The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-06-22
OF THE OIL FIELDS

Head an Southern Ohio districts ii
tie number 81 coinplellons and tlE
ayefage size ii ne ells large RIO
ducet iioweYe r. aTe hot "a much n i
feature that distrfct 4 4 month age
Then as now the terfitoFy east q
Bremen Is furnishing de- best produc
ers. Iii}this section the Rodehafer 0i
and Gas Company has completed ami
shot its8 NO Il ON the David Rode
nafer farm and has q show for q 1850
barrel producer in the Clinton sand
This location is 400 feet south Of tht
Einkade OIL and Gas Companys No
8 on the David Hendricks farm.
South Of Bremen three.fourth Of /
mile, the Raccoon Oil and Gas Com
pany Is drilling d second test ON tht
Frederick Mericle farm, located 500
feet east Of the first test, which Il
pumping about 10 barrels a day
jackson township. Perry county has
FLASHED up another good producer, the
best in several months. It issthe Kerr
Oil and Gas Company's No. 6 on the
R. w. Kerr farm, and It produced 25l
barrels the first "a hours. This loca
tfon Is 4 800 feet edst Of M a nm the
same farm.
The wells listed as 50.barrel pro
ducers or better are diminishing III
size. In the Bremen end of the field
there are II in the list and they have
an aggregate OF 1856 barrels a day
OF the total daily production. the ten
wells on the David Rodenhafer farm
are producing nearly two-thtrds..
In Malta township, Morgan county
the Barnett Oil and Gas Company has
completed Nos. 4, s and on the Har
rison farm and all are light bumpers
in the first Cow run sand. In the
Graysyille district, Monroe county
Galbreath & Co. have drilled a test
on the Asbury oden farm through the
Cow Run sand and found it barren.
In the Jerusalem district, in the
same county. Byrne, Simpson and the
Central Gas Company have drilled q
test on the John Steele farm through
the Keener sand and have a buster. II
Independence township, Washington
county, 6. R. Mildren & Co. are drill
ing No. Z on the George Eckert farm
Light wells are the rule in the love-
southwest fields. A large producer Is
an exception, and when one is drilled
in It attracts but little atten
ton. The chances are in favor OF q
light producer or a buster single
location removed. This, of course
does not apply to Roane county, where
the wells are. light and the producing
formation exceptionally regular.
On Hunt Fork branch Of Green
creek, Walton district, Roane county
the Ohio Fuel Oil Company has drill
ed its No. 8 on the s. D. Gibson farm
through the Big 1niun sand and has 9
show for an s-barrel pumper. This
location is 800 feet southwest OF No. !
on the same farm.
On Green creek, Walton district, the
Louis F. Payne Oil Company has drill
cd a test on the E. H. Summers farm
through the Big 1njun and has a light
gasser. This test is located 1000 feel
southwest Of No. / on the G. M. Sum
mers farm,
On Road Fork, Duyal district, the
Holley OIL and Development Company
has completed No. 8 on the G. T. Law
renee farm and has a 2O.barrel pro
ducer in the Berea grit. On Upper
Two,Mile creek, Sheridan district, the
Hamtin Oil Company has the rig com
pleted for No. 10 on the Lincoln Land
Association tract.
On Big Flint creek, Grant district
Doddridge county, Ernest Randolph
agent, has. drilled No. 2 on the M. A
and M. j. Mcmillan farm through the
Big Injun sand and has a two million
foot gasser. On Brush run, branch Of
the same creek, the Philadelphia Com
pany has drilled its test on the JOSEPH
Carr farm thirty feet into the Big In
jun and has a good gasser, estimated
to have a capacity Of 100000 cubic
feet a day. In the Ten Mile district
Harrison county, the Nashville oil
and Gas Company has now completed
No. Q on the Ferd Rogers farm and hat
a natural producer good for 50 bar
rels a day IN the Gordon sand.
In the old shinnston pool. Clay dis
trict, Harrison county, the Philadel
phia Company and the Fisher OIL Com
pany have completed No. 10 on the
Thomas L. swiger form and have Z
7O.barrel producer. In the lower emf
OF the same district, Parrish, Groves &
co. have drilled their test on the G. =