Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-09-29
OIL OPERATIONS.
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PIfTSBURG. Pa. September rs
OIL men We're elated to-day when. at
! ter remaining stationary for more than
two months at 1928 the credit balance
| market for Pennsylvania crude was ad-
J Vaneed to ST 30. North Lima was adj
/ vanced from 81 cents to 81 cents and
South Lima and Indiana from So cents
TO 80 cents. The advance was not ia
/ the nature Of a surpS'se. the wide
margin between the runs and shipments
and the almost total failure to find new
pools in the lower southwest have for
some time inspired the hope for a bet
er market. 1t Is an open question, how
ever, whether any advance can change
the existing field conditions. The
amount Of work completed from month
to month IS evidence that there has
been no small effort made 10 develop
Old territory and find new. A measure
OF success has attended the first but
the latter has been Almost a complete
failure. With winter approaching II
Is not expected that mueh II anything
will be accomplished In that direction.
Developments In the lower southwest
ended the week without furnishing any
large wells or strikes In new territory.
In the Pine Grove district. Wetzel
county, the South Penn Oil Company
has competed its No. ) on the 1oba
Palmer farm and has a producer that
IS credited with go barrels the first "A
hours.
In the Sand Fork district, Lewis +
county, J. NJ. Gufy q Co nave drilled /
their No. II on the James Mullady farm +
through the fifth sand and will have
small producer unless there is an i'm !.
t. &. hrf
In the Bealls Mills district the South I
Penn Oil Company mas completed and I
shot its No. on the PAT Mullady farm. +
1t produced 100 barrels the ensuing "a /
hours. This is one OF the busiest dis
tricts In the lower southwest. At the
present time there are IS rigs up AMI .
drilling wells in the Bealis Mills. Sand
Fork, indian Fork and lower Gilmer
county developments. These districts
completed 1Swells during the month
and one-haH the number were busters
or gassers. The nine producers had
combined production of 375 barrels
Southeast OF the new FreeDort develop
ment. in Greene county. the South Penn
oil 90. has drilled In its No on the
David MN farm and has a show for
small pumper.
Near Calcutta. Peasants county. J. c.
Trees & Co. have drilled in their No. on
the Aaron Bills farm and have a well
hat produced rs barrels the first a
hours
In the Little Germany district, north
EAST of the Gainor pool in Marshall coun-
y, the Eclipse oil Co.'S No. 3 on the Jos
-ph Frohnappel farm is through the Cor
lon sand and showing for ten barrel
jumper.
On the Ohio side. in the sha low terri
DRY on Wolf Creek, q. c. Best. Jr.. has
riled in his No. $ on the n. +. Russell
arm and has a 25-barrel pumper. Muir
ock. West & Co.'S No. IS on the John
.fghtner farm is in and good for 80 bar
els day.
Hochstetter and the Southwestern Pc
roleum Co have completed their No. % I
N the J. p Hoon farm and have a srnaIE
Jumper. This and the Chester I'm ae-
elopmert completed So wells during -, {
Month. OF this number ~ were duyters }
nd 4 showed 40 barrels new production.
n average OF a little more than n bar
els 10 the wet; The best prodfcers did !.
al exceed 3 ba, reis day.
In nearly all the cher districts in south | :
astern Ohio operators hays beea declin-