The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-09-11

winning discoveries are in'fte minor
iiy and despite she fact tnal b 91stoss
nave been conservative lhl loss nom
lnilns Ia old and new territory has
oeen considerable.
TaAing aeF opment work as a whole
he defeltp ola territory hase
sesn Toas .bia hose who
have aa rroduc-
slngs egtito ils aata been
but
van time ia 6acl ayesl-
LED e 6rm.
pay 4 Bt6ats
AT long int wear
good tSst,iacsg as SIS ni
has been bs gioass
owners ll9s when lSt
pointed oesi Il viii
are few ard, agswseg a
cou5t;y has one. Greene a8e.
We Virginia several laa ast
sern csc very Few.
Esep fasset Ia 81 ssns County
On LOMBARD creek itesnhlll town.
ship. Greene county, tie Ohio NaIies
Gas Company has Just conipl sted 4
deep test on the Reaner heEfs farm.
This wellBas drilled Ia depth
OF {, 1856 feet. "A light show 81 oh was
deyelopedin the fourth saRa iii moth
ing was found in any 81 TIE osser Tor
nations. 1t was then Plug ea below
the fourth sand and given lio but
failed to make d producer tom met
level A gas pressure wis geloped
in the Big Injun and itsElil nov be
plugged5below that Formation 4 shot
and will probably make a llgh
Few wells in Greene county haye been
drilled to SO great a depth ana emon,
trates that It is not worth -
pense Of looking for either oi
below the recognized pEodaetns Form
lions.
!. q.
On Jockey Camp raptsW Utiion
district, Doldridge county the 4or
Natural Gas Co, has drilled "a
on the Minor Wells farm through the
Big Intun and has avery good
In the same district, the Castle Book
Carbon Co. has completed n scond
test on the Lewis Maxwell Starta loca
ed one-half mile east 81 No: AMI
has a light gasser in the Bis IniEiti
Harrison County
On Rock Camp run; sarals
District, Harrison county, The 4onare
OIL Co. has drilled its No 8 On tie
John Henderson farm through
sands and found nothing but i
show in, the fourth. tt;wlllsbe glYen
shot and test in that formation
on Rush run, Church district Wet.
eel county, the Pure Oh ec; scni.
pleted tests on the W. 9. Gore md
j. Taught farms and has 81
gassers in the Big Iniph 3sati neg
will be drilled to the lower SAN on
Mud run, in the same lstIlet
Pure OIL Co. Is due in the saId
test on the A. B. BartFug tarn
In the Folsom district, Harrison eean
ty the South Penn Oil CoShas tirillea
its No. 8. on the H. a, PARISH firm
through the Gordon and deyeiope
light showof oil in that tormat 81
will be given a shot and WIN ma
light pumper.
On Archers Fork, Grant distrlct
wetzel county, the Parker& Ea8afas
Oil Co. has drilled It's Noe cn
d. B. Fisher farm into the Big Jul
30 feet and has developed no
gas.
On Elm run, Grant district asteliie
county, the South Penn OH "a!
agreeably surprised when they age
their test on the Lafield,Pertine farm
a shot. When first drilled throus
Keener it did not show forbetteE hais
a 10 barrel pumper, but after Y aad
been touched up with 15quarts me
high explosive fluid It's production Ess
increased to 40 barrels 4 dag
size of this and other wellscomp1eted
recently will stimulate dew
work in the immediate vicinity 81 tte
producers.
MonotgaIla County eushef
On the south fork Of Dgnkatd creek
Battelle district, Morongalia co1nty
the Manufacturers Light and IIellt
Company's No. on the n
latch farm Is quite gnsheF nh
erage for the "a hours ending a
O'Clock yesterday morning was 21 bar
rels an hour or close 70 800 barrels
day. While It Is agitated the vel
flows quite steadily It has not been
drilled any deeper since The buy
struck.
Judging from the amount q new
work starting in Lincoln county tte
Berea grit development near Ism as
vile, Duyall district promise to be