The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-07-28
OIL AND GAS

The close OF the week in develop
nent work N the West Virginia field
ing made In ali-helds during the early
days The Hope Natural Gas company
turned the trick by drilling IN two good
drilled on the r. A Blackshere farm.
located on NOLAN run. Lincoln district
clarion county. AS soon as the drill
the well began to flow at the rate OF 20
barrels an hour. No tankage had been
as speedily A. possible. but this was
not accomplished before several hundred
barrels OF oil had found its way into
me run. The oil rights nthe l.. 4.
blackshere farm Is owned by the south
enn on company and the we'll was
soon as suicient tankage has been sci
up the well viii be opened "a pand il Is
expected To be good for 500 or more bar
something Of surprise since IL * To-
Gated IN defined territory and is q
~. on tins farm So TAR as oil product
ION Went u Was thought that the farm
had been fuliy developed many years
ago. IL Is a." completion OF an occas-
80 mucu new work In old TERRITORY
Hope Get One in Harrison.
-, ear . WaliIe"' SardiS district. Harri-
PAM has drilled q test on tine : II
M"rr.s farm into the Gordon sand and
mt" tbs pay located 30 barrels 10 its
credit on Little Rock Camp run in
lhc came district. the Philadelphia COM
panN has completed second test on
the .. J.. Dawson farm and has 5-bar-
re. punptr IN the Gotdau sand
= IN Schh"rd run. spencer district. In
Eoarc county. the South Penn oil COM
pauN has now drilled its No. 3 on the
DAVID Wari farm through the Berea
Center district Cai6nnn ,oi,1"r IN IN
same company has complafed second
tcsi on the Marion Radebaugh farm
ana has "a show for a j-barrel purnp.r
coIhouu county - now receiving more
sstt"ntl"n than nj any time IN the past
aasser in Richie County.
IN 'thrfbafk creek. Murphy dis
tlGt ii'' he county. the ChrsapeaaeI
test on tie y ". Morris I'm me- ,bs
MaN"n sand and has developed A good
sasser The. well Is estimated 10 have
a CAPACITY "f 100000 cubic feet a dav
Yen California House. clay district
WI, WI county; the Cap. DAVIS or com
farm through the salt sand and has a
hght pumper
On straight Fork. Burning sprinRsl
Jas company Is drilling a test on ne
J. y Hainett farm. ON Bell 1un. the
10. on the u Richer farm uTIi he :, c no.
,Hi company has the rtg COMPLETED Tor
~" :. "n part OF the same tract IN
me sam" district the south Penn OF
COMPANY has rigs completed for No A
j. y. Roberts. aud so. Z. william Baw-
Shooting blue Greek wells.
w TIE "li Blue creek field ~ ~ dis
tI. h.SNht county. the shooting 81
~ operators Very iitti~ new wofk ~
starting A. a rule 10" wells when hot
iit,.l94nd. hui esch time with dimin-
t,"y faiI t' come back and are then.
80 i'i,i.'n h'r" ie DO doubt but mo.
VEL sh"ot"- has burnt more az mo
high explosive nuId Iu the Hlue ,.-sn.
h',d Than W any other district In West
iiEii..". b." 'hi" Fuel oil comrauv
teifs fafrl and increased its rrnduftioo
from 3 t' % barrels day
tm Ti.n.+ rrr. S,sdis district Har-
t"iqptti hHs completed test ou the
tot"f- Itfw and ha- light EaS--
20" Reserve Gas compau, has d-flfci .
IT, On Tire William Hawker farm
,,a ~, ouch th" Ii.g .,injun sgnd and has a
NatyraI Gas company las dr.iI.J "a ,es,
IN no D. iiltt farm and has n afth
iaFte liver s18rf ~. Scr ;i,-,- Fofs %
n D.. completed So. % on the IS o. MaS.
~ r.,,,., ,,,l "nn los a SLOW for f. i--bar-
Drilling ana Starting rests.
Nsr'cr 80. "IN. Wilmington district,
"a. COMPANY ias started 90 driii "a feei
'N ~" israel Wise farm. on IirC.r.orI
.rs III. "a, ,"tl '.I ,'mp'ly b. sk'dd-
1,sih Form and eii start second noe
" Ni.i vs. IIIEsNd uIth % string al
ui't H4rrieon county. Tea = Iso-is.5
90" sf"rtn mo- H tstf orr o.. " l. &C.,.
icy 'I'''g...',.n LIE cawr Thomas Nil
i.arhHn farm sr0Tre- rras sra m.
ri. ,.I. .'nd s' 70 f'r' Hn th~ Fletcher
81 "n hH.Hes run sa-ff- detr~, ,po
iiinf- i.In fHl company .s .tt.r.-r
'i "n o." D. Wallace ami e., y
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