The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-07-14

upon the J.lA Lauhtx property. Wetzel
county West Virginia. This is their
No. on the Lantz and at this writing
IS making a good 200 barrels q day.
This showing togetRfr with the record
of No. !, on the same farm. indicates
there is rich patch of territory in this
neck of the woods likely to bring forth
quite productlon./t
Z at Glovey's Gap.
Operations last week at Glover's Gap
north of Huntington, did not turn out
as was expected. ahd asa consequence
( the pool remains. In statu quo. The
Hartman OIL Company drilled in an
other test we'll this week on the Semley
Hibbs farm, where they felt sure they
would find n counterpart to their
gushcr found some time ago. The ven
turr was well located and IL location
had counted, 1t should have been big
( winner, but tickle fortune wIlled It
otherwise and at best the well is not
good for more than four barrels day
practically 1t is n rduster. Their big
well, however, on the John Farrell farm.
is still holding up at1135 barrels 4 day.
and is the banner well OF all this section
( OF country.
McDermott & Co., too. completed q
very important test well this week in
[ the FaIrvIew field, which is located
upon the 7. n. Fluharty farm. They
werc hunting for Big Injun oil, but 1t
was dry rs powderhorn and has put
a qule,us on further developments in
that particular locality. Until the COM
pletion of the we'll the owners and
others. as well. had an abiding faith in
the productiveness Of this territory, but
now all is changed and McDermott 6
Company will squandcr no more money
here. 4, ..s
Greene county. Pa. has remained
rather passive this week and the hig
promised pool has not yet come TO pass.
Some very fine wells. however, were
added to the completed list this week,
and some Of the best ones too. were
located in the deem. sand fcrmatior,
which invests them With greater i'm
portance. To the west of Blnckcville
the South Penn on. Company found Il
one hundred barrel well on the William
Lantz farm. while ether parties In DIFF
ferent localities found producers OF
about the same calibrc. In The Center
vile district, Tyler county. West Nir-
ginia, the Contcrville Oil Company
completed Its second test venture upon
the C. G. Myers property and instead
OF finding good paying producer the
well was rank duster. .-S,
Treat & Crawford, however, wcre
more fortunate In their test well In the
same district and located UPON the
Samuel Gogg farm, which will make
fifteen or twenty barrels day from
the Maxon sand. At Gaines. in ,Tioga
county. Pennsylvania, nothing has been
developed during the past week, to
change the situation. About all that
can be said OF Gaines Is that 1t will
never eventuate into the big pools md
gushers, rs 1t was at first thought 1t
would. Nor will Gaines ever again fool
so many producers, some OF whom lost
their all In investing in what locked like
Il sure thing. The old wells are falling
OF to q marked degree. while the new
ones that are found are universally
small. Gaines as Its Influence, !; 1t ever
mad any and in 4 few days 1t will be
relegated to an obscure past.
The Sunny South.
Notwithstanding there has been quite
quite an exodus of Pennsylvania. Ohio,
Indiana and West VIrgisia operators to
the oil dlggings In Kentucky ard Tea
nessee. nothing In either state has been
developed TO cause the least alarm.
With the first dawn of spring, or us
soon Us tho, %eather and roaos settled
SO operationE could b. prosecuted with.
out excesstve"eIpensc drilling has been
pushed in -many localities. :. Quite 2
large uumherapf wildcat and exper.-
mental wells have been, comp acted and
large blocks of prospective Territory
tested. but up to date, the absence OF
tangible results Is the most consplcu.
Gus characteristic OF Developments. AL
the drilling that has been done was 10,
Gated upon we'll defined and established
geological belt theories traced from de-
relopments In the polar regions down.
through all the noted fields and pools
OF Pennsylvania and West Virginia. In
many OF these ventures all sand for
nations were missing while In others
the formation Was broken and irreg,l-
lar with no signs OF OIL Near one or
two OF the old pools few dilninutivc
bumpers We're developed. and when
this is said 1t Is about all there Is to
say, concerning operations In these
sunny climes.
Reports from Texas Indicate nothing
new has transpired In this PARKWAY
lie hnl
Ing Its own and II anything the lest
monthly report OF operations shows n
small Increase In the output. From
trustworthy source It IS stated little
new territory has been developed In the
past two or three weeks, producing
wells OF about the same ca!.bre as
found in old territory.
In different SECTIONS of California
some new territory has been found that
Will give up good production when
properly worked. \ large amount OF
pennsylvania and West Virginia capt.
tai OF late has found lis way into the
California oil fields. and a number OF
inc old school producers have sold nut
their possessions In the eastern fields
and In the future will push operations
on quite an extensive scale.
The California 'ioil fields are rs yet
IN thcir Infancy and as time progresses
ana practical operators make inve5t-
ments. the time is not far distant when
the California oil fields VIII become an
Important factor in the great oleagin-
GUS industry. These remarks and con-
customs nre drawn from authentic nd
VICES TO the writer direct from the
most trustworthy practical and sue
cessiul oil men, whose past scenes OF
operations hnveymndc famous the pools
OIL pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio
ana indiana California IS destined 20
be heard from.
Light Shipments.
~ conspicuous feature OF the trade so