The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-30
OUTLET FOR
OIL WELLS
Pipeline from Tennessee ::
Kentucky Fields.
MANY WELLS BEING SUNK
No Danger of Pumps Being Idle on Ac
count of a Lack of Ma,erial-O
Industrial News of the
South.
MANY WELLS BEING SUNK
Especial to 1,he T1mes-Dlspatch.,

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completion at n cost OF more than $1,-
100000 OF pipe line system to furnish an
outlet for the oil of the Tennessee Ken
lucky fields leads the correspondent at
Barboursvllle, KY, to assert that the next
few months will largely determine what
part these two States will take in oil
production. Ho writes:
"1'here are already enough wells drill
ed to make good showing for some time
to come. and with the large amount of
oil already on the surface In the various
developments. there is no danger of the
Of material. On an estimate. there are
now ut least 10000 barrels OF oil In stor-
age tanks in the various fields awaiting
the completion of the line. This does
not include the smaller tanks In some
of the wildcat developments. At Somer-
set there are 225,000 barrels Of oil In ten
storage tanks, the production OF the
Wayne county, KY, and tho Tennessee
field. This oil Is the accumulation of over
u year. The Knox county field has pro-
duced about 10000 barrels during the
past two or three months, which produc-
ton Is stored at Barboursyile. In the
central developments there Is a vast
quantity OF oil, and storage capacity at
all points Is becoming limited However,
the pressure will soon be relieved.
ON INCREASE
with the impetus given the work BY
recent wildcat strikes In new territory.
and the fact that many companies are
just now beginning to do active work.
field operations are on the Increase In
cor In hn hon @ 6igtriCtR
activity Is evident all along the line be-
tween the States OF kentucky and Ten
nessee, and in the territory the Standard
Is beginning to operate under the name
OF the New Dominion OIL Company. Ten
drilling rigs have been shipped into Cum
berland county by this concern. and
good production will rapidly be obtained
and that will mean the extension OF the
pipe line to that territory In the older
developments OF Wayne and Knox coun-
ties good producers are being drilled every
day, and the output is increasing In
Wayne county during the three weeks
past about twenty wells have been drill
ed to completion, while the same is true
OF the knox field. Not so many have been
drilled In Cumberland, for the reason
that 1t takes longer to drill well.
RAPIDLY EXTENDING.
TN the central developments prepare
lions are being made to put as many
wells as possible to producing. and work
Is rapidly extending to new fields. In
Morgan county. the deep we'll territory
OF Kentucky, several nice producers have
come in lately, while strikes in the more
shallow formation of Bath and Rowan
counties are a daily occurrence. In the
counties Of Estil. Lea. Elliott and Wolfe.
work is progressing systematically, and
every strike is serving to define more
accurately the nature OF the o-bearing
sands, and the number OF busters Is grow
Ing smaller. The output of this field is
a lubricant. and a pipe line extension has
now been made to Salt Lick. on the
G. and O. Railroad. and the output is be-
Ing loaded into tank cars and shipped
away. However. Illuminating oil is found
also. but not in such quantities as
the lubricating grade.
Operations will be carried on on an
extensive scale In what Is known as the
Eastern District. n territory lying off
tho railroads and difficult to access. a
number of eastern capitalists are shipping
standard rigs into tho region. and al
ready a number OF wells are In course
of drilling In the counties and Clay and
Leslie. 1t is the intention of the opera
tors to drill deep holes and give the coun-
try thorough test. The Standard has n
considerable acreage in this region. but
Will not begin work for while
Northern capitalists are now beginning
to put considerable money in this oil
field, and the past few weeks have Wit
messed the formation Of a number OF new
commenced work.
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