The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-11-30
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For some jweelEs light Producers
'llage been The rule ID ihe deep sand
territory IN SOUTHEASTERN Ohio. Iii
( lson township pefrS county,. the
/ Parker n Edwards on Company Inns;
4colapleted No. 10 on the Il. M. Kerr
farm and has an exeeptionally good
producer. The first "a hours after the
+ vel was drill led through the sand ana
Y Shot 1t placed 100 barrels to its credit.
Me location Is 1D9 feet north Of; No ! s
ON the same part ot the n! NY Kerr
lease The some company \ has com Sfis
spletett and shot It's 10 Isl on the r! w.
4 Kerr farm and I has "a 2255:bsrrel pro-
sducer: This Locations Is 800 feet east
let on the same farm. d very
good produce The Parker e Ed:
wards OH Company has been very sue
cessfnl lin its operations on the Kerr:
farm. Three months ago when this
company purchased the lease and we'll
on this farm, the prod uction was $50
barrels a day Since then 1t has Iin-
Iscreased tie production to more than
1000 barrels y a. day and u IT. looks as,
though the entire farm of 800 acres Is
good proc ucing territory. b
In the Jerusale distriet Monroe
county the National oducing COM
pany has now drilled Its test on the
Adam Bach farm through the 3Keener
sand and has a buster. v In the New
Castle district, the Big Five Oil com;
.pany has drilled test on the. Thomas
Clark farm through the Keener sand
tand has a show for light pumper,
Near Newport, Newport township.
washington county, the Waldo OIL
Company has drilled It's No. 8 on the
James Lester farm through the / Hose
Neck sand and has a 5-barrel pumper.
In the; same district, the Trask Oil n
Company has completed No, 20 on the
Miller heirs farm. and has q show
for a 15 or 20-barrel producer In the
second Cow Run sand. X,
Sst;s The Lower Southwest.
Z In the lower southwest, on Rock;
Camp run, Sardis district, Harrison.
county, M GORE & Co.'s test on the j..
H.. Moore farm Is. spraying oil at the
lrntes Of S barrels an hour. The well
I has a! strong gas pressure. 1t will
be drilled deeper, but IT Is not likely
to increase Its production. As stated
in a previous report, the. well Is lo-:E
Gated in gas territory and IL 1t proves
a profitable oil producer, will be a
great surprise. 1t Is not now attrac-
ing so much attention as when mrs,
drilled into the sand.
On Middle Island creek; Union dis
trict, Tyler county, Holmes & Corbin
have drilled their test on the Mrs
f.Iames Martin farm through the Big
IElnjun sand and found that and al,
upper formations barren. On the same
stream and in the same district, L. n.
Wilson & Co., are due In the sand at
! a test on the Margaret Rockwell farm.
Ont Middle Island creek, Ellsworth
district, the .Melrose Oil and Gas Com.
pany has moved the rig at its test on
1.-the Patrick Crow farm and has start.
ed new hole. The first was; plugged
with a string OF tools. &:
Wildcat Buster In kanaWha.l
RI On Pond Fork, Elk district, Kama
VIVA county, the South Penn Oil Com.
panyjhas completed a test on the Blue
Creek tract and has aSduster, This
. Is purely a wildcat, located far, from
iany production and was drilled to a.
depth of 2,2Ss feet and then abandoned
without finding a show Of ri Nor gas
In any of the regular formations. The
( Blue, Creek tract contains al arge acre.
age and the test drilled was located
without any view to connecting up
with any previous developm emit. Kama:
who county has been more thoroughly
Tested, and with less satisfactory, re.
suits, than any county In the lower
southwest. Within the past three
years, or since the discovery of the
Lincoln county; field. there have been,
more than fifty dry holes completed.
5s2 On Ten Mile creek, Sardis district,
Harrison county, Treat & Rowland
have developed a pay. in the Gordon
at their No. S on the M. P.:Dye farm
and will have a light pumper.
4 In thes Shinnston district, Harrison
lcountys the South Penn Oil Company
has completed Its test on the A. Nuzum
farm and has very light pumper in
the fifty-foot sand. The last five wells
ieompleted'ln the Shinnston district
have been light pumpers or dry holes.
Standard Credit Balances.
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