The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-06-30

| day production is very llkely 10 ps lH-
creased. There is no let-up in activity,
especially in that section of the pool
that aLypnds in good producers. AS
defined there yet remains in the Wolf
summk dlgginss considerable inside
territory to operate that will Keep the
drili busy for some timc to come. The
prospective work in Lewis. Harrison
and Gliner counties IS being prosecuted
with much vlgor, and go where you'win
n wildcat is encountered. Corporations,
large companies and heavy individual
operators have in these counties large
scopes Of territory under lease nll loca-
ted upon well defined geological lines.
They have faith in the future Of this
territory and before fall has merged In
to winter highly important results will
have been determined. In Lewis coun-
", particularly, is the experimental
drill active, which is the result Of the
developments on the Camden tract a
long while ago, hut which, SO far have
never been productive of important re-
suits,
stringtown Still Producing Well.
The Big Injun sand digglngs, west Of
stringtown, in Tyler county, continues to
yield fine PRODUCERS. ranging in pro-
duction from seventy-hve barrels to ESQ
barrels a day. The pull at strlngtown
has been long, steady and strong, and
from the large amount Of territory that
is new developed the drill will be kept
active for long time without the de-
valopment of fresh territory. Since our
last report of operations in this pool
half a dozen Al producers were added
to the completed list, and some of them
have widened out old developments.
The Redwood Run district, in Wetzal
county, is destined to cut a conspicuous
figure in the southwest Developments,
and at no distant day Will Bring forth a
much larger production than was ever
anticipated by the trade. At this writ
ing resume of the developments Of
the Gordon sand in this region cop-
clusively shows there is already enough
good territory developed to more thnn
furnish and steadily maintain the pres
ent large daily average output for
many months. Fortunately for the
trade the territory in the Redwood
Run and Big Mills tract districts Is
held practically by the South Penn OIL
Company and Jennings Bros & Co.,
who are conducting their operations up
on conservative policy. Should Jen-
nings & Co. push the drill here with the
same energy that characterizes opera
tIons at Gaines, in the polar regions,
and the South Pen4 do likewise in the
same locality. and also in the Camp
BELLS Run district, It would only be a
short time until the runs would show a
remarkable increase and the market for
crude "a corresponding depreciation. The
fact Of. the matter is, when the field sit
] uation is looked spnareiy in the face.
there is found to be enough territory al
ready developed to meet the worlds
demand for a year at least, without the
development of a single acre of new
territory.
Corresponds With the Sand.
The enormous proportions the petro-
leum industry has assumed Is simply
surprising and the wonder is that a
market can be found to keep the stocks
from increasing at much faster pace,
A retrospective view of operations in
the Trenton rock regions presents about
the same state of affairs as are found
In the eastern fields or the regions pro-
duolng Pennsylvania OIL Developments
are gradually expanding, and new pro-
ductive territory has of late been add
ed to the large producing area and II a
halt is not soon called In pushing the
drill, the stocks viii reach the appalling
figures ottyears ago. News this week
from the Texas field indicate that this
faraway development is keeping pace
with the trend of events in the north
ern and western fields, and is produc-
ing enough oil to supply the, markets OF
the south and southwest. OF late drill
ing has been attended with the best OF
results activity is on the increase and
| the production on the gain, Prices
however, are fairly maintained and
upon the whole the producer has bu:
little to complain Of. Kentucky and
Tennessee, the tail-end Of the oleagin-
ous procession. present no allurements
and just at present there Is no rush Of
1 northern operators to these sunny
climes. The wlldcatter, however. Is
strll in evidence. hut the shedding is no
better than It has been in the past. Nor,
from money-makIng view; is the pro-
ducer's path any brighter in Bleeding
Kansas, where he is pegging away in
the hope that better days are in store
for him in the sweet by and by. Ac-
counts from California are rather con-
flIctIng. A few Pennsylvania operators
who recently visited the OIL regions Of
the golden state, take bright view OF
the situation and say California as n
producer of petroleum. has a future.
Others take Just a reverse view of this
and say the whole ball of wax amounts
to but little and that half the stories
sent broadcast have no foundation
whatever.
Showing the White Feather.
The Gaines annex in Tloga county,
Pennsylvania, is showing the white
feather, and the big boom inauGuratsd
by the bear element has turned out to
be a boomerang. The big production