Daily Wabash Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 2 June 1889 — Page 5

DRILLS GOING DOWNWARD.

Wells Where Drills Were Started Before the Storm Making Good Progress.

2LAY CAUSED IN ERECTING THE DERRICKS AT OTHERS.

Complete List of Wells and Their Locations, and the Names of the Companies.

At dark last night the tools at the Exhange well had reached a depth of 375 »t and were going down at the rate of jve feet an hoar. The rock is very soft A this depth and is troublesome for the 'eason that it works up on the drills. [Water was encountered at 187 feet in I [uite a heavy stream, and this filled the jiolei rising to within thirty feet of the irfaoe. This will make drilling slower •ban in a dry hole but, nevertheless, no tkttempt will at present be made to case Pt out. The casing would be a tedious iperation and would not repay for the »aving in time by drilling in a dry hole, bould water be found at other depths, or the time saved by casing out the iriaent stream would be more than off|ktet by delay in taking out the pipes that -iteming out the hole down !»low the. next flow, etc. Drillng at this well commenced est Saturday, and in the week thirtytigbt hours were lost waiting for casing, the meantime the Kinser people were oing ahead. This so excited the direcora that arrangements were made for ising the Button-hole drive pipe, and this agreement the difficulty was overtome. The drills are now in a soft slate •r soapstone. This slate foroation was reached at but 37 feet, and with the exception of a few feet of limestone ind several very thin veins of coal, nothng else bas been found. The most roublesome drilling of all was through .be quicksand found above the solid -ocks. This was overcome only by .Iriving the casing ahead of the drills, ind at times the quicksand rose inside .he pipe to a height of thirty fee&

The drills at the Button-hdle, one wjuare north of the Polytechnic shops, vere set going on Tueeday night, but iwiDg to the generosity of the directors lid not run long. The Exchange well eople were unfortunate in not reoeiving ill of their drive pipe on time and were a tight place, when the Button well •ompany, anticipating that the Exchange veil pipe would arrive in time for their tse, agreed to let the Exchaoge )eople use a part of their seeing. As ill-luck would have t, the Exchange pipe did not arrive vhen expected and in consequence the button drills had to stop. But on Frilay the casing came and work was reumed. The exact depth of the well iould not be learned last night, but Mr. iutton said it was in the neighborhood tf 125 feet. The drillmen are "hustlers," lowever, and it is expected that the short lelay would soon be fully made up.

The contractors at the Joseph well ost all of last week on account of the •ain. The derrick arrived about ten lays ago and had baen partly placed in position, at Fifteenth and Tippecanoe streets, when the rain commenced. Frilay the work was resumed and yester-

Jay the derrick and engine house were completed. The boiler and en* jine remain to be placed in position, and as this work can be easily accomplished in one day is confidently expected that the drills will be set going by Tuesday morning. The contractor is C. P. Brant. This

lis only outfit in this section. Work was resumed on the Smith well lerrick yesterday, after a week's delay in account of the inclement weather. The derriok will be completed on Monlay, and drilling will begin about the middle of the week. The contractors are Buzzard A Carl. They have only the one outfit in this city.

The Kinser well tools have been going without interruption all week, and are now about four hundred feet down. No delays of any kind have been experienced. The vein of salt water struck at

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the Exchange well was also found have at about the aame depth. The water iB a strong salt, and Offers considerable impediment to the tools.

The Big Fonr well has not .been so fortunate as the others. Drilling commenced about dark Saturday before last, and sinoe that time the tools have been lost twice by the breaking of the rope. Both times they were recovered without serious delay. In all about ten hourB were lost, and Mr. Churchill said last night that he thought the well about the same depth as the Kinser welL This being the case there are now three rivals for second oil, all being about se neer the goal as could possibly be reached in so short a time. The salt water was encountered here The only difference in the rock formation between the Kinaer and the Bi, Four wells, ia that more coal was foun at the former. The exact thuskness of the veins was not determined, there being no Special intereSl in speculators.

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The Elliott Vrell ia making good progress. Drilling was commenced on Tuesday night, and has gone on without interruption since. This hole is not very far behind the leaders.

The derrick at the McKeen well will be finished by Monday, and drilling will commence at once.

The Alden rig will be finished by Tuesday, and drilling will oommence there as soon as the engine can be started afterward.

The outfit for the E lswerth well is on the ground, and Mr. Churohill will begin the erection of the derriok Monday morning.

