut just what It will amount TO
when thoroughly tested remains TO pc
seen. The drill tapped the pay IN THIS
well Friday and made several small
flows OF salt water and oil. Operations
were suspended until thnkage eoulo g y
built, and by tomorrow or neNt Gay II
win be drilled in and its correct STATUS
known. The new venture IS looateu IN
the neighborhood Of three-fourths OF .
mile east from the Southern OH Com
pany's Camden No. /, and about Tour
and one-half miles from Weston In the
game direction. Some claim that the
OH was found IN the Keener sand,
while others think the oil Is derived
from the salt sand formation. Many
wild stories were set in circulation az
to rs callbrc, which made the well
range in production from 200 barrels 10
/ 600 barrels n day. The owner, now
ever, said when interviewed about their
new strike. that they thought II Would
make n twenty or twenty-five parrel
producer when tested. There are rev
who claim to know all about camden
territory and are positive the new ven
tlIre will make on the start-of at least
flfty barrels n day. There Is also
lurking suspicion in the minds OF some
that deeper drilling will produce
wonderful change, and 1t would cause
thnn1 no sunrise to see q gusher de-
veloped. ,.,.
this vicinity is in good demand and
that which Is not already taken up Is
being leased as rapidly as possible. II
the Taylor farm well does not turn out
any better than did the Camden NO. !;
it is not the ienst likely the market VIII
be materially affected. Already there
are two or three new rigs ouildins
near the new we'll, while half dozen
more locations have been staked on by
different parties.
This week test well Of some i'm
portance was completed In the Cadiz
pool, which proved an entire failure
and condemned n considerable amount
Of prospective territory, which until the
well was completed looked reasonably
good.
The different shallow sand pools OF
West Virginia still continue TO make
good record. In fact the shallow SAND
iiggings are showing up better than
any OF the other formations, ana II
operations continue in the future to be
as successful as they have been In the
past three months, quite a large pro-
duction may be looked for from this
a new well was found recently In the
Big In}un formation little IN ad-
vance and to the east of the Berea grit
DEVELOPMENTS In washington county,
and in the Scottown district 1t was
drilled by the Henderson OIL Company
and has an official record Of twenty
1--WE or thirty barrels day. This is
looked upon as one OF. II not the most
important, well drilled in this pool Tor
some time, and which undoubtedly VIII
result in considerable more new work
In the Big InIun formation.
The United States Oil Company IN
the mast two years have been one OF
] the most successful corporations en-
gagged In the production Of oil In the
| southwest fields. Two years ago, when
| Mr.. w. II. d. Chaplin took charge OF
the conpany's affairs, their production
| was about $50 barrs n day, but Wnoer
his supervision It has Increased to
over 1000 barrels day. which Is a re-
cord hard TO beat Their operations
ocver the pools In Wetzel. Marion
peasants. Wood and Harrison counties
in West Virginia, and Harrison, Mon
roe and Washington counties In Ohio.
This company has under lease 10000 or
| 10 900 acres Of territory and has 800
humping wells. At present, owing to
The bad condition OF the roads. they are
running but three strings Of tools. This
week Theodore Barnsdall & Company
bought the Striclsler oil Company prop
erty. on WhlsSey Run, consisting Of
three wells and one hundred acres, for
S'-'V'' " THE SCOUT.