The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-07-29
OIL AND GAS

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Wetzel county. West Virginia the
philadelphia company has drilled its
test on the w. F. Smith farm 65 feet
INTO the Gordon. At 60 feet in a Ugh
pay was encountered and the well
VIII be given a shot at that level
me hole has filled 300 feet with
fluid.
On Pyles Fork. Warrington district
Marion county. Hartman and the Ven.
lure OH company have drilled their
second test on the W. S. Baird farm
10 feet into the thirty-foot sand and
the hole has filled up $50 feet with
huid. They are still drilling in the
sand.
On Maiden Creek. on Poca River.
Walton district. Roane county. the
Ohio Fuel Oil company has now com.
pleted and shot its second test on
the Refer heirs farm and has a show
Tor a 2O-barrel producer In the Big
lnjun sand.
oil "Petered" Out.
On Rush run. Smithfeld district.
The oil development in the salt sand al
the South Penn OIL company's No. 5
on the Alice Epling farm 'petered'
out and they have now started to drill
TO the Big lnjun. This was the first
we'll TO get even n show OF oil in the
salt a in that locality.
On Little Sycamore creek. Union
district. Clay county. Ahner & Wilson
have drilled their test on the Goshorn
tract. of l.400 acres. to a depth Of sos
feet and developed some oil. The hole
filed up 125 feet with fluid. over night.
II will be shot and tested before drill.
ing deeper.
The Koontz oil & Gas company's
second test on tho l.. G. Carnes farm
got a show Of oil in the shallow sand.
but when tested proved a failure. and
s. o drilling 10 the lower sands.
The Raven Black Carbon company
cleaned out n drilled the old hole
on he COnncll farm 80 feet deeper.
but failed 20 improve II. They will
( now drill through the Squaw sand.
on Plum Run. Murphy district.
1 Eitchie county. Chapman & Miller
have drilled their test on the l. =.
Wolfe farm into the Maxon sand and
have n show for a good producer. On
the same stream. Bickle Bros. will be
due In q few days az a test on the
Charles Wolfe farm.
on the South ford Of Hughes river.
Murphy district. the Nufter OIL com
pany has the rig completed for a test
on Tho John Borders farm. on Indian
creek. the Indian Greek OIL company
Us due in the salt sand az a test on
the J. c. Morris farm.
Southern Ohio.
On the ohio side. in the deep sand
territory. In Jackson township. Perry
county. the Capitol oil & Gas com.
p1ny has completed % second test on
tho Edward Johnson farm and has n
show for n 2j-barrol producer i'm the
Clinton sand. In Falls Gore town.
ship. Hooking county. the Hooking OIL
company has started to drill n second
test on tho Newton slater farm The
Charters OH company is drilling n
test on the John Hood farm and God
frey a Go. are drilling e. test on the
RAY Torril farm. These tests are All
located IN the southwest extension
and are important.
In tho Payne district. In Liberty
township. Washington county. william
Shanor is drilling "a second test ON
the Jacob Grant farm &. r. smith
's starting no.. Z ON tho ida Thompson
farm and James Hadley IL starting
No. On DIS own farm.
Schwartz No. ? 10 Small
Ncur Perrysyillc. Allegheny county
"a schwartz Bros. have shot their
second test on their own farm and n
showed no Improvement over the,
whom FIRST drilled through the sand
The first estimate was a = or 1O-bar.
rel pumper and there - nothing 70
warrant n change. Thlre arc two
wells drilling in hat locality. One f.
located IN tho Swan heirs farm 10 the
southwest ~ tho old Veil on the
schwartz farm. and dNe on the
Thompson farm. 10 tho noflheeast.
Town lot leasing NJ Canonsturq.
Washington county. continues south.
vest and adjacent 20 the town. the
Manufacturers Light q Heat companv
if starting n tost on tho Weaa farm.
Tho two producers inside the bou
rough Unite. on Tho Potts and NeW
lots are Pc ding mp very creditabIv.
ln East Fln'cy township. Washington
county. tho Natural Gas Company %
Wrsf Virginia is down 1900 feet az a
teft 0u the Uanlcv hcirs farm. Near
B~ridrcvllle. Hencdum. Trees q Fine
gan are drilling 90 1000 feet ~ a test
ON the Hanna heirs farm.
' E~ufhuHfnam doesn't amorvf 10