Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-03-09
The Marietta Daily Leader.
SATURDAY. MARCH 9. 1901.
OIL NOTES
From the Many Fields Of HiIIy Monroe
County.
CAMERON.

CAMERON.
The Slemmaker well on the Ward
farm was cased Monday with the SA
casing
No on the Abersold farm has COM
menced drilling and is down about 400
feet.
The Fisher Oh Co. s Abersold No.
came in Monday and will make a
small pumper.
The property of Henderson. Hagan
Bros. g. Co. has been sold to Jennings
Bros, of Pittsburg
MUSKINGUM VALLEY.
The Ann Oil Co.'S No. l William
Colvin well is drilling at $50 feet
The Devonian Oil Co. is putting up
telephone line from their Office in
Graysville to their pump station at this
place.
The Southern Oil Co. has two rigs up
on the Bradford Gray lease and the
lumber on the ground for three more.
Drilling will commence soon.
Some local company has leased the
lands of James Briggs and William
Parks and are paying good rentas.
They expect to drill it in the early
spring. This is territory which the
Fisher OIL Co. gave up some time ago.
~ GRANVILLE
Lucy Dillon has five good producers
No Dan Harman. Jr. Grace Oil
Co.. is drilling
David Hartshorn has one we'll and
one location with rig up.
Charles Ullman sold one-half royalty
interest under 80 acres for $1,000.
The Fisher Oil Co. has four produc-
ing wells on the Dan CrumDson farm.
Lauffer G. Co. are drilling we'll on
the DR.. Wittenbrook lot 1t will be due
the last of the week.
Buckley and Hill made location on
Joseph Kinney last week and stuff is
being hauled for operation.
Byers No. on the Galley & Mooney
lease came in a sixty barrel producer.
1t was shot Feb. IS.
Ullman No. l Fishers. came in Sat
urday. 1t made rs barrels natural
when the sand was tapped. 1t will be
shot.
McClelfon Hartshorp bas six produc-
ers. They are said to be good stayers.
This farm is operated by the Ann Oil
Co
Crawford No. 8. McMullen Oil Co.,
came in last week an average producer
in the Keener sand. This makes their
twelfth producer in this field.
John Adams has three good produc-
ers. This is called the Adams Oil Co.
and the production is owned by L. C.
Wilson. Friend Dougherty has two,
but his No. is the best.
Christy No. l, Fishers, came in with
a rush last week. Christy No 2 To-
cation is made and timbers are on the
ground. The Ullman well is a little
southeast of the Christy heirs No. l.
The following is true report from
the pipe line guager, Mr.. Speary, in his
district. Wells completed from Feb.
16 to March l: Woodsfield Oil Co. No.
8, Dougherty heirs in Keener sand
showing for 90 barrels; Galley & Co.
No. 3, Abner Byers, 80 barrels; Carter
Oil Co. No. 8 Frank Harman, Injun
sand. 80 barrels; Fisher Oil Co.. No. l,
Christys heirs, 100 barrels. .Injun sand
McFadden Oil Co., No. 5, Riley Smith,
Keener sand, Is barrels; Galley G. Co.
No. g. Milton Smith. so barrels.
A we'll is drilling on the Samuel
Smith farm which is Joined by the Alb
raham Mann farm. the Grit sand; the
Deleplain farm. the eKener sand, and
the Joy and Harman farm, the big In
jun formation. This we'll is causing
great attraction-the greatest in the
field. 1t is being watched very close.
ly by operators and royalty buyers and
If 1t should be good we'll, which no
doubt it will, there may be a peculiar
ity connected with it. Thus we see
the three sana formations. the grit.
two wells on the Mann farm. "a pro-
ducing from the Keener on the Dele
plain farm, The Devonian Oil Co. has
producing from the big lnjun on the
Frank Harman and Joy farms, The
oil circle at this place would not be
surprised if this would not produce
from three sands. which when the
high explosive is lowered and the go
devil is dropped might create won
der-a large well in either sand. But
the greatest surprise would be a dry
hole, which is scarcely known in this
tield.-Spirit.
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