The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-10-18
OIL AND GAS

! heids In the Blue Creek field A
hanavha county. quite a number OF
wells are due Boa the sand within n.
next feN DAYS On Pinch Greek m
he southwest extension. the F'reudeu-
D. rger on q Gas Company has drilled
T 20 on the Fred Gardner farm into
TIE BIG Lime and has quite a show OF
oil Drilling has been discontinued
and u viii b. tested from that level
The Walnut OH Company and the
" : Edwards on Companv nav. a.,
! gaeed In scrap on the Goshorn heirs
tract The first named company holds
"A lease on the coal a Coke railroad
right OF way which passes through
/ N" Goshorn property. aud had com.
pisted the rig for It's No ] on the
right OF way The W :. Edwards Oh
CONF any holds a lease and has CON.
Z piefed fhree wells on the O;oshoru
I tract The latter company holds that
me railroad companys right OF wav
gives them no oil right. and. 20 assert
their rights. the ". : Edwards OF
company sent out a force last night
aud dumped the Walnut Creek or
| Company rig into Elk river. The
outcome Will be- another silt added 20
the long list now pending IN he Ko.
nawha county courts From the time
oil vas first discovered in the Blue
Creek field there has been much lIti-
cation over titles
Thorough All Sands and Dry.
In Geary district. Roane county.
me south Penn OF company has nov
drilled lis second test on the w.R.
King farm through all sands and
mas buster. On Scaffold run.
/ 81
drilled his No. on the John y
Wilson farm through the Berea srit
end has natural producer good for
% barrels day \ shot Will prob
ably double it's production The loca.
ton Is 500 feet south OF No. on
the same farm.
y On Gillespie run. Grant district
hitchie county. X. G.. Gillespie has
completed No 3 on the J l.. MalIen-
max farm and has a very light pump.
er IN the salt sand On the same
stream the American oil Develop
ment company has completed No 3
on 'he y. L. Mullennax farm and has
the same kind az producer. There
Is quite little new work starting
in Grant distric-.
Gassers in Lewis County.
ON Wolf Fork run. Court House
district Lewis county. the Hope
Natural Gas company has drilled a
test on the J N. Brown farm through
the Can't sand and has a fair gns-
ser. On West Fork river. IN the
same district. the Philadelphia com
pary has drilled q tet on the L.
Dargon farm through the fifth sand
and lB's a light easser. On Sassatras
run. Court House district. the Re
serve Gas company has completed a
test on he o. Il. Wheeler farm ana
has ii light gasser in the fifth sand
and AZ dvp,h OF $500 feet.
la Burning Springs district. Writ
county, g.. y. Grown Is starting No
- on the RathbOne oil tract and
Wolfe a O'Brien are starting No
20 on he Waite tract. ON Middle
Island creek. Ellsworth district. Ty-
Ter county. the Middlebourne Oh a
Gas company has now drilled its No.
. on the Tyler county poor farm
. through the MaXOu sand and has a
. very light producer OF dark on.
\Orth Of ShinnstOn, Gay district
Harrison county. the Philadelphia
tompany's No. ;. Lucas Bros is hold
ing up al 200 barrels a day. The
South Penn Oil COmpany's 80 3 on
. the J l.. Hall farm is stIll producing
10 barrels a day These are the only
two wells la Old territory producing
P 100 or more barrels a day.
Southern OHIO.
mln the deep sand territory on the
Ohio side. iu Reading township.
Perry county. the Ohio Fuel supply
company 40 g ON the Cyrus Barnes
farm produced -'U barrels for the -
hours ending az . o'clock yesterday
morning. ln the northern end OF the
. ieid in Licking county the Planet
on company nos D aud on the A.
J.. Anktun farm are back TO 100 bar
rels a day
In the Cow Hun district. lndepeud-
ence township. Washington county.
Walter Brown d co are drilling q
test on the Ephraim Cummings farm.
land the Bakers Kun on Company is
drilling second test on the Henry
WAGNER farm. iO,ated iu Lawrence
ushp
The Local Fields.
Near TaylOr-tuWn. Washington
county. Pa. the TaylOrstovu Natural
Gas Company has drilled Test on the
Charles r. PaIru farm through The
SAID sand and has dr-fer Scar Nr.,
FrecTOrt. Greene county. the P.opic'a
Natural Gas COMPANY has drilled r-
test ON the j y Bodinc farm t0
depth of a.4U3 feet and found uOthins
but little gas in fhe stray above
the Gordon ln the ST. Morris distrlcr
Duukard township. o. D. Garard bias
drilled 40. on the % y Sycks farm
through fHr Duuard sand and has o.
lirht pumper
Better Trsn Frs, Reported.
Iu tHe AileudtIr pool. BOO Wabash
township. iil. where large uumb,r
OF PlustrrFh operators are interested.
The Siam ON Company 81 test on tha
Edward Smith farm is better pro.
Queer than first reported. Or is good
Tor $50 barrels or more day aud r.
now tho best producer 1 fhr new po1.
The location uf tlfs we'll ie nearly "a.
mile south of frr same company
good producer aud ,Ic fr.. completed
pa lra fHe eua-f4 rf Mrs ro-rrH
fItrrIn .u NHHH TIeHt- street
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