Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-01-20
oil rotas

Reports from Texas ssy that J. M
Guffey's great well continue: under
full control. Some oil, hswcyer, Ii
atil going to waste, as shutting the
we'll in entirely mielht invite the dan
ger CT taving the casing blown out
The Failure to cut the credit balance
mark during the past three days has
caused local operators and producers to
take new courage, and many are be-
ginnirs to feel that 1t IL; not such a
terror that ccnfrcnts thom after all.
This view of the case in no way dis
parage3 The imUcrlarce or magnitude
of vua Teyas well. AS a full proDosi-
,.cu 4 5cnts w.,hout a rival, ard, as
rrN j, l.c3ted, viii rsvo.utiontze that
very iLtrit9te ard EN- JalrAse,ng ques-
ti3n in the Southwest. California oil
h.. frrn! ed solution to taat per-
p.-ai1g rr-jum in many par6s of the
west. Some of the railroads are us
ing i almost exclusively fer that pur-
pee end ore Pittsburg mir.rg COM
rlay operating in Arizona, hr.s con-
t-scted with an oil company on the
Facifc coast to supply it with oil for a
fuel cit a cost of $3.50 barrel, deliv-
cred 1T its mine, claiming it is more
economical vt that price than coal.
AT Sand Fork, Lewis county, w. Va,
The South Penn Oil company has
drilled It's Nc. on the Copley heirs
bhrough the stray and is now drilling
on ton Of the Gordon. When last
'''l Ire a;ll lad no show CT oil.
The location is 500 feet southwest of
No. on the same farm, the well that
opened the Copley pool The guage of
an it's wells in the Sand Fork develop
maat is now 900 barrels day.
Northeast Of the Wallace develop
ment, Harrison county, Easton & Co
have drilled in test we'll on the j.
Rogers heirs farm ard have a produ-
Ger good for 200 barrels day.
In the Pine Grove district, Wetzel
ccuriy, the South Penn has completed
and shot its No. on the Michael Riley
farm snd has a 10-barrel producer
The same compary's No. on the Ac-
cha Eddy farm, at Cross Roads, Mon
cagalia county, is holding up at 80 bar.
rels an hour
East of Elk Fork, in the new extern
sion, the Oxford Oil company has drill.
ed its No. 4, Bridgeman, 16 feet into
me sand. and has a Show for q small
well. The location is 400 feet west of
Nc. on the Midcap farm.
On Rock run, Lafayette district
FieaGarbs county, the Willet Oil COM
rlry has drilled its test we'll on the
John Riggs farm through the Maxor
sand and has a duster. The we'll will
be drilled to the Keener Stand.
In the Eureka district, Pleasant:
county, Duffy & Co. have completed 6
tost on the A. Breckenridge farm ani
have a duster. Gordon & Co. had the
same kind of luck at their test we'll OF
the ]. De Long farm.
On the Ohio side, near Graysville
Monroe county, the Fisher Oil com
pany has completed its test we'll on the
LAyid Hartshorn farm and has dus
ter in the Keensr sand.
Leidecker, Rogers & Co. have drilled
in a test well on the school lot ant
have show for 25-barrel pumper
Mooney and Leonard have drilled il
their No. 8 on the w. ]. Gitchell farm
and have a 15-barrel pumper. The
Fisher Oil company's No. / on the M
M. Morris farm is in the Big InjuI
sand and showing for Is barrels "a day
Shay & McMullin's No 2 ON the Mar
garet Penn farm is in and good for 2
barrels a day. Boyer & Caldwell hav
drilled in their No. on the w. N. Tay
lCr farm and have 25-barrel producer