No changes were reported at the Diall yesterday. The company has decided to put down a 2-inch tube inside, the Scinch casing. This is done throughout the oil regions for the reason that the flow will continue much longer than with the large casing, ss the size of the column of oil which the pressure supports is much less. From the smaller pipe fully as much oil will probably flow as from the present pipe. The company has employed Mr. Martha, one of Mr. Churchill's men, to take charge of the well. He has been in the oil business more than twenty years, and ia probably as well up in the workinga aa any man now in the business. He has worked at the wells in this city since first started on the river bank about two years ago.

WHAT OTHER COMPANIES ABB DOING.

Waiting for Batter Weather—Some Will Walt for Farther Developments.

Other companies which have contracted for the ereotion of. derricks and immediate drilling, are impatiently waiting for the clearing Up of the weather, while still others are moving along oautiously awaiting, further developments.

The Bruce company have not contracted up to date, although there is a possibility that a oontract will be let soon. There is an inclination on the part of the directors to go slow until the popularity of the product is assured. The company do not fear failure in finding the oil stratum, but are waiting only to see what disposition is to be made of the oil. The location of their well has been definitely decided on, the determination being to erect the derriok on the lot at Brace's slaughter house, at Twentyfourth street and Fourth avenue.

The Phoenix company directors have not yet awarded the contract for drilling. but this matter is now in ihe bands of the directors and they will probably make some definite disposition of it at an ^ttl-ly date Tha nynll nrjH lift lpflfttftd On .. the Phoenix foundry lot, possibly one hundred feet from the Diall well. The finding of oil at thi9 location is a certainty.

The Boo re company has been somewhat delayed in settling their land leasee, and this has delayed surface opt ations. But on Thursday these matters were definitely settled, and steps will be taken toward getting to work immediately. The company has purchased one acre of land, and secured a satisfactory lease on twenty-seven acres adjoining, all the land being situated between Hulman street and the Lockport road on south Thirteenth street. The well is to bs located in the northwest oorner of the land on Thirteenth Btreet The directors have two propositions for drilling under consider-

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Dor^'t Fail to See These Wonderful Bargains

Leading Merchant Tailor and Clothier,

FIFTH AND MAIN STREETS.

stioa, and the contrast will be for ..day*. The Star company are impatiently awaiting the arrival of_ their derrick. It was to have bean he* teiday. but lor some laino delayed on the way. The company have leaasd land from Mia. Ida Harper, at Twelfth and Mulberry streets, and a* pectto have their denick up and drills coing by next Friday. An aaassseaantaf 25 per cent, was made, and is beog paid up very promptly. J. Morgan has the oontract for drilling.

The Markle mill company aie iendy for work, and will let the oontract for drilling thia~ weak. The company haaton acres of land adjacent to ths old Markle mill at Otter creek under leese, and ae soon as the oontract is let the search for ibe oil will be pushed.

It is understood that drilling is to be resumed at the Macksville well in short time. The casing waa kit in the hole, however, and work can be resumed with very little trouble.

The Pbcenix foundry company leaasd a block of land near their foundry, 100 feet by 60 feet, for period of twenty years, to the, Phoenix Oil & Oaa company. The lot ia in the Southeast oorner of lot 170 in Rose's addition. The lessee received N00 worth of paid up stock in the company, w^ll receive oneeighth of all petroleum and S200 per annum for gas it found. Should poaseaaion of the land cease for sixty dsye at any one time the land will revert to the foundry company.

The Ellsworth milling oompany is to the Ellsworth Natural Gas Jk Oil oompany a tract at land lying Immediately north and west of the rateneotion of the north and south eentral line of aection 36, town 13, range 9 and the E. Jb T. H. railroad. The lenses will received one-eighth of all petroleum and 9200 per annum for gas discovered.

Mr. R. E. Hamill,of Marshall, 111., was in the city yeeteraay and subscribed some stock in one of the oil well companies. He says that Marshall hss considerable capital that is willing to be invested in Terre Haute oil wells. Like reports come from other cities in the valley.

Other companies are getting down to work, and altogether the proepeot is vory good for a most exciting race between about twenty wells.

S THE LOCATIONS.

