The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-07-25
OIL AND GAS

Neither the West Virginia nor
srutheastern Ohio fields have much in
uie way OF field development to at.
tract attention. There is no falling
on In completed work. but there is
very large depreciation In the
amount of new production derived
from the new work. Operators are
up against a hard proposition when
IL comes TO finding new producing ter
Iitory. The rounding out OF the first
half OF the year will fas, 20 show the
discovery OF new pool or anything
mat looks like IL might lead up to
one.
On Elk fork of cobDs creek. Wash
1ngton district. Lincoln county. w Va.
William FreYienberger & Company
have drilled second test on the
standard Fuel oil Company's farm
through the Borea Grit and have
show for an eight barrel pumper. Near
Wells Lock. Elizabeth district. Writ
county. Stout a Company have COM
pleted and shot test ON the Alice
Barnes farm and have a light pumper
In the gas sand
Gsssers in Lewis County.
In Freemans Creek district, Lewis
county. the Reserve Gas Company has
drilled its second test ON the Solo
man Jarvis heirs farm through the
nifty sand and has a fair gasser. The
nrst test on this farm vas drilled into
the Big lnJun last spring and made
quite showing soon after the pay
Was tapped but IL declined very
rapidly
In the same district. the same com
Iany has drilled a test on the A. Woof-
ter farm through the same formation
and has fair gasser. In Court House
district the Philadelphia Company has
drilled a test on the George Wagner
farm into the Salt sand ana at a depth
OF 1870 feet has show for light
PRODUCER
Good Producer in Rosre County.
On McGowns creek. Walton district.
: Roane county. the Hamilton OH com
psny CIV. 5 Edwards & CO.. have cont
pleted No. > on the Eli NJ. Neal fare.
and II produced - barrels the first -
hours. On Henrys Fork. Smithfield
district, the South Penn oil company
has completed a second test on the
Elmer Snodgrass farm and has n very
light pumper in the Big lniun sanI.
In Walton district the l.. r. Payne Oil
company has completed No. IL on the
y. W. summers farm and will not haV Q
better than a fve-bar.el pumper in the
Big lniun sand
On Jordans creek. Big Sandy dts
trict. kanawha county. the South Penn
Oh company has completed No . IN
the Wesley Stricklinr farm and II pro-
duced 30 barrels the frs; - ncIr- a.
ter IL was drilled into the Squaw sand.
TN the samestr'am the South Penn OIL
company No u on the Hays-Dayidson
farm is drilling in tu- sand
The latest report from the Naxon
sand well on In. Heavener farm IN
Nicholas county. is that IL has been put
10 pumping and is a light producer.
Tehre Is little new work s,artin. n
me vicinity. When first drilled in. the
We'll made a good showing and il was
thought 10 be so important that leas-
ing became very active in that locality
ami land owners pushed ub the demand
10: bonus money so high that ope-.
ators retired. One company paid n
bonus OF $500 for a lease on a two and
one-half acre lot
Southeastern Ohio.
In the deep sand territory in south.
eastern Ohio. in Coal township. Perry
county. the Hen Oil 4 Gas Companv
has compile ted and shot its No I, on
the j. {. WON farm and has a show
for forty-barrel producer in the Gin
ION sand. In Falls Gore township.
Hooking county. the Hooking Oil Com.
pany's second test on the Mark Bur
CESS farm Is sVabbinG seventy-fve
barrels day while getting IL in
shape 10 give II shot
In the Junction City district. Jack.
son township, Perry county. the Car.
ter OIL Company has completed and
shot test on The Nancy BELL farm
and has Il production IN tue Clinton
sand good for tNrnty-f,. barrels a
Gay. This location IN 600 feet west
81 J. J. Lamber's test on The John
KInser farm. South OF Cote IN Fall
Gore township. Hooking county. the
thArters on company has drilled
No 10 on the Hnck nrnd,rrtn L..