The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-04-05
OIL AND GAS

The Blue Creek field in Kanawha
county is still furnishing sensational
producers. The latest completion in
the gusher class is the WIS. Edwards
OIL company's No. .. f. s. Jones one
acre lot, located l75 feet west OF the
Ohio Fuel Oil eompanys No. on the
Chloe Copenhaver farm and inside OF
the gusher zone. produced $50 barrels
the first five hours The size rather
than the location is important The
new well will give the production OF
the pool another bost. sending II
above 10000 barrels a day.
There are a few other compilations
OF some Importance. Southwest OF
the pool, located west OF the Mary r.
Morris farm and south OF the G.. ".
White and +. p. Myers farms. the
United Fuel Gas company has drilled
in a test on the -. A. Wise farm and
II produced 30 barrels the first two
hours. This location is north and east
OF the Ohio Fuel oil company's test
on the Thumm heirs farm. estimated
TO be good for 100 barrels a day. The
Wise farm test viii make about the
same kind OF a producer.
Gassers to the East.
On the east side OF the pooI and
about one mile east OF the United
Fuel Gas company's good producer
on the James r. Brown farm, the ".
$. Edwards Oil company has drilled
It's test on the Goshorn farm. com.
prising 34s acres. through the Big
Lime and has gasser In that forma.
ton estimated to have capacity OF
100000 cubic feet a day. This Ioca.
tim IL frh
east and north OF the pool proper.
Due east Of the pool three and one.
half miles. on Fallen Rock creek.
Weir Bros. have drilled No. "a on
their own farm through the Big Lime
and has a gasser win an estimated
capacity Of 4.OOO.O 900 cubic feet a dav
Weir Bros. have been operating for
several years along Fallen Rock creek
aud gassers have been the usual re-.
suit. Some OF the wells when drilled
into the squaw sand showed for oil
producers but they did not make good
Weir Bros operations and tho W.
Edwards oil companys test on the
GOshOrn farm show pretty conclusive
" that gas Is the most that can be
hoped Tor 10 the east OF the Blue
Greek pool
Blue Creek Gauges.
The gauges ~ the producing wells
In the Blue Greek pool are az follows.
ohio Fuel OH Company Nos. In &
Barth-S Schwartz. so barrels. Nos
and 2 Chloe COpchaver. 30 barrels
and No. =. 1.165 barrels. Nos. I. 2
and 2 O. W White. $50 barreIs. No
?. e. z. & W. p Myers. ffg barrels /.
James Jarrett lot. 100 barrels. MARY
Keeten lot. 300 barrels. No. A r.
Price. $50 barrels. No. I John Mitch.
eli and No. . j. n. Kecfen. $50 and
go barrels. respectively. United Fuel
Gas Company Nos I 10 { Keetep heirs
so barrels. No. 7 James y. Brown.
so barrels. ". y. Cart lot. 20 bar.
rel9; no. ] ". A. Wise, % barrels
Steinbeck A. Wilson. No 6 Wiley lot
20 barrels. Davidson A. Gates Nos I
2and Davidson Gates. $50 barrels
". 8. Edwards OIL Company Nos
% 4. p. 8 Jones. $50 barrels. Nos
] 70 .. Graham heirs. $50 barrels.
and No. ] p s Jones lot 900 bar
reCs. To The southwest ~ the pool
the Ohio Fuel Oh Company foat on
The Thumm heirs farm has boen shut
IN awaiting The erection 81 additional
tsnkage
Llsh, bumper 70 the Southwest
Par On advance and 10 the south
west ~ the pool more than three
miles. the W $ Edwards on com
pany has drilled in test on the Na.
thaniei W. Lavender farm. located on
Flatwood creek. and has show for
ten barrel pumper Early in the
development - The Blue creek pool
inc same company completed Iight
plmper on the HOxalana Acres farm
The new teEf is located about 500 feet
vest 81 the well on the Acres farm.