The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-03-07
BUSINESS MEMS ASSOCIATION HOLDS
ITS QUARTERLY MEETING AND SMOKER
OIL AND GAS

- NANFA TAAlr41 fNOIN well GOInDl0
ed IA the West Virginia fields yester-
day was the Davenport Oil and Gas
company $ No. -. on the Frank Cox
farm, located on Birch Run. Union dis
trlct, Clay county. The ttrst twenty
four hours after the well was drilled
INTO the Big lnjun pay. il produced
~ barrels. There has been "A good
deal of work done in that locality
since the Blue Field Creek In kanaW-
hd county was discovered and devel-
uped. In all. more than fifteen wells
has been completed and the best, not
better than ten barrel bumpers. the
new Well Is located 500 feet north OF
the kountz OIL a Gas company's test
on tn" {. 4. Samples. and may be the
beginning for better wells than prev
iousiy completed Neither in Kan
av ha nor Lincoln counties has the
Big lnjun formation furnished apprec-
liable producing wells. On Elk riVer
Elk district. kanawha county. the
south Penn OIL company has now drill
led It's test on the ". =. Slack farm
through the Weir sand and has dus-
In the list OF late completions. dus-
t"rs figure 70 an uncomfortable eN-
tent In the ScaIold run pool Spen-
Ger district. Ruaue county. located
west on the !. q. Boges farm. the
South Penn oil company has com
plctcd two tests on the Alneda Hun
farm and both are busters The
.'camord Run pool is now pretty well
at lined. There Is still "A chance for
an "Nteutiou To the north. but in an
other direction il Is thought the pro
ducins limits have been done.
Ouster on West Fork
on West Fork river. Clay district.
Harrison county. the Shinnston OIL X
Gas Company has drilled its test on
81
Fourth sand. and has a buster This
is the second dry hole that has been
completed in that development within
the past three days Th" chances FOR
extending Tho Producing limits of this
once promising pool are fast disap-
caring and IL no looks as though the
Philadelphia Company holds the best
% III ON the Lucas Bros tract. This
company's Nos. = TO II are still pro-
ducing llj barrels n day. The Phila-
delphia Company is drilling Nos u.
- and Is. and has the rigs com
ll'ted for Nos l., IS and - on this
tract. There is quit" a good deal OF
Test work drilling In the district. The
Westside Oil q Gas Company is drill
ing test on the NJ y. Swiger farm.
Ih" DOMAIN oil x Gas Company IS
drilling test on ia" VI. Monroe farm.
and ROcgess BrOthrrs are drilling 1
test on their own farm. The Diamond
OH n Gas Company has the rig COM
pletcd for "a test on the FOurtney-Gif-
iet farm When completed these
wells will very nearly determine
whether or not the producing limits
of the pool can be extended.
Southeastern Ohio.
On The Ohio side. in the Payne dis
rric'. Lawrence township. Washing
ton county. the Bradeu oil Company
and DeIuE Bros have completed No
. on the William HuntsmlU farm and
hav" "a fvc-harrel pumpar in the sec
ouG Cow run sand. n is now drilling
to the lower sands. and 10 nothing bet
ter b. found will be- tested in tho sec
Cud Cow run sand. The same parties
have drilled No. 4 on tn same farm
thro.-h rho second Cow run sand.
ana VIII have d very Light lamper.
lu fta Cow Kan district. I.avr, nee
Township. the Baker oil Co,1-1ry f.
...lus 80. ; or do" Ca'hcrgn Mag
,r.r arm and -hr Gale oil "ompan,
'- drilling u" 30 on tho joan 'i,rs
'aIw. Zoo On" C.rst,r HiI district.
Wesley township, th" Burns 90 Com
,t. d. drilling so A." on tlr D.
'fr1n tarm and 'h" OHIO n INDIANA
'.| trwTau- i= dr.l.u. f.s' ON tho
Charles r.ck"rirs farm
.'''r "I 'h- wells % 90. drsu sand
fr'nir -aoV good staying r-a4ttl"s
... .rIatuE development vlfT 900.
t OFF The old districts lu pif.
'N' ..I y. Pr. county. the CliIrut..
la- ~ FI"' "rmua.v's Sos a.d p.
g. fH" r. g. BENNETT farm a-. r7ld.u-