The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-07-18
OIL AND GAS

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Operators are nov much Interested
In the test wells drilling FAR In al
vance o. Blue Greek developments In
hanaWha county One % the most
important tests drilling h backed BY
Pittsburgh parties and l. located on
the Lewis farm on Rattlesnake run.
20 the south aud west % the south
west extension. The location OF this
well Is reminder OF the early days
Of the petroleum industry At the
close Of the civil war natives OF Kama
Wha county pooled their savings and
drilled a well near the one now drill
ing. They met with many troubles in
completing the well and IL was mere
than wear from the time IL was
started till they finished II and much
TO their surprise IL proved a duster
The disappointment was very great
So confident were they that the well
should come in a producer that they
had secured and placed 900 oil bar
rels at the well in readiness TO take
care OF the production. At that early
day there was no pipe line system for
handling the oil and II had to be
placed in barrels and hauled to the
nearest point OF shipment. There is
also a vast difference in the method
OF putting down the wells. While IL
required many months with the print
tive appliances. IL is not now unusual
TO complete we'll in the same section
in less than 20 days.
Expect a Berea Grit Pool.
Six or more miles southeast of the
Blue Greek field operators expect TO
develop Berea grit pool. located on
Falling Rock creek. O'Connel & Cos
No. on the Goshorn tract is holding
up at about Go barrels a day. and was
completed month ago. The oil was
developed in the Berea grit. and il is
thought that il is drawing its produc-
ton <-om a pool OF some dimensions
OConnell & Co. are drilling one and
starting two more wells on the same
tract
Development work I'm the old Lin
coin county field is increasing and has
more wells drilling and starting than
for any period IN the past three y, ars.
On Bear Fork. Duval district. the Big
Creek Development company has the
rig completed for No. > on the b. +.
Carnes farm. In the southwest extern
sion of the Blue Creek field in Kama
wha county the Tiskewah OIL and
Gas company shot lis second test on
the Booker lot and increased its pro-
duction TO 100 barrels "A day.
Another Duster IN Jackson County
Late efforts 60 develop a Cow Run
sand pool in Jackson county has re-
suited in busters. On Island creek.
Ravenwood district. Moore 4 Co. have
drilled their test on the Francis Muir
ray farm through the Cow Run sand
and scored a buster. The sand forma-
ton was broken and contained very
little show Of oil This is the fourth
dry hole that has been completed in
Jackson county within the past three
months
Near Jane Lew. on Hackers creek.
Hackers Creek district. Lewis county.
the South Penn oil Company has com
pleted "a test on the A. VI Steinacker
farm and has n gasser South OF Wolf
Summit. in Greenbrier district. Dodd.
ridge county. the same company has
drilled No. : on the g. + Richards
farm into the Gordon stray and the
hole has filed UP loo feet with fluid
In tho old Noscov. rsld 4, Gu,
district. Hancock county. Wheaton Il
Co. have drilled n test on the \.
Brown farm through the Bcrca grit
and have a buster
Blue Greek Guages.
Tie wells ant farms % the Blue CTeck
t"ii listed as So-tarrel producers are 80
follows. United Fuel Cas- company NOS
20 ?. Kecten heirs. 'H barrels SOS.
J. . and p. r =. Wise c-u barrels. Nos