The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-02
1890 99@Ns
NEWS FROM The OIL FIELDS.


PITTSBTRG, Sept. 2--After a long
wait for something better than small
bumpers. he Pennsylvania fields have
a good producer to oHeE It lis the
property of the Manufacturers L1ght
& Heat Company, located in the Nine
yeh district, in Greene county, n IS
the company's test on the Carter farm.
The first go hours after the well had
been drilled it placed 1S5 barrels to
it's credit, and wa reported %increas-
ing its production, flowing at the ate
of 10 barrels an hour. The location OF
this test is southwest Of tbs same
company's No. 2 on lthe Wolf helrs
farm. This is the best producer That
| has been found in that development
since the same company drilled in its
No. 2 on the Dr.. Throck1norton farm.
In the Bristoria district, in the same
county, the South Penn Oil Company
has drilled its second test on the VIM.
Tustin farm through the fourth sand
and has a show for a five barrel
puTnper.
On the east side OF the Folsom dis
trict. in Harrison county, West Vfr-
Elnla, inc SOuLu ~ III
NO. Z on the r. ]. Parish farm has
started to flow again and is producing
80 barrels q day. 4
The same company has drilled its
second test on the j.. n. Webb farm
through the Gordon and the hole has
filed up $500 feet with fluid. 1t viii
Be given a shot and will make a fair
producer.
The South Penn Company has drill
ed its No. / on the 3. f. 1eidreth
farm into the Gordon pay and the hole
has filled up 1000 feet with fluid 1t
will make a small pumper.
In the Pine Grove extension. in Wet
eel county, l.. S. Hoyt & Co. have shot
their No. rs on the l.. S. Hoyt tract
and increased it's production from al
most nothing to $50 barrels a day.
| No. + r. ]. Postelwait, in the same dis
| trict, is holding up at 100 barrels a
day. No. 2 OF the Jesse AshcTatt
farm is holding up at 100 barrels a
day. At Littleton, No s on the G. W.
Soles farm is holding up at 14O bar
rels 2 day and has not been shot The
test on the George AlbaIgh farm has
been completed and is not good for
more than Is barrels e day. @
On yellow Creek, Calhoun county
the South Penn Company's Nos. 1 and
2 on the r. E. Gardner farm are pro
ducing $40 barrels a day. In the Man
nington district, Marion county, the
Searchlight Oil s Gas Company has
completed its test on the T.. B. Holbert
farm and will not have better h a
five barrel jumper in the Gordon
Near Moscow. Hancock county, 1sen-
blse & Co.. have been doing consider
able test work, but had not met with
much encouragement till they drilled
in their test on the Gregory farm, and
now claim to have a twenty barrel
producer.
After a run of busters, the Big Lime
development, near Milton, Cabell
county, has presented another pro-
Queer 1t is the Harshbarser Oil &
Gas Company's second test on the c..
C. Beckett farm, located $50 feet
southeast of No. l on the E. w. Beck
EFT farm. The well was drilled into
the Big Lime a yesterday and pro-
duced 80 barrels the first IL hours.
This makes the twelfth producer in
the field out Of more than 80 wells
completed since the initial producer
was drilled in on the e. w. Beckett
farm. The last does not add anything
to the producing limits Of the pool.
The aggregate production OF the ~
wells is now PTS barrels a day.
Up to the present the Jefferson
County Oil Company seems to have
about all OF the producing territory.
This company has just drilled in its
No. 5 on the M. B. Cole farm and has
a producer good for $50 barrels a day.
The same company's No. 2 on the
James Mcbride farm, drilled in last
week., has been drilled deeper into the
pay and has increased its production
to $50 barrels a day, making it the
best producer in the Southeastern
Ohio fields.