The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-06-22
..NEpSllF THE OIL FIELDS

4 Unless there is a marked improve.
ment from now to the close OF the
month there will be marked decrease
in new production, as compared with
May. Nearly all the compilations are
4 light or dry. The sections that were
expected to produce better than aver
age wells have fallen down, and are
presenting nothing better than light
wells or dry holes.
In the Perryyille district. Allegheny
county where it was confdentallySe{'
pected that the new wells would spEng
to the production Of 800 or 1000 bar.
rels a$aay, light wells have followed
Inc Schwartz gusher. The Jones
farm tesfl 500 feet south Of the sea
@arts pIoduceISk the first completed
aftertthS schYaTtz well, has been put
to pumping ana ispot good for more
than 10 70 ID Barpelssa day. 92I,
The test Oh the Ryad farm, located
HOO feel west Qf the Schwartz pro.
Queer Is about the same kind of a
producer. The Benednm, Trees, Park
er and Donaldson testaor the Mary Al
Kayloe fatmsis rs feetip the sand and
has no shoSenf oil of sas. 'As third
sand produce lit is fafftire, and will
be drilled ydeepeE on The, presumrlp7,'
tionstha a riel = pool had been disco%,
erred, the location on the Rynd farm
was Thought to be the one best bet.
southwestern Ohio. I, -.-.-.,
Light wells are very much in evil
dance in southeastern Ohio. In the
Payne district, Liberty township Wash
ington county, @. 3. Smith has drilled
mo. 9 on his own farm through the
Keener sand and has a dustef. In the
same locality, NJ. w. Donnally has
drilled % test on the Jennie Cuthbert
farm through the Bulls Run sand, and
has avery light pumper. In Lawrence
township, the Enocks Oil company has
drilled a second test on the Mary NJ.
Brooks farm through the salt sand anu
has 1O-barrel pumper. FaR :,
al Near scottown, Dudlow5 to%nship;
the Pure oil Producing company hes
completed No. Is on the Charles Es
ley farm and has light ,pumper IN
the first Cow Run sand. On theSTyer
front, in Belmont county, the earn
Agie Natural Gas company has drtIIeh
the test on, the Laughlinf mill prop;
erty through the l00-foot sand. Slanl 20
has buster. a f Hsg gg
In the same localty,sth the Terminal
Oil & Gas company has drilled test
on the Lake Erie railroad right-o1.
way through the Berea grit and has q
light gasser. Davis & Schell got one
Of the same kind at their test on@the
Kehrer farm and Tague & Co. scored
a duster on the John Smith farm.
In Jackson township, Perry county,
. in the deep sand territory, the Carter
Oil company has started No. 8 on the
Q. A.sWelch farm. In Rush Creek town
ship, Fairfield county, the same com.
ipany No. on the l.. V. Guyton farm
lis holding up at 100 and No. on the
o. Leckrone farm at ITO barrels day.
y West Virginia. VI ~
IS On Lambs run, Murphy district,
Ritehie county, w. Va, the South Penn
sOll company has drilled No. on the
D. b. Scott farm through the Big Injun
sand land has q light gasser in that
Formation, In the Shinnston pool,
CLAY Sdistrict, Harrison county the
same company has drilled No. 3 on the
Geo. Franklin farm, 90 feet into the
nifty foot sand, and has developed a
light show Of oil, 1t is still drilling
and should develop second pay.
I The Holiday o.! company is drilllng
Ia test on the Taylor Holiday farm, and
%. L. strainis drilling No. 3 on the T.
s.. Nowery farm. The Ridge Oil &
Gas company has now drilled its test
on, the Fred Meinder farm through
the section Cow Run sand and has d
very smal pumper in the lower sand
In the burning Springs district, Writ
county Roberts Bros. have started
No, GO on the Rathbone oil tract.
Standard Credit Balance.
Oil City. Pa. June 2O.-Credit bal.
anees, $3.50, Runs, 170,753 barrels;
average. tS1,62S. Shipments, S51, t75
barrels, average 207,S0S barrels,
* New York, June 2O.-tsandard OIL
closed qt $3.50. Il
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