A Directory of the Various Wells With the Maine* of the Companies. 1. KUIot well—Nineteenth and Van da) la, south slcto* 2. Button-Hole—Sixth atenue and Thirteenth street. 3. Phoenix well—Ninth and Mulberry streets. 4. Star well—Twelfth and Mulberry streets. 5. Bruce well—Half-mile west ef poor tarn. 6. Kinser well—Sycamore and Fourteenth-and-a-half streets. 7. Joseph well—Fifteenth and Sycamore streets. 8. Alden well—Twenty-second street and Vandal la railroad, south side. 9. Idaho well—Half mile south of Idaho grocery on Seventh street 10. Smith's well—Bear of £. M. Smith's coal office, at Tenth and Main. 11. Centennial well—Twenty-second and Second avenue. 12. Boore well—Lockport road and Thirteenth street. 13. Kllswortb well—Ellsworth. 14. Pennsylvania well—Eleventh street and Fourth avepue. 15.' McKeen well—Sixteenth and Chase streets. 16. Big Four, or Bl el—North side Vandal la railroad, at Twenty-fourth street 17. Exchange well—At Bronson exchange, opposite Union depot 18. Markle well—At Markle's mill. Otter Creek.

LOCATIONS NOT DKCIDED ON

19. Aetna well. 20. Merchant Travelers' well. 21. Wabash Valley well. 22. MlnshaUwetl. 23. Lost Creek well.. 24. Prairie City well! 23. Merchant's well.

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responding to ths abever 1. Terre Haute oil & Gas company. 2. Button Oil & Gas company. 8. Phoenix Oil Gas company. 4. Star Oil, Gae Mineral company. 6 Bruce Oil ft Gas company. & Kinser Oil ft Gas company. 7. Prairie City Oil Gas No 1. a Alden Oil ft Gas company. 9. Idaho Oil ft Gas oompany. 10. Indiana OU ft Fuel company. 11. Centennial Oil ft Gas company. 12. Boore Natural Gas ft Petroleum company. 13. Ellsworth Natural Gas ft Oil company. 14. Indiana Oil ft Gas company. 15. Vigo Oil company. 1& Teue Haute Mutual'Oll ft Natural Gas comdany. 17. Union Oil company. 18. Marble Oil ft Gas oompany. 19. ^tna Gas ft Oil company. 20. Merchant Travelers' Oil 4 Gas company. 21. Wabash Valley Natural Gas ft Fuel oompany, 22. Home Natural Gas ft Oil company. 23. Last Creek Manufacturing ft Mining company.

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The MaafaeviUe eHacNatural Oaa 40U the list,

Jacob C. Koisstn. James Fltzpatrtck, *. T. Leggett, Demas Deming. a C. M(Xeen, Robert Geddes, '.J.Kaufman, A. C, Fort. John F- Began, Georg* Farrls,

F, Putnam,

T. J. Griffith, Ikn Fechheimer, Jeff D. Morris, H. P. Townley, £mll Froeb, H.F. Smith, W. H. Boberts, Preston Hussey, Geo. Farringtmi, L. A. Burnett, E. M. Gllmore, Gus Conzman, Peter Miller. Richard Dahlen, .• TJ.tLletten, ». E.W.Johnson, r. N. Filbeck. C. S. Cronln, A. C. Bryce, Thomas F. Donham, Geo. Zimmerman, Geo. H. Hebb, J. N. Hickman, Frank Prox.

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twenty-six qt which ar* ocmpoMd of home capitalist* Of the twentycompanies. twenty have Joeationa tor wella decided on. i-aj THK nsl All

THE HCCBSlOJf.

Raperta IadfaaSa lfcat tke OcawdMi nandayWm Evsry report from the surrounding country ia to the effect that the excursion on Thursday will be a great The eomodttee of arnmsesasnti oil excursion on Thunaay have hard at work for the past waek, and the reeults promiee to equal, if notHo sxossd the Cleveland excursion. The oommittee on reception ia requested to meet with the arrangement coe»mittee tomorrow evening at the Bend of Trade rooms aft 7:30 to perfect arrangements. The following are die members of tttia committee. S Mayor F. C. Donaldson, William Mack,

