Sistersville daily review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1905-1907, 1905-05-15
Butler We'll Creditable Slayer.

Butler We'll Creditable Slayer.
The Mcbride & Co. well on the
WaFdron farm west of Butler is
proving a very creditable slayer.
The guage at noon yesterday
made the well producing at the
rate of As barrels an hour. This
would make the production more
than 1000 barrels a day. The ter
ritory in the vicinity has all been
taken and the thing of most inter-
est now is to see which of the lease
holders can get rigs up and the
drill started and be the first to
reach the producing formation.
1t is expected that some of the
wells will be put down in record
breaking time. The Southern Oil
Company, the oil-producing end
of the Pittsburg Oil & Gas Com
pany, has secured a lease on 40
acres of the Waldron farm, for
which it paid 5000, and now has
the material on the ground for
a rig. This location is about 500
feet east Of the present gusher.
The Lower Southwest.
Development work in the lower
southwest fields is tagging and
the little work completed shows
nothing better than small wells.
West of Warrington, Marion
county, in the 30-foot district. on
Bartholomew run, the Freehold
Oil & Gas Company's No. l on the
Grub farm showed quite an in
crease in its production for the
second "A hours after it was shot.
The gauge for the "a hours end
ing at 7 o'clock yesterday morn
ing was $50 barrels.
In the Fairview district, same
county, the South Penn Oil Com
pany has drilled its No. 3 on the
Reason Tenant farm into the top
of the fourth sand and has a show
of oil.
In the Pine Grove extension,
Wetzel county, the same company
has drilled it's No. 4 on the NJ. E.
Greatehouse farm through and 40
feet below the Gordon and has no
show for producer.
Light Wells.
In the Smithfeld district, the
same company has drilled its No.
8 on the |. D. Morgan farm
through the Gordon and the hole
has filled 1900 feet with fluid.
1t will make light pumper. In
the same district Trees & Brast
have drilled their second test on
the C.. n. Highland farm 50 feet
into the Big Injun and the hole
has filled up 1000 feet with fluid.
Unless it improves with deeper
drilling it will make light we'll.
The South Penn Company has
completed it's No. 3 on the Peter
son Price farm at a depth of 1929
feet and will have very light
pumper.
In the Salem district, Harrison
county, the South Penn Oil Com
pany has drilled it's test on the j.
H. Davisson farm through the
Gordon and unless a shot helps
will have a very light pumper.
Near Conoway, this county, the
Tri-State Gas Company has drill
ed it's old No. l on the j. NJ. May
field farm through the Gordon
and found that formation barren.
In the PIT. Pleasant district the
Southern Oil Company is drilling
a second test on the L. B. Wat
kins farm.
In the Garner district, Wetzel
county, the South Penn Oil Com
pany has shot it's No. 4 on the
Margaret Hartley farm with 80
quarts. The well responded with
a good flow and then bridged.
In the Wallace district, Harri-
son county. the same company
has drilled its No. ; on the Z. T.
Robinson farm 20 feet into the
Gordon and the hole has filled up
1900 feet with fluid,
Yellow Creek Gauges.
All of the wells in the Yellow
Creek district. Calhoun county,
have declined and but two that
have an individual production OF
100 or moro barrels a 6ay The