The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-04-23
OIL AND GAS

The Blue Creek field Of Kanawha
county has quite a bunch OF new COM
pletions. ranging all the way from light
wells to gushers. With one exception.
limits and In proximity to other good
producers IN the central part Of the
gusher zone. on Blue creek. the w. r
Edwards Oil compan has COMPLETED its
No. ; on the +. :. Jones b two-acre
lot. and the well produced 400 barrels
the first ~ hours. This Is the third
well mis- company has completed on
lots. and II has another drilling. No. ,
Is located 115 feet southwest of No. l.
on Buffalo Lick branch. the Ohio
Fuel OIL company has completed No. .
on the O. w. White farm. and the first
p hours after II was drilled into the
pay produced $50 barrels. In the north
east end Of the pool. the same company
has completed it's No. , on the Chloe
~Copenhaver farm. and viii not have
better than "A 5O-barrel producer. This
company has completed FIVE wells on
This farm. Nos. I, ? and , are light
producers and Nos. 4 and Z are gushers.
In the extreme southwest extension
Of the field. on Indian creek. the United
Fuel Gas company has completed No.
? on the Elks River Coal x Land COM
pany's property. A fair gas pressure
was developed in the top Of the Sqraw
sand. and a little oil at 80 feet below
the gas.
Starting New work.
The following new wells are start
ing IN the pool: W. r. Edwards No.
2. Barth-Schwartz. IS acres. located 900
feet northeast Of No ]; same company
40. I. ". v. Derrick heirs. located $50
feet east % No. !. r. :. Jones seven
acres: Cameron. Thompson & v allace.
No !. J. r. Copenhavcr-Lane. located
nifty feet east Of the test on the Der
rick heirs farm. and the United Fuel
Gas company No. I on the Thomas Hoo
YER farm. located forty feet northeast
OF the test starting on the Copenhaver-
Lane lot.
The two. eushers Just completed will
bring another increase In production.
The gauges yesterday morning were -
follows. ohio Fuel on company. Nos
I 20 8. Bart -Schwartz. 3S7 barrels,
Nos. ] 60 8 Chloe C~openhaver. ago bar.
rels Nos. ] 10 &. Grace r Myers. 1ss
barrels NoE. ! and .. &. e. A. W r
Myers. 6S2 barrels. 80. !. J. n Price
2f5 barrels 40. ]. Thumm heirs. 22j
barrels James Jarrett lot. 3i5 barrels.
Mary Keeten lot. 100 barrels: Nos. !
and 2. \ p Price. 2O5 barrels. Gross
cup 4 Rummell. No. ]. David J. Jarrett
I15 barrels United Fuei Gas company.
Nos. ! 60 g. Keeten heirs. 600 barrels
30. Z. James 2. Brown. 250 barrels
tpinchcd iuI. Steinbeck OH company,
IT, g. Wile- lot. &c barrels. Moorzeli OIL
a Gas company. No ]. koi~ ~rtson-Jar-
rett lot. tts barrels. " $ Edwards
.OU company. Nos . Co Z. = s Jones.
900 barrels SOS. . 90 g. Graham heirs.
1895 barrels. Nos Z. 2 and 2. m" lots.
$500 barrels Davidson a Gates. Nos. I
20 8. B-avids1n-Gatea. 2t35 barrels
on Rear Fork. Duval district. LIN
colin county. the Big Greek development
company has mo rbR completed for a
test on the walter Nirkcts farm. lo-
Gated 500 feet southeast of the same
company so 2 on the Magsie Fowler
On west Fork river. Union district.
Harrison county. O. Butcher A Co have
completed a test on the Sidebott0m
Bros q farm AMI have q show FOR n %
or - barrel producer. on Ten allie
creek. Ten Mile district. the Hope Ma
turai GsF Company hes drilled a test on
the Joseph Barnett farm into the stray
above the Gordon and has r. Hight EasHer.
ON Frreman'a creek, in Freeman'a
Greek district. Lewis county. the Crude
OI Company has now drilled its test on
The r.. Thomas farm throuFh the fourth
sand and he's o. light pumpcr on the
same stream. fhe Hope Natural Gas
Company has drilled 80. 2 on tho stealsS
heirs farm tnrough the CAN'T land and
has a fair raascr
ON Dours run. clay district. Mononra.
la county. the Union TtIltF Company
hos drilled CO. tsst on the D. T. wade
farm Through The BiF fnIun sand and
has r. Hight Ea7eer. showing some oi
Southeastern OHIO.
on the ohio side. in The Rinard'a Mills
district. ln Ludloy township. Washington
county. Cheverout a co. have drilled n
fest 0n The Martin Yester farm through
fhe first Cow Hinu sand and have a gas
ser.
in the deep rand territory. in WopswsIl
township. Muskingum county. the Planet
on a Gas Company's well on The A. 4
Ankrom farm is holding up a. $50 bar
rela r. day Nothirr iu the way o. q
deep Sand discovery in the northern end
~ developments has attracted 90 much
attention NJ This we'll Previous 20 ita
completion many ~ the lenaoh1idera IN
That section had become discourage and
"a good man. contemplated letting 40. ID