The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-09-18
REPUBLICANS TO OPEN
CAMPAIGN IN COUNTY
OIL AND GAS

Ihs prospeets for a pool in Washing
tcn township. Belmont county. u, are
ssfy promising The rev strtEs II own
~ ~ y Ferguson a Co on the William
snep4rd farm At ArmstronEs Kills on
tne line OF the narrOW sauEe railroad
anu about nVs mics from the AonrO=
county nne. At three feet In the b-rea
srly TIE SHEPARD farm test got the pay
sha ~ produced zss barrels the nrst -
hours- rhe location is east OF IN. two
carly In the year on tns arjoinins farrn.
ne last vel - better prodaesr tnAn
eitnsr OF the ttrst two cOnpleted- On
the saspard farm. the Natural Gas co.
OF west Virginia n drilling a test This
eompany has large acreage In that
producer will start active aey.Iopment
work
In the woodsfisId district. IN summit
Co. have drilled a test on the Jonn ben
DOW 4stm through the Big InJun sand
ana have SHOW Tor = Is barrel pumper.
ne oid m0odsfieid mas quite - httie
Wudes. Dustsr.
Near Cove. ia SciOtO to~ nship. Jack
son county. the Jackson Oii a. las CON-
pany mas drilled = wildcat on the Ars.
Johnson farm to a depth OF 2SOU feet
and failed to find the clinton sand fur
nation Operations for the present have
been discontinued but the owners are
contemplating drilling 70 the Trenton
rock jackson county lies due south OF
Ninton anu Hooking counties. anu the
wildcat at Cove IN ScIotO township, -
located about - miles south and a little
west OF the Clinton sand producer at
nOin Furnace. star township. Hacking
county Tine failure OF the Jackson
county test to find the CIinton sand
makes IL look as though that formation
GOES not extend SO far to the south ana
southwest. In the vicinity OF Union
Furnace. Hooking county. there Is
great deal OF test WORK starting on the
strength OF the well on the columbus
Clay and Terra Gotta company's prop
etty. Leasing has been active to the
south and southwest and in that direc-
Ion operators will endeavor to find an
extension. Latest reports from the we'll
al Snlon Furnace give Its production at
30 barrels n day.
In Reading township. northeast OF the
old Bremen field. in Perry county. the
way the five producing wells IA that
development are holding up IL accepted
as evidence or pool OF some magnitude
The Avelon OIL a Gas Company's Nos. J
and on the J. W: Adcock farm are eth
producing 50 and l55 barrels. respective
~. The ohio Fuel supply COmpanys
No. l on the Cyrus Barnes Is holding up
at iS0 barrels and the Avelon oil * Gas
snd the Logan Natural Gas a Fuel Coz
No. !, J. X sparrow. are PRODUCING SIS
and 10 barrels; respectively.
on Indian creek. IN the southwest
extension OF the Blue Creek neld In
hanawha county. West Virginia, the
On the y. Gatchell farm has been
&C mpleted and - "a 2O-barrel pumper.
On Pinch creek. the south Penn on
company has completed and shot its
No. on the Jane o. MOles farm and
has a 2O-barrel pumper. The United
ruel Gas company has completed "A
second test on the Green Smith farm
and his a light pumper
East of Blue Greek.
rive miles east OF the Blue Creek
feld. and south OF the development on
oil aaaN
company has drilled in a second test
on the Blue Creek Coal * Land rcOm-
pany's tract and has a producer good
FOR 100 barrels a day IN the Berea
grit. This location is 500 feet south
east of O'Connell * Co.'S No. on
the Goshorn tract. The South Penn
Coal q Land company's tract was
completed some years ago and proved
a buster
The territory on Falling Rock creek
and to the south is attracting more at
tcntion at this time than the Blue
Creek field. Leasing has been very
active and for miles in every direction
all the farms have been leased. IA IN
many other parts OF Kanawha county.
a large number OF titles are Tn dispute
and litigation sure TO follow. Much of
the. land is owned by the coal com
panies and this has caused "A great deal
of controversy as to whether or not all
OF the mineral rights are vested In the
properties held By the various COM
panies. - =,
The probabilities are that by the
close OF the month there will he twenty
wells drilling and starting In the Fall
ing Rock creek country. The Weir OH
company to the north on Failing Rock
creek. the South Penn oil company In
the south and OCOnnell q 60. In the
middle district are the most active.
The Weir tract alone contains more
than 5000 acres The GOshorn tract
and the Blue Creek Coal * Land com
pany's tracts. operated by O'Connell a.
70. and the South Penn OIL company.
respectively. contain large acreage.
Near Meadville. Meade district.
Tyler county. II. Porter ~ Co. have
drilled their test on the selmon smith
farm through the Cow Run sand and
have bibarrcl pumper. on Leather
Bark run. Murphy district. Richie
county, Corr. BowEer q jackson have
Cox farm
Pennsylvania Compilations.
In the tndercn district Allegheny
county. Pennsylvania. j. r. Hughes has
completed No. 5 on the William Harris
farm and has show for iO-barreI
pumper. In the Pcrrysvilie district,
J. o.. Hart a. 60. have completed n
test on the ID. Aston farm and have
"a duster.
In Greene county there r. some new
Richill township. the sheridan OH n
Gas company is starting test on the
william filhv farm. The Carnegie
Natural Gas company e. drilling a teat
creek. SprinEhill township. Wavnesburg
parties are rigging up to drill a test
on the Harvey Eennor farm ON the
same stream. the Triadelphia company
starting test on the William i'hu-
lips farm.
wANTEo-5o boys. steady work.