The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-05-26

the roundup are far In excess of tangi-
BILE results. They are now in the sand.
lSltowsver. with their well on the Hoy
farm. located to the north from the
Lantz farm producer, and II reports at
this writing are to be credited. the COM
pany has found a winner. varIously es-
tImated from fifty to an eighty barrel
well. But, promises in Greene county
very often prove delusion. and It may
be the case in their Hoy farm we'll
when a thorough test of the venture
has been made. If 1t should turn out
as they think It will the find is both
important and valuable. as 1t would
seem to open up some new territory to
the north of the Lantz producer.
las In Other Sections
Operations in the shallow sand re-
gIons In Wood county, Ohio. have not
panned out very favorably the past
week Nearly all the wells completed
were small affairs. while a number of
busters are recorded Just where they
were least expected. Half dozen or
SO wells were finished up in the Burn
ing Spring district, in Writ county. w.
Va, which were invariably small pump
ers. Among this number Harkins g.
Co. ran up against rank Cow Run
duster In looking for new territory.
The big Injun" sand developments
west of stringtown are holding well to
the front, and giving up quite a bis
production The Big Injur country IS
gradually being enlarged. and will soon
be one OF the most important producing
'dlstricts In the southwest field. The
latest acquisition to the list of Big In
jun producers. was presented this week
by the South Penn OIL Company in tvs
shape of twenty barrel well, located
upon the David W. Headley farm.
This now venture was purely expert
mental, and has opaned up another
scope Of new territory. These Big In
jun wells are noted for their tenacity
and are looked upon US the best paying
property in the Mountain State.
The Bowerston District.
The new development in the Bowers
town district, Harrison county, is COM
ing to the front. and commanding con-
siderable attention. Another test has
Just been completed by Glntshaw s.
Co., located upon the Page farm which,
while not u gusher, has wldened the
new digging considerably.
Smiley & Company this week finished
up very important wildcat we'll some
two miles to the east of Bowerstown
production, which was n dustcr in all
that the word implies. The new Keen
or sand pool, northwest from Jackson
ridge. too. Is attracting more than usual
attention Of late and there is a notice
able increase in activity. The Galley s.
Company well Just completed on the G.
W. Kyser farm, is good for one hundred
barrels a day. The Big Mills tract, in
Wetzel county. w. Va, stIll leads the
southwest in big producers In the Cor
donEand Big Iniun sands. The past
week the Kanawha OIL Company added
another producer to their long list of
completed wells. good for nfty-hve
barrels day, In the same county and
on Redwood. Run, the South Penn OIL
Company finished up test well on the
Esrn Hays farm, which had decided
.lY dusty record, and has condemned
considerable territory in this locality.
In this district, an official gauge shows
that the Kanawha OIL company's Nos
40, AZ, 40 and 80 have an aggregate pro-
ductIon OF almost 1900 barrels day..
while the South Penn oil Companys
Nos. and 8, J. A. Martin. have COM
bIned production of AS barrels a day.
THE SCOTT