The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-30
OIL AND GAS

One gusher and a light pumper are
the latest offerings In the Blue Creek
field in Kanawha county. The new
gusher is the South Penn Oil com
pany's No. 8 on the Bannister heirs
farm, located 500 feet south OF No.
on the same farm AS soon as the
we'll was drilled into the pay 1t began
to how with great force and produced
2O6 barrels the first hour. IL seem
ingly became dissatisfied with the re-
straint il was subjected TO and tore
loose the casing head connections and
had to be shut in. The initial per
formances of this we'll is much better
than either No. 1 or on the same
farm.
So far as developed the Bannister
heirs farm and the James F. Brown
farm, the latter operated by the
United Fuel Gas company. promise
TO be two OF the best producers in the
field. The Bannister heirs farm con
tains 142 acres and the Thomas r.
Brown 400 acres. The South Penn is
drilling Nos / and on the Ban
mister and No. will be due in the
sand in a few days. The United Fuel
Gas company is drilling Nos. 5. 8 and
7 on the James r Browne farm and
No. will be due 10 get the sand this
week
The light producer just completed
is the W. 5. Edwards oil company's
well, on the George Osborne lot. To-
Gated north Of Elk river and just op-
posite the mouth OF Blue creek. II
will not make better than a fve-bar-
rel pumper and is located near the
light well on the J. n COpeuhaven
lane and the test on the Heushaw
farm. The indications arc that the
present week will prove "a record
breaker in the number OF wells com
plefed In the Blue Greet field The
greater part 90 them are located in
side OF defined limits and a few are
important test. in advance OF devel-
opments. By the end OF another week
the new talent that has tackled the
Blue Greek field will show the result
OF IT'S Investments
In the northeast end Of the field
along Elk river. the Walnut Creek OIL
company has drilled ifs so ON the
Coal & coke railroad right NJ way into
the Big Lime and has developed
strong gas pressure. FreudenberFcr
q CO. will bc due in the sand this
week on the J. 20. Hughes farm
oasssrs in Lewis County.
on Washburn rIr. Court Hnus" die
trict. Lewis county. che Hnus EsfurHl
Cas- gunrany has drilled Ife test on fr~
,s,f ,o5 in gss ia J5I- 1r'Is' , n, sl'1
treek. Don rho same district frs same
COMPANY has drilled fsaf ar fta 90 49,
hpalr farm through The f'fr sand snd
Do T.I WIe district Harrison r..r.
Z. fh. EHIn EaflrfI 'iaf company has
drilled ferf nn che 49, a 'arfsr farm
through fua Gordon and faa a easser
The same rnmIfr..a test 600 fns e. SO
Talbot farm . light Fssesr I1 the
test or ne w D Davis mm Hai aa.r
Ilt Co.. pumping from me Gordon and
- b. n't good f'r mon. tran three har-
IN SUGAR Tree YORK ul,aI district
Lincoln county. thr NIg creek Develop
ne1t rymparf rHa started fa frlu 70
on sard ror- fra aaus rompsrf faa
started f9 ar'u a fs-f nH fHa D. b.
southsastsrn ohio.
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llork.rE Dl .-mIar.a ferf .r frr
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day Gr tHf same pare ~ rs ara-f.
err fnf ~ f.e Development. Gro Trsr-
hold oil 4 Gee company a-a Iua .r me
fsr1. located a..r .- ..ar- rsmr.as
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