The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-09-07
OIL AND GAS

Light wells prevail in the list OF COM
pietions IN the Blue Creek field in ka-
nawha county. on Elk river. the Ohio
Fuel OIL Company has nov completed it's
No. - on the A. 4. Hays farm al will.
not have better than 3 or 10 barrel
pumper.
East OF the Blue Creek field. five miles
on Failing Rock creek. ID. \. O'ConneI *
Co. have drilled in No on the Go-horn
tract and u is reported that the well is
good FOR 200 barrels "a day. The location
10 about 1900 feet south OF No 4 on the
same tract. The well just drilled makes
the third good producer that has been
found In that territory within the past
two months. There is quite . good deal
OF new work starting and under way
The south Penn oil Company will De due
IA the sand within the next week or ten
tract.
In Reedy district. Roane county. the
Fisher and South Penn oil Companies
have now drilled their point test on the
J.seph Ashley farm through all sands
and have buster.
Light Producer in Lincoln.
On sans branch. Duval district. Lin
coin county. the Big Creek Development
company has completed No. 4 on the G
{. Chambers farm and has a 15-barrel
pufnper In the Berea grit ON Joes
pleted for test on the Hagar-McC1ure
farm. ON Trace fork the Holley OH and
Development company has the rig COM
pieted for No on the Thomas Mellow
ell farm.
ON psriug creek. Smithaeld district.
Roanc county. the Ohio Fuel OH com
rany has drilled a test on the George
Douglass farm through the Big Injun
sand and has show for a i0-barreI
pumrcr. on Rush run. IN the same dis
trirt. the Carter OIL company has COM
pleted No. 10 on the T.. $ Fisher farm
ana has '-barrel pumper in the Big
lnjun sand.
Fair Producer In Marion.
IT. Manntnston district. Marion county.
I.aa limo an
second test on the jesse Talkiugton farm
I through the Gordon and has show for
?" barrel producer. In ,he same dis
trict the Hope Natural Gas Company is
drilitng a test on the J. l.. Murray farm
ard the Philadelphia company has start
ell to drill "a test on the l. r. Koon farm.
IT. Union district. Wood county. the
! south Penn OH Company Is drliinig a
see ond tast on the George O'Hrien farm
wnd the Rig -Four OIL Company Is drilling
80. on the :. =. Alleman farm on
Kin creek. Union district. Peasants
county. Schlagel a Freids No. p on the
J. ;. Wells farm has declined from 200
TO 10 barrels a day.
Southeastern Ohio.
on the Ohio side in the Corning field.
I'm Mouros township. Perry county Kel-
Ter Rros. & 60. have completed 80. -
on TIE John Fisher farm and have "A
show for n 5-harrcl pumpcr In the Berca
grit. In Union township. Morgan coun-
~. the Taylor oil company has COM
pleted No. on tie Charles & CLYDE Har-
rlson farm and have a light pumpcr IN
the FIRST Cow Run sand In the same
locality "A l.. Spurrier has completed
No. = on the william spurrier farm and
has dustcr IN the same formation
tn Malta township Morgan county,
Conner g. Tcarce have completed No s
on the g v. Wcsden farfs and have a
Hight pumper In the same township
Conncll. Baird 4 Morgan have completed
40 . on the J. ~ shilling farm and
have "a dustcr IN the FIRST Cow Run sand
In The coz Run district Independence
o. Inc
Ian n 60 have completed n second test
on the Bliss peucher farm and have a
duEtcr In tho Keeuer sand
Deep Sand Territory.
In Reading township. Perry County
northwest ~ Bremen. the Avsion Oli
A. Gas Company has completed 40. 3