The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-04-25
Nothing Sensational, But Satisfied
That Future Promises Well.

MCnticeilO, Ky, April 2o.-oA men
now operating. and who are prospec-
tive operators, are jubilanr over the
situa ton, more so, indeed, than they
have been at any period OF the Wayne
county oil operations. This good feel
ing is not attributable to anything
approaching the sensational, but be-
cause of the operators marketing oil
have no cause for complaint for the
matter in which their wells are hold
ing out, while those who are drilling
new wells are meeting"with a success
well calculated to make them salts
fed with what the future holds for
the various districts in the county in
which they hold leases.
George H. Dobson, of Baltimore ar
rived in Monticello Saturday, and in
an interview he took the above out
lined position as to this field. There
is no longer any question ip my mind
but that this territory will prove
among the best in the country, and
the more l investigate, the stronger
grows this conviction, he began.
81 think il can he conservatively
predicted' continued Mr.. DCbson.
that we are now ON a field in which
the development is permanent. You
see this field is covered with about
400 feet of limestone, and that means
protection for the immense quantities
Of oil after which We are now drilling.
Mr.. DobsOn is vice president and
general manager of the Consolidated
Oil & Refining Co. with headquar-
Iey+ vi n
has thirty-eisht leases on $50 acres
of land in the new Steubenville dis
trict the district which, from gem
eral drilling standpoint. has been re-
Gently attracting the lions share OF
attention in Wayne county, for the
reason that several good wells have
been drilled in there within the past
ten days. However, theoperators in
the Slickford section have not been
idle and the announcement which
came from the Mayfeld property to
the effect that another good we'll had
lust come in with capacity at the
outset, of twenty-five barrels day.
reminded those who have been watch
ing the new field SO colsely that there
is still oil undiscovered in the older
fields.
Mr.. Dobson will remain here for at
least a month looking after the in
terests of his company. He al
ready has producing well in the
Cooper district. and is now preparing
TO move machinery from that point
to his property in the Steubenvl!!e
section Early this Week he will
have installed three machines, and
VIII push work on the contemplated
wells without delay.
This will be q lively week among
the drlleTS as quite number OF new
der & Co, OF CINCINNATI. have ar
wells will be commenced. F. NJ Har-
ranged to drill their we'll No. ] deep
er: the Monarch Coal, Oh & Gas Co.
Dodson farm. and their we'll, which
have a rig up on their lease on the
came in about ten days ago, contin-
ues to run promisingly at capacity
of 1875 barrels a day; NeSler Bros, of
Pennsylvania, have two new wells
drilled for Sam Owens, of HuttOns-
vile, Ky. in which Robert Bartes,
of Somerset is also interested; the
Clafin Oil Company had a well com
pleted practically on Saturday which
came in to-day, the prospects for
which have been considerably good
from the first by experienced oil men.
They viii commence dumping right
away Il