Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-06-08

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Dewalt & Fleeger are on top OF
the lime at No. we'll on the Butler
Evans farm on Willow Fork.
Ihrig & Applebay drilled In
their No. we'll on Mill Greek
Island this afternoon and have a 80
barrels producer from the Cow
Ruu formation.
The South Penn OIL company
drilled In small well Sunday on
Paul Wells at Bens Run. It Is
Cow Run territory.
At Rinards Mill, o., No. I well
on the Dye farm, of the American
OH company, was drilled through
the Berea Grit formation Saturday
and Is a 10 barrel producer.
Peasants Co., W. Va.
The most promising development
In this section of oildom IS the
Rea's Run field on the Ohio side
opposite Raven Rock. Efforts
have been made In desultory way
the past ten years to open a field In
that section, but all attempts until
recently terminated disastrously.
Recent operations over there In.
sures quite a respectable Keener
poll. The wells are not large, av'
eraging something like rs barrels,
but at these figures the territory
can be operated probably.
The field up to date has some
thing like 10 completed wells to Its
credit, and all are producers with
the Three Joes' gasser on the
Chapman farm The latest wells
In over there show decided In
crease In initial capacity. The first
we'll to ne completed only produced
about IS or 20 barrels day while
later wells have come In at rate
exceeding IS barrels daily.
The Three Joes company COM
ple:ed their No. I Mercy Wells In
that field and have a 40 barrel pro-
Queer.
JIM. Guffy & Co. have completed
No. I Mcknight and have a pro-
Queer good for 20 barrels day.
This same company Is starting
their No. 3 Holstine.
Wilmington & Co. are due In the
Keener sand at their No. Philips.
The Columbus OIL company IS
drilling at their No. Martha Yost.
Other locations are being made
almost daily and big lot of work
Is promised for the summer.
This field Is less than FIVE miles
from this city and Is easily accessi-
BILE either by boat or rail-.
Supplies from this city can be
transported much more cheaply
than from anyother base.
Ellsworth and Davis No. 3 Crit
fifth on Willow Island run is max
ing IS barrels a day from the Cow
run sand.
In the same locality the U. S. Oil
& Coal company rigs for Its No. S
and E Rebecca Delong farm.
The Pure OH company has drilled
through the Keener sand In It's No.
j. L. Calvert we'll near Schultz,
and have a big gasser. 1t will drill
on down through the Injun.
The Carter Oil company, Is drill
Ing at It's deep test on the F. Nd.
Gorrell farm on Middle Island
creek near Wasp. P. o.
The Mutual Oh company's test
on the Parker farm at Long Reach
Is completed and Is a gasser. The
rig IS being moved over to the Sci
Wells farm where they will start
their No. 7 on that place.
The Mutual Oh company has
started the rig for test we'll on
the Baily heirs tract on Middle
Island creek.
Will Sparks was down In Walton
district, Roane county, this week
contracting a rig for the test vel
to be drilled there shortly by Irwin
Ferrell, Smith and others of this
city.
The Central OH Co., has a show
Ing for an Injun we'll at their No
40 J. B. Reynolds on French Greek
The oil Is mixed with water, and 1t