The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-14


r. Sheep; fecntpt 1900. mhrlIc "a, lod
lower. Nailvc $2.5p at a. wcstefn.
s2.d5g 40; yearllnEs. si.e0Gf 5.ie;I
native lambs sis7ba 1850; ssestefa
s5,ooa 600. q y: 3 s; :. .
nEWs or THE OIL FIELDS.
One Of the most important Neila +
nov drilling In. the lower oiithVcat
,tields III NJ s. sny Ell q Co. 5 second
test On the Aiart,aret ]. Wclct farm.
Iloeate cd on! Fishing Creelt. Grant dis.
Strict Wetzel county. II has been
drilled % feet INTO the stray ahoyc
the Gordon SAND. and The result should
not he long DELAYED. The location Is
! 900 feet southeast OF the lrst wcli.1
which 10 The i,iitlnl Gordon sand pro-
Queer III this district and Is still hpli-j
Ing Sup Ut better thnn as barrels !. I
day, With the except lonf OF Il Big In,
Jun sand producer. this Will be .tlie I
second completion I'M that locality
On Be his run, Booths He distriet,
Taylor county cast aof the ShinnBt0p
pool George .. Killer A. Co, have now
drilled their test on tho ]. 9. Russell
farm through the sBayard sand. aud Z
have a buster In that and all fornia-
stions above The hole has been aban-
idoned. s The failure or this test 10
Ind toil IN the flty-foot sand VIII dis.
courage 10 further search for I'M ~
tension to the eastern side Of the
ShipHston pool. & s.
Il ID Gaaset In Giimers County.
u. Troy district, q liner county, is COM
Ing 10 the front IDS d producer oi gas.
hin the past few: months some 4
Very good gassers have beeIs COM
spleted. he latest rs the Freehol ID OIL
Gas Company test on the G.
sHinzman farm, located on Tlnrer's
Fork 800 feet south Of tiid Noun.
tain tate Gas Conlpany's gnsser on (
the u I. w. Sayers farm The gag Ia I
the Hinzman farm test was encounter
ed In the Berea' grit md the vel has a
capacity Of s, 1000. 090 cubic feet a day.
In the Littletan district, Wetzel
county, the Hone \ \ sIf,aralS Gas Com
,hpany has drilled d test on the Chris
tie ookoyer farm through tho fourth +
sand and since giving It q shot hayo
d show fort TO- barrel bumper In that
formation. In the same District the
Carnegie Natural Gas company has
completed and shot, It's test on tho
2. Stewart farm and will have p; Z
very light pumper. y 81 :
yis In the shallow sand territory. In J
Union dlstricts Plea SAINTS county the
| Gal aheri Oh i CoIapan has completed
l Its No. ID on til 81 iallaher heirs, farm
and has q very light ptiInper In tllc
salt sand. y ~
Drilling Ia peep Territory.
! trlct Lewis Counts the Philadelphllag
company ts starting q test on the
Luke lyhlte farm on sassatras rnil.
| the same COMPANY II; drilling 4 test on
tho Y. n. Moore farm. On Btuclierf,
| Fork, tie same company Is down q
100 and a 900; feet respectiy lively on iliel
Thomas conhell heirs and Pntficis
Malta farms. = x:
on Loyeberry run, John Cummings
~ COMPANY are die in the sand {at n
second test on tie 5llzebet Isenlcy
farm z ON M1rphs 81 creek, the East-
ern OIL NJ Gas Com Rny is due In the
sand at tests on the Fannie Fleming
and Johnson, Turner farm 4; s. =
M on the Lit tie Kanawlia river, In
lGlenyileS district, Gilmer county, Tho
Martin ii opment5 G Company s.dowi,
$50 feet az an important test on il,e5
=. IS. Spicerf farm, and is flshing fpr9
| q bit, or Grass run, Ten. Mile dis
trict Harrison county the list Creek
OIL &Gas Company has started to
drill 10 test on the I Tough farIt,.
On; the same stream, the Grass Run
OH " Gas Company is due IN the sand
at a second test on the 4. ". Sample
farm. On Rock Camp run Sardis dls-
trtct Hoffner & Deegan are down 1, 200
feet at q test on the o. p. Denpison
farm. MI K 6 (
On indian rim. Eagle district. the
Hope Natural Gas Company Isl tartIng.
attest Oh the "a, i, Highly inrm. On
Sycamore creek lelland district
Doddridge county the same company
iss deua In the sand at a test on the
AL. Frum farm 4 { j
On fheeier's run. Cenferyffie dis.
trict, Tyler county; the Marietta OIL
Company As due In the Reencr sand
! at test on thcgJ & "a! Meredith farm,
On Middle3 island creek. Ellsworth
district, the NJ iddle Island OIL Cont
panyS - due I'M the same formation Of
It's second rest ION the Nancy " Coy
farm ~ 4 n: 81
4 southeastern Ohio. Z. 8. '3 s..
NJ on the Ohio side, Id the Scoffown
district ludlow township, Washing
ton y county {. The Prod cers 4 Reiilers
OIL Company has coi1pl eted No. 3 ON
the Charles Gawlry farm and las 3 n
45;barreI rodncer IN the first Cow
Run sand M the same district, s.
H. McC allester has completed No Z
on the George Harvey farm and has
la light pump IN the Big lnjnn san1.
The Carter oil Company has drilled
i Its second test on the Thomas Hall
farm through the Berea grit and has
1 asduster. 4. <
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