Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1901-08-10
TENNESSEE OIL FIELDS.


Prospective lklfdl OF IeAds- W Hht II
in Fentress and Pickett Counties.
CooKEvuLE, Aug. 5.-Interest in the
oil territory of Fentress and Pickett
this State, and the adjoining
Kentucky counties continues to in
crease each day, and the developments
are constantly growing more satsfac-
tory.
Preparations are now being made
to commence the drilling of over a
dozen wells in Fentress and Pickett |
counties in the near future, and the
successful development of this oil
field seems now an assured fact.
W. G, Strubbe struck a well at
Sunnybrook last week, which is the
best one so far, 1t will flow 200 bar
rels per day when everything is gotten
in proper shape. At present it is only
doing $50 barrels a day on account of
the want of proper tankage facilities,
and the inability of the pipe line to
handle the oil fast enough.
The foundation is up and rigging
will soon be completed for renewed
operations at Bertram well No, 2,
which was recently burned and the
pump will be at work at this well in
a few days. Bertram well No. l
will be drilled deeper next week. 1t
is anticipated that this well will re-
sumo its wild gushing when the drill
reaches few feet further depth, and
oil savers have been provided to
meet any emergency Of this kind. This
we'll is a good gas producer. Bertram
No. 8 is down over 400 feet, but will
not be driven very rapidly while at
tention is centered upon the two pro.
ducers. The Union well is now down
over / 200 feet
A well will shortly be located in
Donaldsons Cave, six miles northwest
of jamestown Tenn.
The Interstate Company's well OF
the Winingham farm, is now down
about 375 feet This well will be drill
ed to depth Of at least 1000 feet.
The recent copious flow of Daltol
= we'll No. is taxing the energies o
S the Transit Company to provide stoI
age. The Somerset tanks are full, an,
q the $4,000 barrel tank will not be CON
= pleted for several days. Another tan
$ of equal capacity is now in course Q
8 construction.
The Geary Oil Company, which wa
Q recently incorporated with capitt
:, stock of $4,000, will begin active d
4 yelopment at once. One derrick ha
q already been erected, and two other
d are almost completed This compan
s owns its own machinery and work O
n their NO. / we'll will begin next wee
Sc They own 1000 acres of oil lands lyir
n along the National Transit pipe lin
~ between the two big producers at Su
q. nybrook and the Bob's Bar well
VI Spurrier. Mr. Geary has contract
h with parties in Lima, Ohio, to drill
well on the Lester lease, about 5
"A yards from Bertram well No. 2 al
, about 700 yards from the Strubbe pl
no ducer. Work is to begin at once A
other well on the Bud Williams fal
will also be drilled by the company
once.
Russell county, Ky, a part of t
a. Tennessee-Kentucky field, is to ha
10 splendid opportunities of immedii
49, ~ development. NJ. w. Williams, mani
~. ing the interests of the Pennsylyal
~, Oil Company, has secured leases
~ $4,000 acres Of the most available
~ ritory in the county. The attenti
or Of the now famous Guffy Company
- Texas is also directed toward this 2
- ton of the oil field so it is reporte
0 H. W. Breckenridge, represent
- the Pennsylvania Oil Company is
y, .sA the field closing a deal with A. NJ. Y
~ Iiams for his one-ffth share in the
us us tensive interests of that company
81 the oil field.
0'' The McConneghey Oil Company
been organized with $4,000 capi
~ ,, The land of this company lies al
w Wv the waters OF Beaver and Otter ere,
wy considered By experts to be one Of
most favorable locations in this oil
Inv Nv ritory. They will begin deyelopm'
-" as soon as machinery can be procu
J. f. Mcclure and 7. II. HI
baum of Cincinnati, representing
at the head of company that
DIS chased large acreage of oil terri
south of Sunnybrook, are in the
~ arranging to push forward deyt
anu ment under new and expert man
o., o ment
mn Major ]. Ed Jones of Monterey
.a'e poets to renew work in the Sp
'ine Creek region, in Oyerton county,
ie0 fore long. There were several
'"e wells found in that part of the cou
'n.' about thirty years ago, but on ace
'no of the lack Of transportation faci
Oei' their development was abandoned
Se", it is thought that there is oil in
O'on section yet,
Ipep I Max Golditz of Allardt, Tenn,
fbon Just completed a new and yall
food map of the Tennessee-Kentucky
region 1t takes in the country
Clarkerange, Tenn, on the soutl
jamestown, KY on the north,
+ of from Celina, Tenn, on the we
~ the Cincinnati Southern Railwa
~ the east, 1t locates the pipe line
IaNa the wells which have heretofore
h of drilled, showing all the streams
the roads of the oil region, There
ut is be no doubt that the next few Y
3oun- will mark a great epoch in the hi
of this oil territory.
S. MEDAL FOR SAMPSON