Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-10-16
.ull Items.

The we'll on the Book heirs farm
near Legionville, Beaver county, Pa.
which made such a fine show wher
first struck, has dropped to about ter
barrels per hour and the intense ex
cTtement has dropped with it.
The Linden Oil Company's we'll
about one half mile east of the ELI
Fork production in Tyler county, w
Va, which came in as light gasser
began to flow oil at the rate of about
20 barrels per hour but afterwards fel
to about 10 barrels per day. The ac'
ton of the well in changing from q
gasser to producer is quite strange.
There are reasonable expectations Of
the opening Of a new pool in the Cor
don sand in Harrison county. The
Southern Oil Company has drilled in
a wildcat we'll on the Hickman farm
six miles south of the Whiteman gush-
er near Wallace, and about two and
one-half southeast of the Carter Oil
Company's we'll on the Riffee., 1t will
probably make 20 or 30 barrels per
day.
A report comes from Delaware, Ohio,
of an oil suit which will be of interest
to operators and contractors all over
the state.
about two years ago the Ashley
Oil and Gas company was organized to
develop the territory in the vicinity of
| that village. Mr.. j. F. Swank, Of
Bluffton, was employed to drill the
we'll. His contract required him to
drill to a depth of 100 feet in the
Trenton rock before he should receive
any pay. Mr.. Swank expected to
strike the Trenton rock at about l.
600 feet, but he drilled to a depth of q
1876 feet before he had any indications
of the familiar oil bearing sand. He
continued to drill until at the depth
of 2,267 feet he got crooked hole and
abandoned the work and assigned the
contract to j. C. Sheldon, of Houck-
town, who undertook to complete the
well.
"Mr. Sheldon succeeded in getting
the tools out and in Strengthening the
hole. He then proceeded to drill the
hole to a depth of 2,312 feet when he
pronounced it completed.
The Ashley Oil & Gas Company
were not convinced, however, that the
Trenton rock had been penetrated to
a depth of 100 feet They contended
that Trenton was not struck until at
a depth of about 1886 feet, and that
the contract, therefore, was not COM
pleted. .i6r
Samples of the rock were sent away
to Prof. Orton for analysis. At first
he pronounced it Trenton, but later
changed his mind, and said he did not
believe it was Trenton. The first if-
ty feet of the Trenton in the well was
black and the color had a tendency to
mislead, as ordinarily the Trenton has
only five or six feet of dark color and
then shades into a lighter color, and
especially does Prof. Orton say this is
true of the Trenton in central Ohio.
Dispositions were taken for the
plaintiff from large number of ex-
perienced drillers and oil men in this
city and for the defendant in Toledo
and many expert witnesses We're exam
ined on the stand. John Ware, of this
city, was one. The case was one
which brought out more technical mat
ter in the trial than any other trial
ever held in that county and was close
ly contested on both sides"
The jury were out only forty min
utes and returned verdict in favor of
the plaintiff, awarding him the full
amount of his claim, $1,174.50. This
was the second time the case had been
tried, the first jury having disagreed.
The Derrick Publishing Company, of
Oil City, has commenced the work of
gathering names and data for a"Direc-
tory of the Oil Men of the World"
The book will contain the names and
postoffice addresses of oil producers,
oil refners, bumpers, drillers, tool
dressers, rig builders and contractors,
also list of oil well supply dealers,
oil we'll gas engine builders, oil we'll
pumping power builders, oil well cord
age companies, oil well tool makers,
oil tank builders, sucker rod manu-
facturers, torpedo companies, etc, etc.
In fact it is the intention of the pub
fishers to include in the directory all
men and all business enterprises that
depend in any way on oil for a llveli-
hood. This book is something the
oil trade has long demanded.
Every dealer in oil well supplies, ev-
cry oil we'll cordage company, every
gas engine maker, every oil we'll tool
maker, every oil tank builder, every
sucker rod maker, every oil well
steam engine maker, should be repre-
sented in this directory by liberal
| space.
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