The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-03-04
and GAS

rhs Blue crssk pool IN Kanawha
county. for the past fsw days has been
the one best attraction In ths eastern
fieidsDThs report Of incoming gush<rs
caused the markst price % sons &C.
curftiss allied with dsvslopmsat work
In the pool 10 f1uc<uaes - rapidly -
the oil market In The ~svulafive days
when = dry hole Of . new producer. OF
const0eraols mASnftude. caused . de-
probation or advanced the market.
TIE compistion OF . half dossn good
wells In b central part of the pool
slightly In advances. had . telling ef-
feet on the oiasr producing wells. The
gauges chow . sharp decline, and the
wells now drilling In advance viii
have great bearing on the future pro-
duction OF the pool.
The well on the Vernon Jnrstt farm.
located a mile west OF the pool, 10 be-
ing closely watched. II 10 due to get
the q at any time. but when last
heard from. yesterday. had not reach
ed the formation. A western extern
. sion will be the result IL this well
comes In q good producer. md there
work.
To the northeast. the pipe line has
been connected to the well on the
james +. Brown farm, and Il will he
opened up and its producing qualities
established. The showing made by
b we'll when IL was crflled and the
rig burned was sufficient to inspire
the starting Of q lot Of new work In
that locality. The tools have not yel
been recovered from the well. but
when Opened It slows at intervals, in
dicating that II has something bach
OF II.
The Gauges.
The following are the gauges OF ths
wells for h "a hours ending at
o'clock yesterday morning: Ohio Fue
Company No. Q Barth-Schwartz. 81
barrels: No. 2. $40 barrels; No. 5. 81
barrels; No. 4, 81 barrels lin 9 hours)
Grace Z. Myers No. !, 100 barrels; No
], c. c. a w. E Myers. IS barrels; No
1 G. W. white. 2s5 barrels; No. 2. AS
J barrels: No. I Jane jarrett lot. 6s7 bar
rels Tin IL hours); No. / Z. A. Price
as barrels Tin 8 hours). United Fue
Gas Company No. / Keeten heirs. 81
barrels; Davidson & Gates No. 1. Dav'
idson-Gstes, $50 barrels: w. s. Ed
wards OIL Company Nos. I To o. Ora
ham heirs, 2.5on N-I'Acstimated, an
hut in a part OF the t..A Had tn,
six wells been opened for the full p
hours. the production would ~probabl.
have been close TO 5000 barrels.
In h Springfield district. wetze
county. the South ePnn OIL CompSnl
has drilled No. IL on the saa Hog
farm through the Gordon sand, an,
has a 20 or IS barrel producer. or
; Point Pleasant creek. Ellsworth dis
trict. Tyler county. the Melrose Qi
and Gas Company is due in the SAM
ct its test en- the Arthur Ankrom farm
Gssssrs ir Harrison.
On Sycamore creek. Union district
Harrison county. Strothers Bros. hav,
completed a second test on the DaVi'
L. Hall farm. And have q fair gasse
In the Big InJun sand. ON West Forl
, river. Clark district. the Clarksburl
Light and Heat Company has q gasse
In he same formation At its test OF
, tho ]. L. Miles farm. on the sam
stream, the Buchannon-Parkersb1 ri
/ OIL and Gas Company has drilled "a
|, test on the G. X. Strelght farm 10 tn
top OF the Big InJun sand
on West Fork river. in Clark distric
Judge Nathan Goff has drilled No.
on his own farm through - 80.
sand and has a gasser. on thu ~~-
stream. the Ciarksburg Light and Hes-
Company's test on the Laura Stswar
farm IL a light gasser in the Maxoi
sand. on Hackers creek. in Hacker
! creek district. Lewis county. the Cen
trail Development Company has drillel