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Fuel

A. C. WrMtt C. KHMer, B-GTHodnot, H. Hnlman, C. L. BraaMn.s H.RsUnsao, MsxHoberg, A. Foster, Dr.BF. Swafford, &C.Oskw if," H. M. StaCUi, -i GemteB.Purii, Sawel MeKeen, H. H. Boodlnot, aunuSJSusch, w. wT Oliver, D. C. Gnlner, J. R. Duncan, J. Irving Riddle, I. Royse, w. W. Parsons, Emll Myers. John G. Helnl. Henry 6. Miller, W.B.Steele. John N. Cldf, J. B. Walsh. Frank Prox, DanFssIc, JtdwInKUIs, George Brokaw. Max Joseph, E. D. Harvey, N. Boland. John Moss, Ed W. Rsss, Alex h. Crawford, J. H. Kens, Ed. Reed, E. H. Btndtey, J. T. H. Miller, John B. Hsgw, J. Sykes, F. Carpenter. James Cox. James Hunter, R. G. Watson, -, Jacob Baur, W. T. Beanehamp, Frank Benjamin, John E. Lamb, JohnC. Zimmerman. J.G.McNwt Charles M. Warren,' Robert Van Valzah^ Clem Harper, Wm.o.Patton, Lee Goodman, A. N. Smith, H. a Richardson, E W. Leeds, D.W.Henry, L. B.Martin, L. KuMner, R. A. Campbell, Isaac Ball, J. F. RoedeL Geo. M. Knight Adam Tressel, P. B. O'Rielly, JehU Lewis. T. si Moore,

D.BIgriow, W. Carles,

fa.Kf J. M.2 Jacob D. Early, W.^ W/fiaworth. Win. Kramer, E. a Bryant, J. O'Blordan, Fred Bong. M. N. Diall, W.H. WUey. Dr. T. C. Mendennali, Ed L. Feldler, W. &Bea, :v. W.aisbell, Lswrenes Helnl, Edward Gilbert, John F. Brlnkman,

Tom W. Kinser, WM. Schluer. Herman Mewes, Frank Smith, HugoDusoweg. A.G.Austin, Wm. M. Lyons, S. C. Beach, c. w. HoB, Joseph Strong, Jessie Robertson, John M. Bysn, W. H. Albrecdt, J. O. Button, A. Here, Fred. Mel Joseph H.Brlggs, Frank Armstrong,Crawford Fairbanks, W. P. Hams. D. P. Cox, B. G. Cox, Edwin O'Boyle. John T. ScottJohn G. Williams, JohnS Beach, David E. Paddock,

W. R. Hunter, W. W. Byers, A. G. Blake, Peter Katzenbach, Sam Fleming, J. Stout, C. W. Brown,

Local OU Notes.

-g^nntQn haa.it badly—the oil fever. Montezuma unorganised a company to bore for gas or oil.

It bas been determined to drill on Colonel Thompson's farm. Eiward Danlevy, of Toledo, an oil contractor and expert, is here.

The oil fever baa struck Vinoennea, and a oompany haa been formed to sink wells.

Coal was found at 175 feet at the Kinser well, about forty feet deeper than at the Diall welt

The Merchants' Oil & Qas oompany has leased up to date between six and seven hundred sores of land.

The oar works company will build the derrick for the Centennial well. The Centennial oompany has leaeed twenty

THIS WEEKS RACES, JUNE, 4, 5,0,7.

Spring IVteetirig of tlie Terre Haute

TR( )TTING ALL THE FLYERS IN THE COUNTRY WILL BE HERE

Tuesday Free for the Ladies to .the -Grounds and Amphitheatre.

DAME MAR A NTKTTE willowe tiailv Exhibitions of lier WonderfurSa3dle Horse. Woodlawn Grand Oil Well Exl MADAME MARANTETTE will give Daily Exhibitions of lier WonderfulSaddle Horse, Woodlawn.^ Grand Oil Well Exhibition one day of the Races. Special Rates on all the Railroads.

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Oil 4 ¥m*t

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lACLVaikTiaeht^Tbiadeett iaa hateaaM(al dayaL Be iaitate enseal^ the tgUta ttaksil will bafoond 1MB

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fovoraUToi the oil

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dinolon and Oil iaaonoetly

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A. B. Stoaer, E. P. Beeaohamp, Willlanmnn. W. M. Lyoo^ HniyDonandLK.Clatfaltar. 1 an: K-OalMtar. preaidant W. ML I^oor,vicepceaidsnt,and A.R. aeoietaiy and taeeegrer. ne OMetou apsa.

