The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-06

marked by particular success The re-i
suit OF the Porter Oil company's deyel-
iopment here was only q twelve or four
teen barrel pumpar in their No. 5, To-
Gated on the d. P. and s. NJ. Stout
farm. This well was within the radius
of producing limits, and the light re-
suit was not only surprise to the Car
ter OIL Company. but to other local cp-
orators. VI 4. SAX.
An Important Well.
1 The Carter OIL Company, however.
have more than evened up their disas-
trous operations on Richmond Run by
the holding up and improving Of their
gusher on the Alexander Prouty farm,
in Ritchle county. w. Va. 1t will be
remembered by the trade that this par
tIcular venture was a small Maxon
sand pumper. but by being drilled deep
er was converted into a gusher Of the
first magnitude, and has since devel-
oped most wonderful staying qualities.
The conversion of small pumper Into
Big 1nJun producer Is something OF a
not every day occurrence, and the his
tory OF development has but rarely re-
corded such phenomena. At this
writing special to the writer. direct
from the well, states It's production is
officially stated at 4i5 barrels day.
while 4 nersonal gauge OF the wells
output makes the figures ass barrels q
day. There is a deeper significance
attached to this surprise than is gener-
ally understood. and that is the proba-
bl, rcvolutlonlzlng of the whole Maxon
sand territory 1t Is not to be enter
talned for moment. however, thar
every old Maxon sand well drilled down
( to the Big Injun will turn out gusher.
but the fact that 1t has been shown be-
yond doubt that the Maxon sand is
underlald by a productive Big 1njun
formation leads to the natural suppo-
sltlon that by deeper digging a large
daily average would be added to the
present production.
the MaXon SanQ.
Since this discovery, other ventures
have been started. in the hope OF dupli-
eating the Carter Oil company's lucky
strike on the Prouty farm, the re-
suit of which Is being watched closely
by the trade in general. There Is a
large scope of Maxon sand territory
that will be tested without delay, and
! IL half of the Maxon sand wells that
arc being drilled down to the Big In1un
contain productive formation, the old
dlgglngs will once more present the an
mated scenes Of old.
The trade is still attracted By opera
tions In the Wallace district, Harrison
county. W. Va. 1t still holds the
boards, and from all appearances will
be tho new field OF operations on an
extended scale, that Is. so far as the
amount OF production Is concerned. 1t
is mostifortunate for the trade and the
small producer, especially. that the ter
rItory in the Wallace district is held by
the South Penn and Carter Oil Com
panes. SO that 1t will be operated on a
conservative plan. Were the territory
between the Whitman farm we'll aud
the Carter Oil Company's well, six
miles to the southwest Of the Riffer
farm. and the South Penn OIL Com
pany's well, on the ]. F. Davis farm,
owned by Tom, Dick & Harry, there
would soon be q scene OF operations
having a parallel only in the famous
Mcdonald field. : 1t Is hard to tell just
yet what this territory will amount to,
but 1t certainly looks favorable for an
output to maintain 4 large daily sav-
erage. Since the advent of the Davis
farm well, located 500 feet to the south
west from the Whitman farm WELL the
production fell of to about $50 barrels
a day. squib OF high explosive brought
Its production to 500 barrels u day, but
1t Is thought that owing TO the close
proximity of the wells this production
will not be maintained for any great
length of time
At Glover's Gap, north OF Manning
ton, the Hartman OIL Company, in try
Ing TO score another gusher, ran up
against rank duster on the Senty and
Gibbs farm. Late authentic news this
week from Tennessee and Kentucky
says there Is considerable activity. but
that results. generally speaking, were
poor.
Producing properties still command n
high figure, and but little OF this kind
OF property Is changing hands. a lease
owned by the Becker Oil Company. In
the Cadiz field. with n production OF
only go barrels day. brought $4,000.
Nothing OF special importance is to be
reported from the Gaines pool, In Tioga
county, Pa. Since the last review the
field remains In statu quo.
THE SCOUT.
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