The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-06-04
OIL And CAS-

All fields are completing may wells
and nearly all are light producers: 1t
Is quite evidently that better wells will
have to be found than has ben the rule
for many months II the production OF
high grade crude Is to be materially in
creased. To judge from the present III
dications II vii require the discovery
OF new field that is prolific in pro.
drStion and Of appreciate dimensions
TO cause an increase in stock so long
as the present demand for high grade
crude Is 80 great. Operators have been
industrlously searching for new produc
Ing territory but rwiththe first of the
year on the las. lap. nothing OF tina.
character has rewarded their efforts,
Lincoln county is completing wells
will good deal Of regularity and there
Is considerable new work starting. On
Straight Fork, Duval district the Big
Creek Development company has
complied NcS., on the W. !. Wade
farm and has 20 barrel producer Ia
the Berca grit. The same company
has the rig completed fro No. 7. on the
Albert Hill farm.
one.hqIf mile west OF Salem in the
Ten Mile district, Harrison county, the
Flint Oil & Gas company has drilled
a test OH the ]. A. Flint farm through
the .Gorden sand and found nothing
but light show OF oil and gas. Or
Indian creek, Murphy district, Ritch
lie county, the South Pen Oil compan!
has now completed and shot its test
cn the S. Meats farm and has u 10 bar
rel pumper.
..... buster in Clay District. .... E.
In the old Whiskey Run develop
ment in Clay district, Richie coun
ty Mallory & Stewart have drilled No.
s on the c. S. Weekley farm through
the Kener and Big lnjun sands ane
have a duster. In the Burning Springs
district, Writ county, Roberts Bros
have drilled No. u on the Rathbone
tract through the gas sand and found
It barren. A light show OF oil was de-
veloped in the second Cow Run sand
and It has been plugged below tina.
formation and will make light pump
or.
On little Bingamon creek, Manning
ton district, Marion county the Hope
Natural Gas company has drilled ties
on the John Spencer farm through tn:
Suuaw sand and has ten-barrel pump
err. This is the first well In that To-
cality to get oil in paying quantities in
that formation.
In McClelIand district, Doddridge
county, Virgil |. Allen & company has
drilled second test on the A. c, Bal
louse farm through the Big Injun sand
and have a show for l0barel pumper
The location is GOO feet northwest Of
the first test on this farm. In the same
district the Swisher Oil company has
completed No. 6 on the Harriet McCor-
mick farm and has a very light show
in the Big lnjun sand. In West Union
district the Castle Brook Carbon com.
pany has drilled down its old NO. /. on
the Lewis Maxwell farm, formerly a
gasser n the Big Injun sand and now
has a light bumper in the Gordon sand
In the same district cast of Middle
Island creek. the Hope Natural Gas
company has completed test on the
L. c. Shannon farm and has duster.
At the headwaters OF Leas run, a
branch OF Buffalo creek, Grant district
Wetzcl county. the Kanawlra Oil COM
rany has drilled No 127. on the John
Mills tract through the Gorden sand
and has a 5-barcl pumper. On Ten
Mile creek in THE same district, the
South Penn Oil company has drilIet
:; barrel ,pumper.
The Gorden sand and has show for {
No. S, on the P. Starkey farm through
Southeastern Ohio. o
On the Ohio side, in the deep san'