Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-03-21
OIL OPERATORS HOPEFUL
Valuable Discoveries in the Once
Abandoned Burgettstown Ter

i he lew Duh SCItoeo"h Ne'SA
opnent, south of Burgettstown,
is the most important and active
of all the fields outside Of West
Virginia. There are perhaps
twenty or twenty-five strings OF
tsols running and the results OF
them have been uniformly good.
Some of the drilling wells have
been shut down for lack of wa
ter, while a number Of good
wells cannot be pumped on &C
count of frozen up and burSted
water lines.
+. I'll. Jennings & company
drilled the first well in this ter
ritory about seventeen months
ago. 1t was located on the Ach-
eson farm, two and One-half
miles southwest of Burgettstown,
and resulted in finding a little
show of oil in the 100 foot. This
being their initial venture and a
failure in the 100 foot and also
as a guide to future operations
they drilled the well down
through all formations and all
were dry. They next located a
well on the same farm 5000 feet
east from No. l and found a
small well. They located their
third venture on the Welsh farm
still further to the east, getting
5-barrel pumper. Their fourth
venture was located on the
Welsh farm, 500 feet south Of
No. 1 Welsh and resulted in a
small producer. Their next loca-
ton was on the Vance farm, g.
900 feet west from Welsh No. l
which turned out rank duster.
The Dunbar farm was the scene
of their sixth location, 1900 feet
northeast from the Welsh No. l.,
which made a barrel and a half.
Half way between Welsh No. 2
and the Vance farm well they
located their seventh well on the
Castor farm which was very
small affair. After drilling these
seven wells, Mr.. Jennings con-
cluded that he had spent enough
money in hunting for a lead and
he abandoned his leases.
Shortly after Mr.. Jennings
evacuation R. G. Gillespie, of
Pittsburg, secured a large block
of leases and took up the gaunt-
let. He drilled his first well on
the Pate farm, located 800 feet
from Jennings & cOmpany's
Welsh farm No. 2 and got a lit
tie producer. He then drilled
No. 2 Pate, located southeast
from No. l Pate, getting another
light well. Mr.. Gillespie next To-
Gated a well on the Buchanan
farm, 1900 feet south Of Pate
No. 2 resulting in a 1O-barrel
well. His next venture was lOca-
ted on the Scott Heirs fann, l.
500 feet southeast from Pate No.
2, which started off at II barrels
a day.
1t began to look as if Mr.. Gill
lespie was on the right track, and
would yet find what Mr.. Jen-
nings had given up. His next To-
cation, made on the Russell farm,
1900 feet south from Scott No. l
was a 30-barrel well. This gave
Mr.. Gillespie his cue and the di-
rection of the belt, which lies on
a As degree northeast and south
west line, and, as developed, is
about a mile long and four or
five locations wide. He has been
very successful and has scraped
together a handsome daily pro-
duction. He has not yet half
drilled the best territory. In all
he has completed twenty-nine
wells and has nineteen wells and
has nineteen wells drilling and
Kelly Brothers & Cooper are
also quite heavy operators in the
pool and have completed twenty
or twenty-five good wells. The
Southern Oil company has a
large block of available territory
and is doing quite a stroke Of
business.
The best well in the field be-
longs to R. G. Gillespie. 1t is To-
Gated on the Scott heirs farm
and is making so barrels a day.
The wells hold up remarkably
well, and as soon as spring opens