Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-01
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The Big Ten OH comp ny drilled
in good gas well Saturday eve
on the Foreman heirs land about
mile northeast of Middlebourne.
The we'll also has showing of oil,
L c. Wilson and A. J. Jemison
are interested In the we'll.
On McElroy creek, McElroy dis
trict Tyler county, the South Penn
OIL company has drilled Its No. 10
on the Andrew Seckman farm,
through the Big Ipjun saud and
found 1t barren. 1t Is now drilling
to the Gordon.
In the Middlebourne district,
Tyler county, the West Virginia
& Plttstone Oh company Is drilling
a test on the Foreman heirs farm,
In the Keener and has a small
showing of oil and gas. 1t Is still
drilling and will be put through
the Big Injun. In the same dis
trict the South Penn company Is
drilling test On the S. Maloy
farm, aud B A. Moses has the rig
up for test on the John Riggle
farm.
Several good producers have been
drilled In the new development,
near Antioch, In the Trail Run dis.
trict, In Monroe county.
The Ann Oh company has drilled
Its test on the J. A. TIuax farm,
into the Big Ipjun pay, and the
we'll Is flowing at the rate of 10 bar
rels an hour. In the same district
the National Production company
has drilled Its No. I on the VIII
liam Bowman farm, into the same
formation and has a show for a 200
barrel producer. The last named
Is located on 20 acre lease and
neither this or the Truax test have
been shot.
Kansas Field.
A West Virginia oil operator who
recently returned from the Kansas
oil fields, says:
THE area of the territory covers
large amount of land extending a
hundred miles north bv a little
east from the Cherokee and Usage
districts of Indian territory, up
through Kansas In succession of
small pools. There Is undoubted-
ly much dry territory In this big
stretch, but the luck of many of the
oil men and promoters of the field
has been so phenomenal that PEG
pie have begun to look upon the
field as one that would rival Beat
mont, Texas, In Its palmlest days.
"Plenty of gas has been found by
the men drilling for oil, and 1t Is
fact that Kansas companies have
been developing gas wells In a de-
soultry way for the past fifteen
years. These companies have
leased up much of the desirable
lands. So much, In fact, that 1t Is
now very difficult for oil companies
to get hold of good ground. Many
of the gas companies want one
sixth royalty and bonus.
The oil produced by the wells
In the west does not stand In a
class by itself. The best Of 1t Is
about the same quality as that of
North Lima. The rock from which
seems to dominate In the western
fields, Is of a chocolate color, inter
mixed with grey sand rock. Ex.
perts believe that the Kansas Of!
wells will be long lived.
The production of the new
field already reaches something
like 5000 or 10000 barrels day,
and 1t can be seen from this the
amount of activity that Is going on
among the villages Of the plains.
In one section of the field alone
there are ow IS new wells In the
process of drilling.
The men are handicapped by
the scarcity of hauling facilities and
the lack of railroads. The average
cost of drilling lease and equip.
ping 1t for production In that field
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