The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-04-07

throughout the Trenton rock regions.
AS a result OF this Increased activity n
number Of important strikes were
made. opening up some new territory,
likely to give new production OF some
consequence
While nothing OF great moment has
occurred In field Developments during
the week past. this situation Is inter
esting and number OF changes are 70
be noted. The recent new strikes IN
the southwest are holding up remark
ably well, much better than antic!pa-
ted. The test well struck few days
since by the South Penn oil Company.
and located upon the Yeager farm, IN
Greene county Pennsylvania. Is max
ing a wonderful record for Greene
county territory. According u an Of
fetal gauge the well is holding up at
better than twelve barrels m hour,
and when stirred up exceeds these fig
urcs by one-half.
a message to the writer direct from
the big Mills tract In West Virginia,
says the Jennings Bros. C Company's
late strike r. putting $50 barrels IN the
bank every day and shows no signs OF
weakening. The message also stated
AllEIE ID QuAAE Il lhI ~ tiUNuhk VI HOIk
cut out which VIII mateilallze rs soon
as the roads get into any kind OF condI-
ton
The South Penn on Compnny's new
strike in the Big Injun formation, Just
west OF StringtOwn, Tyler county. Is
also holding up at two hundred barrels
a day. This is regarded as quite en-
important find. and the company thinks
they have found a new lead, from
which they expect rich returns. But
past experience in the Big Injun re-
glons around Strlngtown has demon
strated the fact that It Is not always
safe 20 count chickens before they are
Matched. and It Is Just possible this will
be the case with the South Penn people
in predicting results upon their new
lead. The Big Injun formation is as
treacherous as the name It bears.
Wolf Summit, or rather the north
eastern extension, Is coming TO the
front in a very surprising way. The ].
NJ. Guffey wells. which at first were
not considered Of any special account,
have finally turned out first-class pro-
ducers. No. Is making production
Of seventy-barrels a day, and No. 2
about half this amount. The South
Penn Oil Company's No. !, Fletcher
farm, too, is Il much better well than
first Indications made It, and accord
ing to an official gauge Of the well to-
day. It's production was forty-fye bar
rels n day. Late information from the
Wolf Summit field states that Colonel
Guffey's lucky star is still in the as
cendent, and that his new strike on the
Flanagan farm in the northeast extern
sion, is making better than one hundred
barrels n day, and improving. Con-
trary TO expectations some time ago,
the drill in the northeast extension has
not yet reached the jumping on place,
and the results In the Gufiey wells In
dictate there is still good digging left in
this particular latitude.
During the week the Leonard Oil
Company made quite an important find
in Doddridge county, West Virginia, To-
Gated upon the John Ash farm. The
venture is purely an experimental one,
and has opened up some new territory,
or Mt least II looks that way. It is a
deep sander and has n production Of an
even hundred barrels a day. This we'll
being located in new territory. has
caused some local interest and as n
result number Of locations have been
made while two or three new rigs will
soon be ready for the drill.
This week the ScottOwn development
III Nu1ulAkAQlA COUNTY has RANhANN1
several fine wells. The best OF the lot
is owned by the Carter OIL Company.
located upon the W. F.. Day farm and
which started OF at better than $50 bar
rels a day, and at this writing has a
production of 100 barrels day.
The most important discovery made
in the jackson Ridge development for
many months was the finding OF fifty
barrel we'll In the fOrepart OF the week
by the Ann on Company, located upon
the James C. Shaffer farm. about three
and half miles northwest from the
old production. The well IL a rank Wild
cat, which invests II with more than
ordinary interest and Importance. It
has been long while since jackson
Ridge produced anything out OF the
ordinary. and It was the general opin-
ion OF the talent that its producing
boundaries had been circumscribed.
This venture has given the old detunct
pool a new lease OF life and In the near
future n new activity In the lltitudeo OF
the late strike may be looked for.
Nothing cventful is to be reported
from the Shallow sand digging in the
ST. Mary's district. The completed
wells this week. with perhaps ono bare
exception were uniformly small. No
new discoveries were made and thing
are moEing along In the same Old
groove.
Tho old Garner district in Wetzel
county. West Virginia, near Proctor,
has at last succeeded in raising the
wind and Is now, after many Ions
months. attracting no little attention.
The cause OF all this is the late strike
OF Carter & Trees, located upon the
John Higgins farm. The official gauge
OF this well the first twenty-four hours.
after the drill tapped the pay. was 800
barrels. although n gauge taken by an
old scout made Its production over 500
barrels.
At this writing authentic informa-
tion SAYS the well Is holding up good
and that n number OF new rigs have
been started. The South Penn OIL
Company. who opened up the Garner
pool about two years ago, also struck
\ fifty barrel we'll this week, on the
Henry Garner farm.
In to April the shipments of Penn
sylvania oil had daily average OF
S96i6 barrels. while the runs showed
n daily average OF 7O,5s2 barrels. max
ing the shipments exceed the runs by
10 05i barrels day. For the same
period the shipments Of Lima oil had a
daily average OF 35,ISl barrels and the