The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-09-07

i,ISs a alyeF $50 Ship.
mehts. 1909; average, 1852.
PITTsBuRG, Standard Oh,
1856.
The most important information re.
eeiyed from the lower southwest fields
yesterday come from the Holidays
Cove district in Brook county. South
of Ferguson 6 Co.'S production on the
aIcKim fam, 800 feet, J. D. Owens Y
Co. have drilled their test on the james
Montgomery farm Il feet into the Bz
rea grit and have found no oil or ses.
On the McKlm and other farms near
Holidays Cove the pay was fCunh at
six or eight feet in the sand and this
makes ]. D. Owens 6 Co.'S test look
like failure. 1t is still drilling and it
lis possible that they may yet find a
pay. Should this well prove duster
1t will give the development the worst
discoloring 1t has received since al ef-
fort las been m;lda 10 extent ) pro-
ducing limits 1t,was thought that the
location was favorable for southern
extension. In the vicinity of the pro-
ducers, Ferguson & Co. hold leases on
all of the territory and It looks as
though they had leased all that is
worth having. i
Big Inlun easser in WetzeI.
On Fish creek, Church dlstricr, Wet
eel county, the Philadelphia company
drilled its test on lie W. ]. Troy farm
into the Big Injun and has developed
a good gas pressure 1t is still drill.
ing and may find another pay.
On lie south fori; of Dunkard creek,
aEttelle district, Monongalla county,
the soua Penn 81 Company has lr!i!.
cd its No. = on the W. j. Devine firm
into the fourth serd and has Il chow
for a 30 barrel r:cducer from that
formation.
In the RIrle Run pool, in E,ls% nth
district, Tyler com ~, the Me;rose Oil
AMI Gas Company has drilled - sec.
ond test on tie Kclial heirs fam iato
the Kcencr sand snd has show 'or a
10 barrel pumper.
III the Folsome district, aa':tson
County. the South Fem oil cornp7nv
has drilled Its No. 8 on the H. y Par.
ish farm into the teb of the Corloa
and has shut down to move back he
boiler.
On the south forii OF Dunkarj creek,
Battelle district. MonongalIa county,
the South Penn Company has drl'l"d
No. . OIL ;lIC Alex King farm into tho
fourth sand and The hole has tlll"l rp
LEO feet with fliL. 1t will make a
producer. In the same dlstric', 'le
Manufacturers Light and Heat Gem
pany's Nos. and 2 on the R. W. Whit
latch fam are l'tducing 20 an lOI
barrels, respectively, from the :our;h
sand.
In Murphy district, Ritchle County,
the South Perm Oil Company has
drilled its test on 'he Layfeld-Perrine
farm through The Hsensr sand and
found n light sEow of oil in that or
nation. It is now drilling to tn. l'ig
mum.
lnthte ct eta ctac etaoshrea losth
In the big lime development ill
Grant district near Hilton, Cabe,! cuun
ty. the Fought Gil Company has tart.
ed to drill at p.,o:hrr test on the Sarah
A. Roberts farm. In the same dis.
trlct, Nixon & Cole are due in the sand
at test on the +. + Mccullough farm.
In the same district, 1. ]. Hamburger
trustee, has the rig completed fer a
test. on the Eliza Chapman farm.
Southeastern Ohio.
On the Ohio side, in the Rsqs .un
district, in Washington county, Til.
bens & Wilmington have drilled their
No. : on the Mar.rq G. Hanlon farm
into the Maxon sarda nd the well rro
duaed 60 barrels the first 20 hours I'll
will be drilled ceeper and then sven
shot. The first we'll compl:sct on
this fe'n. was the largest prolLcer
drilled last year. 1t was credited with
more than 1000 I;ul1els a day for tie
first few days alter 1t was drilled into
the sand.
In the Payne district, in the same
county, TronskI Grcs. have completed
their No. 8 en- The James Decker farm
and have a light III mper in the se2und
Cow run sand, In the same diSt'!ct,
the ]. L. Rralen Oil Company has
drilled No. . en- the Wilson Martin
farm through the same formation and
has a show for the same kind of a
pumper.
Good Gasssr In Brooke County.
In the weUsburg district, Brooke
comfy, W. Va, Follansbee Bros. & Co.
have drilled their test on the w. D..
Dauson farm into the Berea grit and