Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-03-02
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No. is still shut down for some cause.
Slemmaher & Cos well on the Ward
and Atkinson farm will commence
spudding Wednesday.
II. X. Mellott has leased his farm to
Mr.. White from the Klondyke and
well is to be drilled at once.
The Fisher Oil Co.'S Abersold No. is
down about $50 feet and will probably
be in the first of the week. The rig
for No. on the same lease is being
hauled from Round Bottom.
OAK RIDGE.
The Galley Bros. G MONEYS Byers
No. was shot Monday and is good
well. The same company's Milton
Smith No. 5 will be in this week
Galley Bros. & Mooney have a rig up
! on the McMullen farm. This joins the
Milton Smith farm on the North. The
same company have located No. on
the James Cline farm.
Devonian Oil Cos S. H. Hickenboth
am No, which was shot seven weeks
ago and collapsed the casing, is being
put in shape. The well is thought to
be one of the best wells in the Grays-
vile field.
The Woodsfield Oil company's No. 8
on the Dougherty heirs is in and good
for about so barrels. No. 4 rig on the
same lease is completed Galley Bros.
& Mooney have part of the Dougher
ty heirs farm and are drilling their
No. and No. rig is going up.
wooDsFIELD.
Production will register heavy
decline during the month of February
The Henry Shorts we'll near Moose
Ridge is due to reach the sand Thurs
day.
Starr G. Carr began drilling last week
on the Capt. Charles Muhleman we'll in
Ohio township.
Frank Ritzert has started .he drill on
j. G. Cochran & Cos well on the farm
of DR.. ]. w. Norris on Moose Ridge
The steady cold weather is cutting
off the production of oil, but that is
all the better for the Independent pro-
ducer.
The Friday we'll at Lewisville, which
was dry in both the Keener and the
Injun sands will be drilled on to the
Berea grit.
A small well. good for 20 or 25 bar
/ 10 obs. ,n1y
Licking County. GAINESVILLE parties
| drilled the we'll
The Woodsfield Oil company has
completed its No. on the Dougherty
heirs farm and has we'll good for 80
barrels per day.
The Ann Oil company BEGAN spud-
ding the first of the week on the Will
| Colvin farm in the southern part of the
Jackson RIDGE field.
Galley and Mooney have the rig com
pleted and boiler on the ground ready
to begin drilling their No. McMullen, |
whichsjoins the Dougherty heirs farm |
The well being drilled on the Robert
Smith farm at Antioch by Contractor
Rhoads for the Octo Oil Company has
been shut down for several DAYS occa-
stoned by the breaking of the engine |
and for want of water.
The Fisher Oil company's Christy /
heirs No reached the sand last week !
and is making 100 barrels per day.
This is in the Big Injun territory south
OF Graysville and will lend impetus to
operations in that part of the field.
Bruner and Stewart, operators at
Sistersville, have put in a rig on the
farm of T. X. Kinney which joins the
Milton Smith and the Dougherty heirs
farms, on which are some of the best
keener wells ever struck in the county.
r. L. Henry has completed his No. II
on the j. G. Huffman farm on Trail
Run and has 15-barrel pumper. In
the same development Sutton. Bros.
have completed No. on the George
Stacy farm and have well of about
the same caliber.
The boiler was blown up on the John
Moore well Thursday. They were
drilling at about 800 feet when the ac-
cident happened and operations were
delayed for few days. This well is
between here and Jerusalem and will
be a good test for the sand in that To-
cality.
The rig on the Fred Bachman farm
at Alexis has been torn down and is
being moved this week to the Devonian
Oil company's location on Wilford
Paynes farm, north of Mechanicsburg,
This is a location that has long been
talked about and the outcome will be
watched with great interest.
DR.. G. w. Steward and ]. w. Price,
OF Jerusalem. are having their Havener
well near Aitch drilled to the Big In
1un II has hon ,nolyine, eor,, ,;l Co.. =. | j.,