The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1900-05-25
]. 3. Whiteman No. {. Drilled 6
Inches Deeper, Flows 1000
Barrels Daily.-LargestWe Well
in the United States.
-Four Barrels a Minute
Is its Present Record.
The Country Round About is
Wild With Excitement. Many
other Fine Producers
are Reported.

The eyes Of the world are upon US.
Almost within moment Harrison
county has doomed up intointernation-
al prominence and all because OF an
oil well. Our county now enjoys the
distinction of having the largest oil
well in the state and perhaps in the
United States. Oilrecords show that
the Mcdonald field In Pennsylvania a
dozen years ago had few 10000 bar
rel producers, but today there is said
to be but one well in the United
States making 5000 OF 1000 barrels
daily. That well is In Harrison coun-
ty. 1t is the South PENIS j. b.
Whiteman No. at Wallace. This
well has remarkable history. March
-, 1900, oil was struck in that well
and the first few hours it flowed at the
rate of over 500 barrels day. 1t set
tied down to $40 barrels daily and has
had uniform flow Of that amount
ever since. The owners concluded
there must-be something even better
in it and Saturday they began to drill
. 1t deeper. They had proceeded only
about six inches, when the fluid be.
gan to pour out like the waters of a
veritabie river, and drilling ceased.
Responsible parties upon the field say
it began at the rate Of 175 barrels an
hour, or at the rate OF 1900 barrels a
day. Alater report put IL at 15o bar
rel, an hour or 5000 barrels a day,
while South Penn report puts 1t at
$500 or 5000 barrels day. Thursday
morning reliable parties at Wallace
Informed us by telephone that the
well was flowing 5000 barrels daily,
without prospect of any ebb.
This gusher has created intense ex-
citement throughout the county and
there is much activity in oil circles in
the way Of speculation.
In this connection, as matter OF
interest, it is not improper to name
the largest oil well in the history OF
the world. That well, according to
Bion II. Butler, special oil well re-
porter, in an elaborate sketch OF the
Russian oil fields, in the Pittsburg
Times in 1896, is the Asaddulaetf in
the Baku field in Russia. He says he
saw 1t flow 100000 barrels a day.
Think OF it, will you, barrel at ev-
cry beat Of your pulse! Baku City is
place Of l30, 900 inhabitants, in the
Apsheron peninsula along the Caspian
sea, only few miles from the Persian
frontier. 1t is 100 feet below sea level.
The logs Of wells there show the earth
to be of loose sand and gravel with 4
little clay, which prevents the water
of the sea from percolating through
the sand and gravel. The Asaddu-
laeff well isabout 4 miles east of Ba-
ku City. In that region oil is found
at 300 feet to 1900 feet deep. There
are other large producers, among
them the Zoubaloff in the Romance
field, which flowed 10000 barrels a
day. In 1892 the oil product of Rus
STA was 10000 barrels year and in
1895, it was 45, 100000 barrels. Oil
and gas were discovered there at an
early age. The shippers from India
in ancient times erected q temple ON
the Apsheron peninsula east of Ro-
nance and the sacred fires Of gas have
been burning throughout the ages.
Since our last report number of
h., x,o onp,o in and are DnnH pro.
dncers. They are the South Penn's
I. n. Williams No. ., l5O barrels: ].
nj. Fultz No. 4, small pumper; 2. G.
Williams No. o, lbs barrels; Lavina
Williams No. 2, go barrels; r. G. Slut
Ter No. /. 10 barrels; G. w. Smith No.
q 100 barrels; ]. w. DenniSon, Nos. )
and 4, $50 and 35 barrels respectively;
r. =. Meyers small producer; G. w.
smith No. s, 10 barrels; Henry Nut
Ter No. 1, gasser; w. B. Carpenter
No. 9, Is barrels; J T Williams No 2,
/. 100 barrels; and NJ Barnett No. 4,
ESSN4 producer.
Y ~ independents Dakin No. 4 IS a
1SANrei pumper. -
el6 barrel pumper.
on Halls Run, after being shot, Is
Trainer Bros. ] L Haney No. / at
Brandy Gap is a big gasser:
The Southern's Ward well is in the
fifth sand with but little showing FOL
oil.
Judge Golf No. 10 is due next week
The South PENIS Charles Lanham
No. 1 Is a 10 or 20 barrel producer.
The Southern has made location
on the Lanhap farm near Wallace anc
Will be drilling the last OF next week
This company has its John Flint NO
On Patterson's fork 2 miles south o.
Salem and In this county ready fol
drilling.