The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-02-15
0IL AND GAS

on Blue creek. near the mouth q
one Mile creek Elk district hanaElia
eonnly. " va. tie Hamillon Com
paty has drilled is second Ie,s en-
tse n S. Jones farm lfermesly ne
IBlue CfeeE coal & Land company
fest into iie sand and sle ssll rc
duced 52,6arFeIs the tirss elgsI SEA la1,
hours This location Is the sfthest
ID the northwest Of the pool proper,
The work 81 startins test AZ 5n;
advance oiibroduetiot goes lnerrilg On
ana IL the producing tdrmation ez'S,
tends out 10 some Of these eSpeti1 ell,
al wells twill have 70 prove 70 oe
4 field Of large dimentions 0ns COOP
er creek, Elk district, the Bin RiSsF
OH q Gas company is starting .; test
on the Andrew Jones farm. On Elk Y ]
river in the same district r Hsss
Ion Is building the rig for a tsst on,
IRE Vernon jarrett farm. % me
same stream. the w s. Edwards on
company has drilled q test On ne
Goshorn farm into the Big lnlpn sand
and has shut down II IS reported that
the well GOT a copious dose q SAT-
water In the Big Iniun sand,
On Elk liver, Union district Clay
county, the Jacks Benud oil.conpal
has drilledlts test on the D, X Bell
heirs farm to so feet into the Big.
Iniun sand and has found nothing.
On sPorter's creek. In the same dis
trIct the Koontz OH & Gas company
n due in the sand at It's test on the
John D. Moore farm. On Mud river,
carroll district, Lincoln county the
Jennings OIL company has made the;
Location ior a test ON the Johnson
farm, located one and one-half miles
below Myra,
some Of the Gauges.
The United Fuel Gas conpany's
well o.. the Keeten heirs farm Is the
best producer in the field. The last
gauge showed a production Of J. $50
,Sarrels ii nineteen hours. Thegauges
OF other wells were as follows ONO,
Fuel OIL company No, ! Barthi
syhwartz, 90 barrels; No. 2, g5O bar
reIs IN eighteen hours: No. 3. 40 bar
rels: Grace e.. Myers, Nos. ! aud 2,
s. and 24O bafrelsa respectively No.
/ q. wv. White, $50 barrels in fifteen,
hours; &. g. & N. Z. Myers $50 bar
rels, and Hamilton OIL COMPANY No.
1 Graham heirs 7SO barrels in Twelve
hours and DAWSON G. Gates No. l j.
p. Davidson SO6 barrels.
ON Straight Fork, Duval district,
Lincoln county, the Big Greek Deyel-
,opment company has drilled No. 8
on the A. Grass arm through the.
.Berea grit and has a show fora 20
barrel producer. On Porter Fork IN.
the same district, the Big Creek Com.
,pany has completed. No. 8 on the ] W
curnes farm, located on Joes Creek
=. y &
In the same district.
ig easser In Wetzei.
On Church fork, Church district.
Wetzel, county. the Hundred OIL 8 Gas.
company has at last drilled It's test
ON the @. ". Butcher farm through
the Big .lniun sand and have shut,
down. AT ia5s feet in the sand as
strong gas pressure was encountered
and the well has an estimated capae.
ity of.two or three million cubic feet
a day.. Nh IS 4
In the Smithfield district, WetzelI
county, the South Penn OH company
has now drilled its,test on the 'Agnes
Mayfeid farm through the Big lniun
sand and has a 10 barrel pumper. On,
Fallen Timber run, N. s. Snyder g.
Co. are due in the Gordon at No. s
on the Smith Engell farm.
southeastern Ohio. s.
In the deep sand territory in south.
eastern Ohio, in Falls Gore township,
Hooking county, The CHARTERS OH
company has drilled No. %. on the
Hooking Products cofnpany's proper
" IS feet into the sand and has q
show for d Sobarrel producer, II Isl
still drilling and should improve
when shot. In the same locality, the
Blennerhasset Oil & Gas company Isl
due in the sand at second test on
the II. K, Starr farm At MaxSille.
the CHARTERS Oil company has put Its
test well to pumping and II II proves
as good as expected more work will
be started In that locality.
Elected Officers.
At Bremen last Tuesday, tho stock
holders OF Twin Bridge OIL & Gas
company met and elected Officers for
the ensuing year. Directors: G. AL
Bates, c. b, Gates and Peter Slnan, Of
Charleston, W. Va, John F. EusentS
John W. Holden, Frank Green and
John W. Edmunston, New Lexington,
o. The following officers were cleo
ted: c. Al Gates, president; Frank
Green, vice president; John J, I'D.
minston, secretary and treasurer and
j. F. Nuge1t field manager. Thu Twin
Bridge company was among the first
to begin operating in the deep sand
territory and is one of the few that
has made good.
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