Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-05-15
OIL OPERATIONS.
Special to the Register.

Special to the Register.
PITTSBURG, Pa, May 14.-Near
Graysville, Monroe county, O., the
Fisher Oil Company has completed its
No. 3 on the James Foraker farm and
has show for sixty barrel producer
in the Big Injun sand. On Wolf Creek,
Washington county, the Gussie Oil
Company has completed it's test we'll On
the w. w. Gadd farm and has a dus-
ter. Five miles southwest of Lowell,
J. w. Geddes has drilled in a test well
on the Michael Tonnes farm and at FIVE
feet in the 500 foot sand has a show for
a nice producer. The well is a rank
wildcat and is of some Importance The
Gormley Oil Company has drilled to
its No. 2 on the George Mcdonald
farm, located in Franklin township
Athens county, and has five barrel
pumper. The National Oil Company
No. 5 on the T. Shuttlekorb farm in
Perry county, is good for 10 barrels a
day. Near Amsterdam, Carroll county,
the Hickory Nut Oil Company has
completed its No. 8 on the Alex. Long
farm and has small pumper.
ELLENBORO, w. Va, May 14-Last
night the South Penn Oil Company fin
ished up dry hole on the Martin heirs
farm, on Rock run, near the big prodlrc-
er that was drilled in by Mallory Broth
ers, and Stewart, on the B. P. Butcher
farm several months ago.
Mallory Brothers & Stewart expect
No. 2 in on the Jacob Morrison farm
tomorrow or Thursday.
The combination well being drilled by
t. n. Barnsdall, the South Penn Oil
Company and Mallory Brothers & Stew
art on the Simonton land, was cased
with 10-inch casing yesterday.
The rig for the well on NJ. NJ. Lam
bert's farm near Ellenboro will be built
next week
J. c. Trees, the well known New Mar
t.nsville operator, was at Highland yes
terday negotiating for block of leases.
H. Grayson, of Pittsburg, who is in
terested in the Lambert lease here. was
here this week looking over his mold
ings.
The continual decline in the price Of
credit balances has caused operators
to go slow on new work. and wild cat
ting is thing OF the past until there is
an upward tendency in the market
prices.
Yesterday Mr.. S. T. Mallory, of the
firm of Mallory Bros & Stewart. in
formed the Register correspondent that
they proposed to do no drilling except
where absolutely necessary to protect
interests, until there was an improve
ment in the oil business Mr. Mallory
predicts that oil will drop to 10 cents or
lower
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county field, and about Salem. Harrison
county. there is almost no work at all
The big 12-inch gas line. now about
to be laid from Shultz. Peasants coun-
ty, through Richie to the Lewis coup-
ty gas field, will give employment to
800 or 400 men for several months
The pipe Is now being unloaded at this
place and CORVALLIS.
Walter Hennig has located a well On
Thomas Dyes farm, a short distance
west Of the Bonds creek pump station.
CADfZ. O.. May 14.--In the field near
Rumley Crossing. what some term the
northeast extension of the Scio field
L. A. Brenneman & Co, have just com
pleted their No. on the Ketner farm
and have a twenty barrel pumper. In
the Snyder. pool Davis Johnson & Co.
have completed their No. on the
Sn1 S farm and have a % bar
east Of Cadiz. ]. T. Wilson
alo. have completed their
Frank C. Maxwell place
or 36 barrel well.
pany has been formed to