Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-01-10
OIL DEVELOPMENTS
THE OIL MARKET.

the head of Gorrell'S Run and
which Is being drilled by c. F.
Mercer and others, Of this city, has
been delayed and will not be com
p.eted until Monday.
The drill will be started Mon
day morning at No. 1 well on
the Grim farm at the mouth of Big
Buffalo creek. Pittsburg capitalists
are having the we'll drilled and
George Wolf Is the contractor.
Eureka. Pleasants Co.. W. Va.
The Ruckman OIL company now
have three producing wells on Nc
Elroy, back of Eureka. They GER
tainly deserve credit for their euer.
gy and perseverance,.
The Eureka Pump Station seems
to be running most of the time, and
there Is good set of men running
1t. They attend strictly to their
own business, and loafers about the
station are a thing of the past.
E. D. Lappert, Supt. of the Co
operative Oh & Gas company, has
been a prominent business oil man
lin our town for several weeks past.
making his headquarters with Jcho
Cochran while here. We find him
to be hustler and right up to date
In the business, and very much of a
gentleman. His company means
business, and expects to do consid.
cradle drilling here the comiog
season.
There Is some drilling for oil
going on in this neighborhood.
The Cooperative Oil & Gas Co.
started sprdding In John Cochran
No. I few days ago, and after
they got to depth of about two
hundred feet the cable broke, 1t
being found unsafe to drill with,
the we'll was shut down until a new
cable could be secured. The we'll
will be drilled to the deep sand If
oil Is not found sooner In paying
quantities.
The we'll on the Aaron Ruck-
man farm has been shut down for
several! days waiting for coal.
Aaron Ruckman IS a good clever
neighbor, and deserves prosperity.
We hope he will strike 1t rich In
his one-eIghth royalty.
Ritchie Co., ". Va.
On Laurel Run, Shaffer & Co.
have drilled a test well on the c.
W. Kemp farm, through the salt
sand, 1850 feet ard have show
for a 10 or IS barrel well.
On Plum Run, the Jamestown
on company has completed Its No.
l. on the DIM. Miller farm and will
have small pumper in the 1rjun
sand.
The Fox we'll near town Is ready
for ,he last string Of casing.
The Cokeley well Is down 800
feet.
On Big Knot Run, Browns &
Zahniser's No. 3, on the Weekley
heirs farm, Is holding up to 147
barrels day. and Mallory Bros. &
Co.'S No. 2 on the John Freeland
farm and the Three Joes Oil com
pany's No. S, Elroy Wagner, at 1oc
barrels a day.
Mallory Bros & Stewards No
I, on the Whaley farm, In the Big
Knot field, came In a few days ago
aui proved to be gasser. 1t is
making from twelve to fifteen NIL
lion cubic feet day.
On Wolf Run, the Cleveland &
Parkersburg OIL company's Nos. !
and 8 Dye and the Associated Pro
ducers No. S Clark and Snyder &
Co.'s No. 4 Henshaw are holding
fup at 100 barrels day.
In the Cairo field the Adams
Sarber Oh company are drilling
we'll on the Harkness farm:
On Boud's creek the Cleveland &
Parkersburg Oh company are drill
Ing a we'll on tie Dye farm.
On Goose creek the Pittsburg &
Parkersburg OIL company is drill,
Ing Its No. 23 Rinehart, at depth
of 500 feet. The old wells on the
same farm are being shot and
cleaned out and show a marked
improvement In production.
The Cairo Oh company drilled
In It's No. II In the Big Run field