A special from Qygnet, Ohio, ^o' the Lima Gasette asye: "Thie is the liveliset oil town of ite age in the atate Hieie ia oil prodnoad within an aran eJ air mileaof Cygnet than there ia on the iae amoont of territory in the- world. There ia mora iron tanka«ein tbia immediate neighborbood than in aavothiw pert of the oountry, in fact, it ia the hub of the Ohio oil field. Tnwe are as many as seventy-five atringe of driBbof at the praaent time within tan milee of C^gnat Practtcal drillaraand tool dresaaiaareatapcemi-

All the old tool dneesn have gone todrillingand atil the demand to greater fhan tiweupply. Practiaal asen are in great demand and command good wegeai ipallad to pnaa into the aarvice men that have notoeanlaosrn to do an boneet day's work for yeera. We have a populstiqa of abont two thouaand and not a ohum, nor a joatioa, nor a notary, nor a conatable nor any other oflioer of the law.

Tk» StaodarS ul Ita Newapayer. A writer In the Ldma Gazette aaya: Met one of the old-time producers yaatarday, and a man that ia well poated, and aaked him what be thought of the moving of the Oil City Derrick to Toledo. He aaia.it looked to him ae if the Standard ia getting ready to boom Lima oil. Of course the attempt made by the oitizene of Toledo to put in an independent gae line lup aomething to do with it, aa the gnat abaorber ia compelled to look after ita own interaeta, but you watch and ase if the Derriok doeent oefon long give thia field a booat. While they wan in Pennsylvania they oouldnt eay a good word for this field, aa that would be calling down upon their heada therighteoue indignation of all Eastern producer*. Bat the Standard ia getting things around in better ehape, and when they want to announoe their movaa it will he through the Derrick.

Women's Shirts.

The ahirt ia now indiapenaable to the femenine wardrobe, being worn in eilk, crape-de-ohine, and rarioua other materials with afternoon and viaiting ooatumea. Pleated from the neck to the waiat, it hae teken the plaoe of the veat or waiatooat, this being nowNrelegated to tailor-made dressesT

A favorite way of lightening a mourning dress is to introduce the full white ehirt, but it muat be remembered that then is no longer any bag or fulneaa below the waiat. The preaent aeaaon ia one of amart compactness, and one of the salient characteristics of ita fashiona ia a dainty trimnees.—(London Daily Newa.

Treasury Andlton Appointed.

—1.—The jHwidsnt: made the following appointmenta: Geo. B. Fisher, of Delaware, to be fourth auditor of the troeaury J. N. Patterson, of New Hampahin, to be aeoond auditor of the treasury.

Ferelga Motes.

Ths marquis of Lone Is confined to his house on account or a bad coki. He Is unable to talk. Mr. William O'Brien has gonsto Mies to recuperate. A friend has placed a villa at ths Irish sdltor's disposal.

President Camot left Paris for Calais, whan he will witness the opening of the new harbor. A crowd at the depot greeted him with ebeers and cries of "Vive Cunot" and "Vive la BepubUque."

Emperor William *111 decorate Deputy Haaimacher aad appoint him councilor of state, as a reward for his mediation between the mlae owners end ths striksrs. Twelve thousand men an still on strike at Saar. They have aaked ths emperor to receive a deputation appointed by them.

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In d®d8rto r6auce oi£ir stock of Woolens we have made a big our Stiitings and

$88 8aita-radnceAto, $20

$30 Suits reHu'

$35 Suits reduced to $30

You Will find it to

your advantage to call and examine our stock and- get our prices before purchasing elsewhere.

$40 Suits reduced to $35.

$5.00 Pants reduced to $4.00.

$6.00 Pants reduced to $5.00.

POPULAR TAILORS.

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tour Patronage Bsspectfully SoUdtsd.

WOBK PBOMPTLT DOMB.

PATENTS

CHILDREN'S SUITS REDUCED

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$2.75 to $1.75 it $3.50 to $2.50 $4.00 to $3 00 $4 50 to $3.25 $6.00 to $4.50.

BOYS' SUITS REDUCED I

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$4 00 to $3.25 .t $5 00 to $3.75 $6.00 to $4.50 $7.00 to $5.25 $9.00 to $7.00:

$7.00 Pants reduced to $6.00.

$8.00 Pants reduced to $7.00.

$9.00 Pants reduced to $8.00.

CALL in SEE FOR TODBSELf.

A. F. Froeb & Co.

JEWELERS.

DUmoodsand aU Prsdous Stomas reset In any styls on short noOcs.

FINt REPAIRING OF ALL KINDS.

A Lara* Btoek of

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Sterling Silverware and Novelties.

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