Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-03-04
NEWS Of TIE OIL FIELDS.
AND PRODUCTION OF WELLS
In the Fields I'm Ohio and West vir-
ginia-A Resume of the Situation
in and About Sci0, the Belmont
Field and the Pleasants County
Field.

MANNINGTON. w. Va. March S.
The South Penn Oil Company Is
building a rig on the NJ. Snoderly farm
ON Flaggy Meadow. The same COM
pany has also started some new wells
on the Stewart farm, on Plum Run.
The Delmar Oil Company is starting
well on the Jesse darlington farm,
near Respect. This well is in new ter
ritory, and will be watched with con-
siderable interest.
The South Penn Company has start
ed No. on the Thos. Strosnider farm,
between here and the Gap. This well,
according to the limitations of the
lease. must be finished by March 31st.
In the eastern extension of the
Campbell's Run field there is consider
able activity. The South PENIS Cook
& Tenant No. is spudding. Abe
Dyer No. l, by the CHARTERS Company,
is through the salt sand and finished
casting yesterday. No. 2, on the same
farm, is in the big cave.
Pyles No. /, by the CHARTERS, Is hav-
ing trouble with the casing and is
down about 1900 feet
A. J. Tenant well is now drilling
in the fifty foot, and after long siege
of over year will probably be in next
week.
The South PENIS Gilbert Moore No.
is in the salt sand.
The Battelle Oil Company's Milo
Strosnider No. came in Saturday
night a gasser. This will not dis
courage the operators in the least, for
there was slight showing of oil.
The Ellington well began operations
again Monday, after delay caused
by getting tool fast. They expect to
get into the sand very soon now.
The Big Injun sand territory on
Buffalo creek, Wetzel county, is keep
ing up It's record for good producers.
The Kanawha Oil Company has COM
pleted a test well on the Davis heirs
farm, and has producer good for $50
or 100 barrels day from the Big Injun
formation. On the east side of the big
Mills tract the same company has
drilled it's No. 40 into the Big Injun
and has a show for 30-barreI pro-
Queer in that formation. This well
will be drilled to the Gordon, and I'M
less something better is found will be
put to pumping from the upper sand.
SCIO, O., March 3.-Operations are
not lively in any of the fields. Jen-
nings & Co. have purchased the gas
well on the McAfee farm near New
Rumley, and will pipe the gas to run
their wells on the Fisher and Whitta-
ker leases. G. d. Spiker is preparing
to drill on the David Christy farm in
Stock township. Maxwell No. flowed
80 barrels on Monday. Bennett & Co.
have rig up on the A. j. Clifford
farm. Hogg G Glover have four good
producers and are drilling the fifth.
In all, nearly 1000 wells have been
drilled in the Scio field at an expense
of about $4,000 each. Bricker Nos. 8
and are in and are good for 100 and
40 barrels respectively.
Hughes & D'Donnell, of Pittsburg
are preparing to drill at Gibson's Sta
ton and John Allhouse is nearly ready
to drill near Kimbolton.
Wheeling parties are leasing oil
land four miles above Chester, the
town opposite East Liverpool.
Special to the Register.
WESTON, w. Va, March 3.-Taylor
No. was drilled through the fifth
sand this week and developed strong
gas pressure in that formation. The
Taylor No. / was shot yesterday in
the salt sand and filled up with fluid.
The Flesher No. l will be due in the
salt sand the first of the week. The
Price No. /, which was dry in the salt
sand, will be drilled to the deeper
sands. The rigs are up for Taylor
No. and Camden No. 5. The South
ern Oil Company's rig on the G. L..
White farm is up This will be very
important test. The Stark White well,
which has been fishing for two months,
was given small shot Wednesday to