The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-17
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OIL AND GAS FIELD i
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The new strike at East Akron oa
q Attracting more attention than
any other Of recent date When The
ffst wen was Completed In that To-
caifty about two years ago. leasing
was very active and It looked for a
time as though they would open up a
new pool The oil was developed at
a depth of $500 feet. and in what IS
Thought TO be the Clinton Lime form.
/ alton. "A half dozen wells were start
led and completed and but one got oil
i'm any quantity The others were
dry.
The well Just drilled in by Miller
& Mathers ON the r. O. Talmer farm
and now reyiying interest Is located
east Of the first wells drilled and got
\ Its oil i'm the same formation and
depth as the first two producers. The
--latest information from the new
strike gives Its production at nine
barrels an hour. When first drilled
into the pay It produced 10 barrels an
hour and filled two tanks In 30 hours.
The well has been connected up by
the Buckeye Pipe Line Company and
the oils being shipped from the well
in tank cars. The showing at this
well being so much better than in
any OF the previous tests will be the
incentive for starting some new work.
The Interstate Oil and Gas Company
lis a large holder of territory i'm the
new field.
The Monroe County eusher.
4 In the Woodsfeld district, in Mon.
roe county, the Imperial Oil and Gas
Company's No on the Peter wahl
farm is surprising the talent by the
way it is holding up. For the "a
hours ending at o'clock yesterday
morning, the well produced $50 bar
rels. The Imperial company is start
ling Nos and 6 on the same farm
and the Southern Oil Company hes
made two locations to the east on the
adjoining farm.
In the same district, the Pure Oil
Company has completed it's No. IL on
the John Dufy farm and will not
have better than a or 10 barrel
pumper in the Berea grit. The same
company has drilled its No. ON the
James Foraker farm. located at
IGraysvflle, into the Keener sand and
has a five barrel pumper.
+. AT Woodsfeld the Pure Oil Com
pany has completed its No. 2 on the
III. R. Schneider 80 acres and has a
producer good for 100 barrels day
lin the Berea grit The same com
Ipany's No. on the George schumak-
Ter farm is good for or 10 barrels a
day. THE same eompany's No. on
1.-THE john Fellner farm is producing
IsO barrels day.
i In the Lewisyile district, in the
same county, the Emery OIL Com
pany has completed its No. z on the
David stempert farm and has a dust
er in the Keener sand.
Washington County.
\ In the Wolf Creek district, Wash
Iington county, the Tracy farm OIL
Company has completed No 6 on the
Mary A. Tracy farm and has dust
Ter. Turner & Co. nave completed a
second test on the Oscar Thompson
farm and has the same kind of luck,
Amsler & Co. have drilled a test on
the C. t. Hopkins farm through the
sand and Hays & Sparkling have conn
pleted d test on the C. A. Palmer
farm and both are busters. Hays &
Sparkling are drilling No. on the
Hlle Chapman farm.
The Lower Southwest.
Light wells are reported from the
lower southwest districts. In the Fol,
som district, Harrison county, the
South Penn Oil Company has drilled
Its No. on the Luther Talkington
farm into the second pay and the
well produced 80 barrels the first "a
hours.
In the Fallen Timber Run district
wetzeI county. the Parker & Ed.
wards Oil Company has drilled its
No. z ON the N. s. Snyder farm 10
feet into the Big Tntun and has de
yeioped no oil or gas. In the Smith.
field district, in the same county, the
South Penn Oil Company is drilling
in the top of the stray at its No. 20
on the Fairfield Peterson farm.
Duster In Harrison County.
On Cherry Camp run. Ten mile dis
trict, Harrison county. Mellon & sny-
der have completed second test on
the Lee Hickman farm and have a
duster in the Gordon formation. On
Grass Run, in the same district, the
Hope Natural Gas Company has the
rig completed for a test on the John
I'm. Goodwin farm.