Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-09-25
OIL OPERATIONS.

special TO inc tNcElhNtF.
PITTsBuRG. Pa. September a.-The
Yellow Creek district, in Calhoun county,
w Va. is showing some Improvement
Notwithstanding the wells located far IN
advance of developments have come IN
busters Inside of defined limits the Low
Their OF Company has completed its No. 3
on the +. NJ. Depew farm and has show
for 75-barrel producer from the Gantz
sand.
on Redwood Run, Wetzel county. the
Philadelphia Company has drilled it's No.
II on the John Mills tract through the
Gordon sand and has show for Il light
pumper.
Near the dividing line of Wetzel and
Marshall counties. and four miles east OF
the old Ganor pool in Netzel county, the
South Penn OIL Company has completed
n test we'll on the w. Il. Mason farm ON
Lynn Camp Run, and has n duster In the
Gordon sand.
In the Pine Grove district, the same
company has completed No. M A. Mil
ler No. W. j. Criswell and No. John
Long The first and last are each good
for 10 barrels n day and the second named
lis barrels n day
One-haf mile north and In advance of
the new Freeport development In Greene
county the South Penn OIL Company has
drilled In a test well on the ID. A. Spragg
farm and has producer good for rs bar
rels a day For an advance well this Is a
good showing and makes Il northern eX-
tension to the development look promis-
ing.
In the GAINESVILLE end of the Wolf Sum
init field. In Harrison county. the South
Penn oil Company has completed Its No.
on the George r. Richards farm and has
duster No 2 on the same farm is pro-
ducnR % barrels a day.
North OF Salem. Gartlan & Co. have
completed a test well on the Clyde Bailey
farm and have a 25-barrel producer
Near Jarvisville the South Penn oil Co.
has completed a test well on the q. w.
Brohard farm and have a show for 20
barrel we'll.
On McKim Creek, Lafayette district,
Peasants county, the American OIL De
velopment co. has drilled It's test well on
the J. Is. Mason farm through the Big
Injun and has "a buster.
on Coal Run. Union district, Kennedy e.
Lawrence have completed their No. ~ on
the W. +. Mcknight farm and have a
I5-barrel pumper from the Cow Run sand.
In the Fink district. Lewis county, the
South Penn Co has completed No. NJ.
ana y. Mcdonald and No. on the Mary
Aibers farm. Each Is good for 10 barrels
a day.
In the CORVALLIS district. Ritchle coun-
~, the Lynn OH Co. has completed it's No.
5 on the r. M. jackson farm and has
l5-barrsl pumper in the salt sand.
In the shallow sand territory In Wood
county, Henry a. Co.'S No I on the j. T.
johnson. Jr.. farm Is holding up at $50
barrels a day.
In the shallow sand territory on the
Ohio side. near Chester Hill, Morgan
county, busters are OF frequent occur
renee Huntington & Selby have com
ploted their No. II on the r. S. Jackson
farm and have a buster. Shoemaker q
CO. have completed their test on the II.
worthington farm and have the same
kind.
on Wolf Creek. Murdoch. West a Co.
have shot their No. IS on the John Light
ner farm and have a producer good for
% or 80 barrels day
In the Macksburg field. the Consolidated
on co. has completed It's No. q on the
Miller Bros. farm and has i0-barrei
pumper W r. Wilkins has completed
No. on hts own farm and has 5-barrc
pumper. r. Sloan has completed No. II
on the r. w. Boyer farm and has a 25-
barrel producer from the SgO-foot sand
W. c. Patterson & Co.'S No. 6 on his own
farm win make a smui pumper In the
5Oo-foot sand. and Longfellow Bros No
10 on the Hall heirs farm Is dry In the
same formation.
In the Payne district. the Rogers Farm
on Co.'S No. l6 on the Preston farm is
dry.