Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-12-12
Oil Items.
WEST VIRGINIA NOTES.

WEST VIRGINIA NOTES.
The Sand Fork development in Lew
is county, w. Va, produced a brace Of
busters yesterday. The first was ]. NJ
Guffey & Cos No. on the James Null
lady farm located about 1900 feet near
ly due east of the Copley heirs No. 2,
and about 1900 feet northeast of the
South Penn Oil company's John Cop
ley No. 8, at present the largest produ-
Ger in Sand Fork The second failure
was the South Penn Oil company's
test on the William Donlan farm, To-
Gated one mile southwest of the Cooley
heirs gusher. The well will be drilled
down to the fifth sand test.
Guages of the producing wells yes
terday in the Elk Fork pool were:
Copley heirs No. 1, 35 barrels an hour;
John Copley, No. 8, As barrels an hour;
No. l. same farm, 80 barrels a day;
Turner, No. 1, 50 barrels an hour; Null
lady, No. 2 IA barrels an hour; Nc.
Crea, No. /, 20 barrels a day. Total
production of Sand Fork. 3,212 barrels
for the day
J. M. GuffeY G Co. and the South
Penn Oil company have drilled their
No. on the Turner farm into the Cor
don stray. The well made one flow
from this level and is still drilling
This location is 800 feet north of No.
On the same farm. and 600 feet east Of
the we'll on the McCrea five-acre lot.
The Linden Oil company has drilled
in a twest we'll on the Lemaster heirs
farm, located south of Silver Hill post
Office, Centre district. Wetzel county,
and has a producer good for $50 barrels
a day. This we'll is located in the vi
cinity of E. H. Jennings & Bros pro-
duction on the Carney farms.
West of the Blacksville. on the
Greene county side of the dividing line,
between Pennsylvania and West Vir-
ginia, the South Penn Oil company has
drilled its No. 3, Lawrence Yeager. in
to the second pay and increased its
production to 300 barrels day. On
the west side of the same development
the South Penn has drilled in No. l. ].
S. Kent, and No. 2, Thomas Hoy. and
has show for light producers.
In the Jarvisville end of the Wolf
Summit field. Harrison county, the
South Penn has completed No on the
w. S. Faris farm, and has a duster.
On Redwood Run. Wetzell county,
the South Penn has drilled its No. IA
on the Helen Jamison farm through
the Big Injun, and found that forma-
tion barren. The we'll is now drilling
to the Gordon sand
In the Garner pool the same company
has drilled its No. 80 on the Henry
Garner farm into the Gordon, and has
a strong gaser. Near Meadville, Tyler
county, the American Oil Develop,
ment company and the South Penn
company have drilled their test we'll or
the George Meyers farm to a depth
of 1000 feet and found nothing
In Wood county. in the Hendersho
pool, Brown. Mead e Co. have drilled
their No. 2 on the George Hendersho
farm through the Cow Run san, anC
have duster. Rasel & O'Brien hav'
completed their test well on the NJ
Robinson farm and have small pro
ducer.
In the Burning Springs district
Richie county Dotson & Pope hav,
completed No. A, Frank Rex, and hav,
a 5-barrel well. in the Big Injun sand
G. H. & NJ Mealy have COMPLETED No
! 8, William Gibson. and have a duster
'"Tis not to shock nor is it to cry,
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