The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-02-10

opened up and Kentucky become the
principal theatre Of operations. This u
AL pure. unadnlterated fiction and no
stock whatever should be taken In this
story woven out OF whole cloth. Blu,
the Eituatlon Is just the reverse OF this
fairy tale, In Kentucky.
Not only big corporations and CONS
p1nles have drilled d0Eens OF wells,
but heavy Individual operators have
spent many fortunes In drilling in Ken
lucky. and all have given II IN as 4
dead failure. With perhaps a very few
exceptions, they have ceased to pay
rentals and thrown up their leases,
fully convinced the territory does not
abound In that Will pay TO drill for.
Nor has Tennessee territory proven tn
be any better, and II anything the poor
results were not even as good.
Revival In Greene County.
A revival OF interest In Green coun-
IS, Pa. territory Is shown this week by
the South Penn OH company's new
well, located to the south from the "a.
nous Emma Woods farm well in the
noted Brlstoria pool. The BristOria pool
from time TO time has attracted no little
attention and when the two or three
! good producers were found on the
l Woods farms. Il was thought big Held
would be developed Since these wells
were drilled 1t IL safe IN saying S500.0o0
have been spent In hunting for an out
let to this production In drilling bonus
and rental money. but the results have
nearly all proven unsatisfactory. The
wells were either small or dry, and gem
orally speaking the territory turned out
I am In IA
Is situated upon the Abraham Arm
strong farm, about 2.25O feet from the
old gtisher on the Woods farm. This
venture Is purely a test and has an Of
flciaI record Of sixty barrels q day. A
well OF this callber In new territory Is
surely Important, and undoubtedly VIII
lead TO more Network But In the face
oflthe history OF the BFlstorla develop
ment and other operations in Greene
county, the burden Of evidence Is
against the materialIzIng Of new de-
velopment likely to give an appreclable
production or one that viii in the least
influence vaIues. Greene county, as n
rule, has been hard road for the pro-
ducer to travel. II the present strike
leads to anything different than has
been shown In the past, Il VIII Indeed
mark new departure in developments.
well was completed In Monongalla
county. W. Va, by the Burt OIL Com
pany and located upon the F. NJ. Flu
harity farm. near the source OF Lew
ellyn Run. The owners were hunting
for Gordon sand oil and the well was
considered by all practical operators 10
be well located. II was not only dry IN
the Gordon, but not trace Of oil was
encountered in any OF the other forina-
tIOns, and the test has made woIthless
considerable territory which looked
reasonably safe before II was drilled
This Is regarded as one OF the most I'M
pOrtant wildcat wells drilled IN the
Mountain State for some time. 1t was
drilled to a depth OF over 1000 feet.
This week the developments on the
west side OF the PIney Fork pool. In
Wetzel county, W. Va, have not tended
In any way TO enhance the value Of the
territory, the showing being quite poor,
The test on the Wiley Fluharlty farm
was finished up the fore part OF the
week. and the indications for a well ~
poor. The owners think. however, they
can make a small well out OF II by ad-
nInIsterinE a heavy shot which they
will do tomorrow. In this same latl-
tude another well was completed this
week on the N. G.. Wiley farm, but the
development Of heavy gas pressure
has interfered with further drilling Tor
the present. so the correct status OF
the well Is not known. on the opposite
side Of this pool the South Penn OH
Company, however, partly evened UP
matters by finding what looks to be n
fair producer located on the NJ. j. Riley
property.
Operations In the shallow sand pools
in Pleasants county, W, Va. continue
quite active. notwithstanding the bad
condition OF the roads. The experiment
tai drlll is not being rushed as hard as
in the past, but with the return OF
SprIng and better roads, this classS OF
work will be diligently prosecuted. as
a large number OF locations have been
gtaked of. In the shallow sand terri
tory in Pleasants county, and In the
French Creek district the Homer OH
Company, OF OIL City, has Just com
pIeted q we'll on the Outward farIn'
good for twenty-five or thirty barrels
day. This Is quite an important Wen,
as II IA located in what Is considered
new territory, and makes considerable
more territory in this section look good.
This IA the cOmpany's first venture on
the Outward farm, and the manage
ment said to the writer to-day they IN
tended doing some more new work al
once, The results of the completed
wells during the past week tp the shal-
low sand pools was above the average
for some time.
Attention is called to the experiment
Al work now in progress IN Iyler
county. w. Va. on Rush Fork ana III
Mead district. This Is looked upon aS
quite important and the prospectG,s
think they will yet find some Dig wells
In this region. -.
The Carter oil Company Is the lar-
gest concern drilling in the Mead aus
trIct and who are pushing the experi-
mental drill with considerable force.
Here they have Just completed Wild
cat we'll With fair results, ana are
about ready to start another on the +.
Alien farm, on MnKim Creek. and also
another on the Lewis Poe farm. Theo-
dore .Barnsdall & Company. too, are
drilling an important wildcat well IN
RItehie country, ". Vac that will bear
4 little watching. It IN located on
Grass Run, Murphy district, and upon
Tho d +. Hartman farm. So Is Mr,
psrnsaau drilling another interesting
wildcat on Tanner Creek, Dekalo dls-
trlct, as Is also the Riggs OIL Company
IN the same locality upon the Allen
RIEEE farm. All of these test ventures
are on more than ordinary Importance,
and some Of them may open up more
nav, territory, Rs those well posted
upon territory In this county think they
are well located. ,r,,r scorrT
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