The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-01-18
OIL AND GAS.

The new gusher OF the Ohio Fuel
OIL company on the Bart-SchvartI
farm. In Elk district. kanswha county.
". Va. IL the leading attraction In the
eastern fields. There does not seem
10 be any locality but that. able TO
furnish anything better than light
bumpers SO far as developed the
outer limits OF the prolific producing
territory does not cover on area OF
more than one-half mile by east M
west and north and south. The Ham
ilton's company's test on the Blu
Creek Land & Coal company's prop
erty Is the farthest to the East and the
Barth-Schwartz No. / and the Ora
ham heirs No. l are the farthest west.
No. l on the Barth-Schwartz farm and
No. l on the Grace F.. Myers farm are
the farthest TO the north and south.
respectively.
Inside OF this restricted area more
good producers will be found. but real
interest centers in the wells drilling
on advance. When completed they
will show whether or not IL is a con-
gested pool To the northwest are
two light bumpers n one 10 the
southwest. Ordinarily these weus
make the outlook for an extension in
either direction rather d-iscouraging.
The Ohio Fuel OIL Company's No. =
on the Barth-Schvartz farm. is report
ed holding up at better than 600 bar.
rels a day. With the staying quail
tes Of the old producers in the pool
this well will not be long in paying
for itself. As compared with other
districts. il is shallow drilling. The
average depth of the well is about
! 800 feet.
Gordon Producer in Harrison.
On Grass run. Ten Mile district. Har.
rison county. the Marshville OIL a.
Gas Company has drilled No. 3 on the
l.. F. Ferguson farm through the Cor
don sand and has a show or a -
barrel producer. On the same stream
the Kinch Oil 4 Gas Company has
drilled its test on the T. =. Morris
farm through the same formation and
got but a light show OF oil. The
Curtis Oil Company is still fishing for
a bailer in its No. 6 on the NJ. r..
Bramer farm. lost az a depth OF 2,675
Feet. On Indian creek. the lndepend.
Il OH Company has drilled its sec
ond test ON the William Hickman farm
10 "A depth OF 2.sSl feet and has shut
down. on Cherry Camp run. the
Moon Oil a. Gas Company Is due I'm the
Gordon al No. 3 OF the Roster farm.
On Sinking creek. Troy district, Gil.
mer county. the Hope Natural Gas
Company has drilled a second test on
the James Reed farm through the
berea Grit and has a light gasser.
This location Is about 1900 feet east
OF the first test on his farm
On Fallen Timber run, Grant dis.
trict. Wetzel county. the South Penn
OIL Company has drilled its No. II on
the Fairfield Peterson farm through
the Fourth sand and has a very light
show OF oil. They found but eight feet
of Fourth sand az his location. ON
Fishing creek. y. :. SNYDER A. Co
have drilled their No. = on the Smith.
Edgell farm into the Big Injun sand.
hui are not in far enough to get the
pay.
IN States Fork. Warrington dis.
trici. Marion county. the Burt Oil
company is drilling in The Thirtv-foo,
sand az a test on the l. Freeiand farm
On pyles Fork. the Venture Oil 60. G.
Hartman have shot their test on the
Isaac Freeland farm and will not have
better than a 1-barrel Jumper on
ihe same stream. the Fisher oil Com
pany Is due in the Thirty-root sand AZ
a test on the John Glover farm.
ON church Fork. church district
W'lzel county. tn" C~arn-gi. Natural
Gas company has started 10 drill "a