The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-05

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OIL AVID CAS- tEkp. II
are now the best
tie lower asonth vest ieIds have 70 OF;
fer. The fair wells N the district.
that we're producing above the aver.
age are declining and fast dropping
into the list Of bumpers. New pools
are not in evidence and some. Of the
extensions that looked rather promts-
ling are not coming to what was hop
ed for a few months ago. This is
true of the southwest extension to tina
Rowell's run development, in Roane
county. The FIRST few wells complet-
ed came in very good producers, hut
as the developments have advanced.
to the southwest the wells are much
smaller. On West fork, in Spencer
district, Roane county, the Carter OIL
Company has drilled its No. on the
]. A. White farm through the Berea
grit and has a show for 15-barrel
producer. The first and second tests
drilled on this farm started a better
than so barrels day. No. 9 is To-
Gated 1000 feet in advance and to
the southwest Of No. 2.
Oiled deep Test.
| On the lower left hand fork in Wal
ton district, the United States Gas
Company has made deep test Of lis
No. Is on the Judge Lewis farm,
which was drilled to depth OF $500
feet. It was intneded to drill it
through the Gordon. but that forma-
ton was not encountered at the depth
named. A little gas was developed
in the Big Injun and there we've 81
feet of Berea grit drilled through.
In the Wick development, in Meade
district, Tyler county, Browse, Proper
& Campbell have drilled their No. 4
on the g. P. Myers farm through the
Big Iniun sand and have '!us'er.
In the Folsom district, Wetzel coun-
ty, the South Penn Oil Company has
drilled its No. 60 on the Gentne Rob-
fnson tract SO feet into the stray and
has a light show Of oil. In the Smith
field district, in the same county, the
South Penn has drilled its No. on
the I. D. Morgan farm IL feet into the
Gordon and the hole has filled up u
200 feet with fluid.
On Kinchlowe creek, Harriscn coma
ty the South Penn company has COM
pleted second test on the ]. A. Fox
farm and has a show for a producer.
The hole has filled up 1900 fest with
fluid from the fifth sand.
| On Archer's Fork. Grant district,
Wetzel county, Smith & carnahan
have drilled their test on the Eliza
Beverlin farm 80 feet into the Big
InJun and have "a very light show Of
oil.
a Few Gauges:
On Pyles Fork, Marion county, the
G. E. Bonwell & Co.'s good producer
on the Charles snodgrass farm shows
falling of in production. 1t is now
down to 105 barrels a day. In the
| hGEheT pOOIp III &'%AAASSs AAA~ '"t'
lowing gauges are reported: Southern
oil Co.'s Nos. / to II, inclusive r. A:
Workman, 695 barrels; Pure OH COS
Nos. 1 to II, inclusive, w. +. CLARK.
AIS barrels9 Melrose Oil & Gas Co.'s
Nos. 2 to G, D. H. Lacy, and No: 4. L.
C. Lazear, 355 barrels and Stiles Bros.
& Underwood Nos. to 4, inclusive,
VIM. Christen. 1870 barrels.
In the Richie Mines district, Ritch-
lie county, the South Penn on Co.'S
Nos. 81 and %. on the Ritchie Mines
tract are producing 50 and 100 barrels.
respectively.
OIL c1TY-tredlt balances, $1,5S;
runs. August 81. 152.164 barrels; av.
erage for month 1O1,531 barrels; runs
September and 2, 56,s76 barrels;
daily average 2s,4Ss barrels; ship
meats, September 1, and 8. 32S.sO2
barrels; daily averages 1o7,956 bar
rels.
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