The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-03-03

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centered. The coneengus o. opinion o.
ihe most reliable and best posted deep
sand opsratorS, was IN oppOaiticn to me
results recorded. Most Of the pro-
ducerb thought it would Be a wen Of
some t1nd which would eventually
pay out. But in this test the pra1ticnl-
~ theoretical failed 10 tally and . well
deaned belt exists no longer. The well
N Question IS located on The east SIDE
ot the New FFeeport developmdht Ia
Greene county. on the JAMES ". Mar
tin farm, and was drilled BY the South
penn OH Company and the Fisher OIL
Company, each bearing half Of the cost
Of drilling tho wen, which was hopeless
" dry.
So dld the Waynesburg Oh y ca
Company score q failure on other hll!l.
~ important well IN Greene counC1
this week, which turned out e gasasis
instead Of q producer Thls yentu.s t,ll. y y
located In the old Mt. motifs ul4u9Ss
and upon the Sayers farm.
IN WashinRtOn county, Ohio, the
limited stateS on Company completed
6uite An important well this week on
inc NcGregor farm, which may open
the way 10 the finding Of some good biB
Ininn unoduceFR. The well IN it9 nat.
tiraI state, VIII make only q gulau
bumper, but q liberal shot may chanse
n pregent status and convert Il INTO
GOOD paying venture, The United
States people have been quite gpcce1e-
ful Ia their operations and hold some
valuable territory IN this locality.
In Belmont County.
The yiideatter is now turning his at
tention to the territory in Belmont
county, Ohio. near Barnesville, ana
the coming season win witness consid-
erable work Of an experimental na. ~.
ture. From present indications it VIII
not be the least surprising TO sec tnn;
Riblg results developed and q new pool
Of some consequence opened up ~
though nothing big u looked ter. Ehe 1s
writer had m interesting tk R
Hon. I. II, Qirhay, who secured . large
block Of territory IN that locality some :
twelve or ffteen months ago, and algo
took M quite large tract In Nopl9
county. He said that he had mueh
faith IA the territory, and drilled MS
drGt producer on the PETER property,
four months ago, which 70 nov oolns
eight or ten barrels q day. he further
gaid be had iuBt finished another te8t
wen near the Noble county line, located
upon tho AFmbuStor farm, which ne
Thought would Settle down to Twelve g
fifteen barrels q day. Mr. quincy hll9
a second wei about due IN the sane on
the Peiter farm and . drling tN9
other test wells In Noble county.
The MorriStoWn OIL Company neg
beeofne imbued with the excitement N
Belmont county, and In q few aay9 +
win find the pay sand (ie one e1igtsl y.
their test well on the TGggart faftp.
II success crowns their EFFORTS y no.
i. they win 20 ahead and drill several
more tests. . !.
other partles have secured leases u
thIs locality, and when BprinBdne
comes will 40 some wildcatting in both
Noble and Belmont counties.
In Monroe County.
Attention Is invited this week TO the
test well just completed by Cameron &
Company, In the Chester Hill develop
ment in Monroe county. It II located
upon the Wagner farm, and late re-
ports which come from an nutnenuc
source, say the new venture when put
in pumping order, will make at least
fifty barrels q day. a reliable SeoIt
says this country viii bear o little
and that the cnanees i9r 2,,l. y
new development here are deciuealy
good.
new work in the shallow sand develop
ments in PlensantB county, w. va.
The record here for the past etEnt or
ten DAYS has been remarkable. Nearly
ali the wells completed were fine pro-
ducers. the average calIber being aooNe
that Of the wells finished for soma
time, while the percentage OF tallures
was exceedingly small.
The Corsicana field in far-aWay Tex.
as, Is stIll to the front and attracting
more attention OF late than for t9o
past year. The price Of Texas eFUde
oii was advanced last week three cents
on the barrel making the quotations
at the wells 81 II.
Operations are on the increase in the
feid and the quotations tor
Petroila and OIL Springs oil are n u
and 81 n.
well was struck IN Butler county, Pa,
one and q half miles from the 6hrador
pool, and located upon the Thomas
Lindsay farm, which created some los
cal excitement. It Is owned by Einler
~ CO., ana the OH WAH AOuuu IN Wv 4Vv-
foot The sand II Of good quality and
lots Of It and every indication at pres
emit points to the development Of q new
1O0-foot pool.
The report Of operations for the
Of February Is one OF the most
buIiIsh reports issued for many
Az compared with Januaryg
operations there was a decline in the
number OF wells completed and also In
the amount Of new production, In
oil. It also shows there
was no new territory which produced
an output OF any consequence, except
Wolf Summit. IN Harrison county, and
the Camden pool. In Lewis county, W.
Va. The figures indicate, too. that the
same bullish aspect prevails In Ohio
and Indiana that is shown In the cas-
tern fields, and that Fewer wells were
completed In February than In Ienu-
ary, while the decline in new produo-
ton, II anything, was greater.
THE SCOUT.