The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-01-15
OIL AND GAS.

With the exception OF a very few dis
tricts in West Virginia. the late compile
lions are light bumpers. on Saw Mill
tuh. Murphy district. Richie county.
the Cairo oil Company has drilled No.
on the Richie Mines tract through
IN e salt sand and has a fiye-barr.l
jumper. on Plum run. in the same dis
met the Congressional OIL Comnanv
has recovered the tools lost in i,s s.
Snh test on the Flesner heirs farm ana
: now drilling at I.4OO feet
ne ana one-halr miles east of Pc
I"ieun. on the baltimore a Ohio rail
any completed "A well Last l-,brI1.ry ~,
ne 'e"rSe Crofton farm. The we'll
sho~eh little oil at the time OF com
bietion. but the owners did NOT mint
wen enough OF ~ 20 put IL To pumpine
Until lew weeks ago. IL has been
lump ns tor about two weeks and has
Pt"hu,ed about eight barrels Looking
al Old wells that were not regarded al
one time as profitable producers Is now
very much IN evidence IN all fields.
hoontL on and Gas Company has
started TO drill No. on the e. a. sam
pies farm. In the old MOSCOW fiaid. in
Foe district Hancock county. X Nj
Cow! has completed No. IL on the Hus-
ton heirs farm and has light pumper
Brarton Test Completed.
on Plantation run. otter district.
braNton county. the Hope \atrula Gas
Company has drilled test on the Silss
sure it viii be given gas shot
West Fork river. Union district. Harri-
son county, the Hope Natural Gas COM
pany has drilled test on tint r. V.
Lowther farm through the Gordon sand
and has = show for a IS barrel producer
This location is 1000 feet south of
Rhinehart Bros test on the NJ. J.
Straight farm.
On Falling Timber run. Grant district.
Wetzel county. y. :. snyder a Co are
beginning active development work on
its holdings. In that district No : on
the smith Edgell farm il drilling. The
riS for No. has been completed. No. 10
= building and the location for No IL
has been made
On Preachers Drain run. the Hone Nat
ural Gas company * building the rig for
"a test on the J. +. Allen farm. on Fallen
Timber run, the Braham q Jamison OIL
company Is due in the Gordon sand Ia "A
test on the H. X. Cosgray farm . on
North Fork, the HOPE aNtural Gas Com
pany IS due IN the BIG lnjun IN the
PriCh ard Fleming farm.
On Rush run. Courthouse district
Lewis county. J. g. Roaue a Co. are due
IN the sand ~ "A test on the j. h. Nater
heirs farm. on Stone coal creek the
crude on Company ~ du. Ia the Gordon
sand at test on the David Patterson
farm On Middle run. the eWst Virginia
central Gas Company has made the loca-
zion for a test or the q. u. Gibson farm
Development work in Church district
Wetzel county, has been very quiet for
almost a year. Recently there has been
= good deal OF new work started. On
Long Drain run. tie Carnegie Natural
tdS company * drilling a test on tn. L.
y i"ru"r farm ON the same stream.
thr Philadelphia Company * drilling a
test on the Thomas Iiinerman farm. ON
the same stream the Hope Natural Gas
,omf'auy j. drilling tests on the r NJ
iidsHins and Il. Riner farms.
Southeastern Ohio.
Light wells are tho ruiz. iu the shall
Low sand districts ia scout leastern Ohio
Year Lowell. IN Aurelius township
W ashinGton county. the Bell oil & Gas
W ~ Nickens farm and has "a show
Tor hNc-harrel pumper in the Macks-
burg .nu-fuot sand.
At Armstrong; Mills. Washington
Trees 'l Company has drilled its test
on the Taylor heirs farm through the
f"r"a grit and has buster This lopa-
non Is 400 feet west OF r. Ferguson
hrst we'll completed IN that pool
Starting Deep Tests.
IN monroe township. MuSktu gum cnun-
~. lo'ated one and one-fourtn miles
flE completed for a test or th. 49, ~ 4
W. y Abbott farm. In The same locality
N"N'r y 60. haN" ~" riE completed for a
second test on tire Richard Ho-ce farm
Pennsylvania Completion
IN tic Mt Morris District Ir-kard
tow nShip. Green. county. IA l., Ger
ara q Go. have completed 80. on tb.
J.. ". Syrks farm and have. "A dusfer ~,
tie burSdrd sand On 'no SAM. sis,ri,t
= J.. fHrard has drilled 40. on tie :
he"Her farm through fh. same forfra-
non ana haS a GIStrr ~ Greene town
s4ir. TIE Nnuor Ealfa sias COMPANY has
drilled q fcs- on the IF.sdi.v fam
through a.. sands and has a dIsier.