New-York tribune., 1904-09-19
The WEEK IN PETROLEUM.

The weeks developments i'm the oil region have
brought 20 lis1t few new good producing wells.
but the majority OF the driIings have struck only
light runs busters In the Salem district in
Harrison County. ". Va. however. after a long
period OF Jiscouraging prospects. the South Penn
Oil Company ar the depth Of twelve feet the
Lehman Farm tapped a well which produced rs
barrels the first tverty-fou- hours Drilling was
suspended as soon as the well began 20 show oil
70 wait until the pipe line made connections. It
VIII then be drilled deeper and an increased pro-
ductio1 is expected IN the same district the COM
pany drilled IFS No. - the Hammond Farm
nothing better than twO-barrel puruper in that
formation The company also completed its Sec
ond test On the Spindle Farm in the same district
and has a ten-barrel pumper. The star OH and
Gas Company has drilled its test on the Randolph
Davis Farm. II the Salem district Harrison Cou1-
y. and has q show for q rwenty-h -hve-barreI we'll
In the Fish Creek district. Marshall County. the
South Penn OIL Company drilled its test well
the LsidsCk Farm. twenty-five feet into the Cor
don. and has fair We'll At ten feet n ths sand
the pay was struck and produced hery-fve barrels
ths frsr fourteen hours. IN ths Wick district.
Tyler County. at the depth OF forty feet On the
Delana Ankrom Farm. a ten-oarrsI pUmpsr has
been struck In advance OF Developments IN this
district important test 8 70 be made on th8
Jerry Livingston Farm
In Southeastern Ohio another promising well has
been struck the Ohio side in the Wolf Creek
District. Morgan County. The Hastings OIL Com
pany and the Southern Petroleum Company have
compIated the No. IS on the Morris FARM. which
has resulted in a producer that viii start at q
hundred barrels day Several othsr driutugs
have been made IN the sane region. with show
tus, OF only light bumpers A few light wells have
also been struck at Chester Hill In the shadow
sand territory on Wolf Creek Morgan County,
Ohio. new wells are coming IN light A few weeks
ago 10G-b barrel producers, when IL was hrst drilled
IN. were common Occurrences. A Hfry-barrsl well
Is now the exception On the Otis Cody Farm
Girard & Co. have drilled their No. Is but VIII
nothing better than 6ve-barrel producer IN tns
same district on the Olive Works heirs farm JeE-
ninGS & Brothers have completed their No Is
which VIII produce only FIVE barrels. In the saTns
locality the Hastings Oil Company and the south
Petroleum Company had a little better luck They
have completed their No. IS on the G. e Morris
Farm and it Is showing from fifty 20 seventy-ave
barrels day The limits or this POOL have beeu
defined and the interior is fairly we'll 1eveIoued
busters have been struck IN Monroe County N
the Limestone Run District. Jefferson County the
Buckingham on Company drilled its test on the Fl
r. Waugh Farm and has a strong gassr. which Is
100 feet south or their gaSer the BOseman
Farm and 12nO feet east OF the gaser on the Beii
Farm
Refined petroleum closed unchansed at : s5c IN
barrels and 4S5c in bulk in NeW-Tork- PhiIadsl-
phia prices were points lower: n the foreign
refined markets London advanced 1-16d to SD per
imperial gallon Prices at other centres were IN
changed with the quotation at Antwerp 19I4 francs
100 kilos and ass marks per 50 kilos at Brsnsr