Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-09-03

| Ihere Is considerable activity In
the new oil pool opened up In
Peasants and Richie counties
known as the Big Knot oil field
The location Is along ridge be
tween these two counties, about !
miles from Hebron and 20 miles
from his city. A number of the
best producers already drilled In
are owned by Sistersville parties
The following wells are in or drill
Ing or rigs going up:
The Three Joe's Oil Comp any
have FIVE wells on the Elroy Wag.
ner farm and the rigs up tor Nos.
s and 7 and location made for No
8. The last we'll drilled In Is flow
ing 80 barrels an hour.
The Drillers Oil company on the
George Rine farm drilled In Its No
I August the 9th. 1t was shot Sat
urday and Is making more than
900 barrels day now. Their No
Is drilling at 1900 feet and will
be In about Monday. Rig for No.
3 Is being built.
The first we'll Of Gould, Zauhiser
& Hall, on the Weekly farm Is due
In today. This company Is spud.
ding at Its No. and rig for No. 3
Is being bull.
Mallory Bros. have two produc
ers In, their No. 3 Is due tomorrow
and No. q the 9TH of the month.
The South Penn OH company
have one producing well In ON the
Harmsworth farm, No. 2 Is being
drilled and the rig for No. 3 Is be-
ing built.
Treat & Crawford's No. I on the
Holland Is spudding.
This Is all the wells so far In or
under way In this new pool, the d.
mansions of which no one can tell
It's quite an active little pool and
many oil men drive over to 1t from
this city every day.
In The Salem district, Harrison
county, Gartlan & Co.'S No. 3 on
the Custer and the Southern Oh
Co.'S No. Riley farm are holding
up at AIS and AIS barrels day
respectively. In the upper end of
the Wolf Summit field, Vanwormer
& Co. have drilled in we'll on the
G. N. Williams farm and have a
IS barrel producer.
In the Pine Grove district, Wet
eel county. the South Penn has
completed No. S on the Samuel
Long farm and have a buster In
the Gordon sand.
On Redwood run, The Kanawha
OH Company has completed No.
81 on the Mills tract and have a
buster In the Big Injun sand. In
the same district. the Carter Oil
Company will test Its No. E on the
M. Anderson farm In the Big Ipjun
sand before drilling to the Gordon.
On Big Knot run, Mallory Br, s.
gave their No. on the Freeland
farm shot yesterday and the well
responded at the rate of of 40 bar
rels an hour.
West of Bonds creek station,
Smith, Wilson & Co S No. on the
Arnett farm is holding up at AGO
barrels day.
In the Burning Springs district,
In Writ county, Roberts Bros. have
completed No. 4S on the Rathbone
oil tract and have a ten barrel
pumper Ia the Cow Run sand.
In the St. Marys district, Pleas
ants county, Lawrence & Co. have
S or 10 barrel we'll In the Keener
sand. The United States OIL and
Coal company's No. on the S. J.
Bills farm, dry In the Keener, will
be shot In the salt sand. At Eure.
ka, J. J. Higgins & Co. have com.
pleted No. I on the Hammett heirs
farm and have IS barrel producer
In the Cow Run sand.
In Wood county, Hennie & Co.
have completed No. 3 on the Pugh
heirs farm and nave a 30 barrel
producer.
Near Wellsburg, Brooke county,
PAUL Bros. have shot their test on
the A. Bowser farm and have a
little show of oil.
On Wolfe creek. Morgan county,
Ohio. E. Bowman & Co. have com.
pleted No. II Wagner and have a
buster.