The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-07-22
In the Oil Fields

On Church Fork. Church district. Wet
1ei county, w. Va. the Carnegie Natural
Gas company has drilled its test on tn.
Lernley heirs farm 50 feet into the
Iourth sand and has developed no oil
rms location Is 1000 feet east OF the
Sahuracturers' Light and Heat Com
pahy producer on the Rhoda Ullom
farm The Lemley farm test is still
drilling and has a show for a nav a.,
Long Drain run. in the same district m.
fhilanelphia Company has drilled a test
on the w r. smith farm into the 80 foot
sane and has a showing of oil
In Warrington district. Marion county
the MaNon oil Company has drilled A.,
No. on the Enoch Evans farm into M,
MaNon sand and the hole has filled IN
500 feet with fluid.
Light wells In Tyler.
On Middle Island creek. Ellsworth dis
trict Tyler county, the MelroSe OIL and
Gas company has drilled a second test
on the Patrick Grove farm into the Big
mum sand and has a show for a very
light pumper. on the same stream and
IN the same district, a. J. Jamison 4 Co
nave drilled "A test on the b. swan farm
INTO the Maxon sand and developed som.
oil. IL Will be given a shot and tested.
The Carter oil Company has drilled
test ON the Sellers Bros farm into the
MaNon sand and have a gasser with a
capacity OF 100000 cubic feet "A day
On HIS run. In Ellsworth district tn.
Melrose Oil and Gas Company has now
drilled its No. . on the Casandra Thomas
iarm through the Big lnJun sand. IL is
dry and abandoned.
ON Fallen Timber run. Grant district.
kitchie county. y. = Snyder * Co. have
drilled their test on the Elmer T. Ice
farm % feet into the Big Injun sand and
nave round nothing. 1t looks like a fail
ure in that formation and will be drilled
10 the Gordon. on Wylte Fork, the Car
neGie Natural Gas Comnay's test on the
Hisley-Furbee farm is a light gasser an
the fourth sand. ON North Fork the
Hope Natural Gas Company has made
the location for a test ON the J. VI. Allen
farm.
.. Church Fork. the Manufacturers
Lient ana Heat Companys test on the
hhoda Cllom farm is producing 16O bar
reIs day. At Bristoria. Greene county
the Sheridan oil x GEES Company's No. 5
on the Hannah sheridan farm is holding
up at 1870 barrels day
Southeastern Ohio.
In the deep sand territory in south
eastern Ohio. in jackson township, Perrv
county, the Carter oil Comnay has COM
pleted it's test on the NJ. \. CrOsbie farm,
located two miles south OF the Crown
on Company's 40. ON the Nancy Bell
farm, and has buster in the Clinton
sand. In the same township. the Carter
OF! Company IL starting No. 6 on the H.
T. Purvis farm.
In the Alliance pool. in CoIumbiana
county. the Duncan OIL COMPANY has
drilled its No. - on the Louis Bandy
heirs farm through the Rerea grit and
has a buster. in the same county. two
miles south OF North Georgetown, NJ
Duncan has completed a second test on
the George Sanor farm and has a dus-
ter
In the Macksburg field. in Washington
county. j. \. Coffee has completed "A sec
ond test on the NJ. L. Patton farm ana
has light pumper. u. ;. Dunfee's No
on the Theo. Daniel farm is a buster
IN the Macksburg SOO-foOt sand. l.. H.
Philips No. on the q. y Wharton
farm and j. /. Wards No. . on the VIM
HarVis farm are both very light pump
ers. Phillips n 60. have completed No
william Bull and No. $ on the Charles
Berg farm AMI both are busters. In the
same locality. Allen * Brast are drilling
test on the Mary Baker farm.
Near Germanton. the Consolidated oil
and Mining Company has completed No
10 on the J. %. Baker farm and has a
show for a 10 or 20 barrel producer in
the MacksburE 500 foot sand p J.
Smithherger has completed No. s on his
own farm and has a show for very
light pumper In the Buhel Eun sand.
Pennsylvania Wells.
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Pa. Potts Bros. Z. FIFE gave their town
lot well a shot yesterday and II started
to flow at the rate OF barrels an hour.
This well was tine first OF the town 20;
wells completed inside the corpora,
limits of ;ne borough. and is about Toe
feet from the CanOnsburg Iron ana Steel
tompauy's well on the John <siil lo:
producing about ~ barrels q day
Leasing town lots at Canousburg con-
tinues AMI the Old town ~ destined To
get "A shaking up. with nothing bette
I'm sight town lot looks good To some
operators and they are going after them.
only few Of those VINO invest stand a
chance 20 win out but nearly all are
PLAYING the game now and taking long
chances on making winning
Each day for more than a week,
: hwartz Bros No. . on their own farm
al Perrysyiile. Allegheny county has
been dae 90 get the sand. owing o.
scarcity of water they have been run
noon ~ was reported five feet in tine sam
and showing some OIL. The sand is close
and hard and there is not the least indi- I
cation that the we'll viii make such
producer as No. ].
Southwest Of tho No Schwartz. 900
feet. the well on the j. =. Jones farm has 4
hecu shot twice and has been tubed ard .
VIII be put To- pumping. About 20 bar
rcls n day Will he fits speed Wcisse
their test On the swan heirs farm. lora- .