The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-05-05
OIL AND GAS

The week OF -elopme in the eas,-
ern Held failed to present any large pro-
ducefs- This was all the more remark
able for the reason that an increased
number OF wells were completed I'm
nearly all districts. For a number OF
months the development on Failing Rock
creek. Big Sandy district. Kanawha
county and the Berea grit field on Scat
toId run. Spencer district. Roane county.
nave been able to furnish one or more
good producers zach week
On blackberry run. BIg SANDY district
psny has drilled No. , on he osbotn
mems tract through the Weir sand anu
mas II duster ON Pinch creek. Elk dis
tIi't thc south Penn Oh gave
It's No. 4 on the ". 5. Jarrett lain a
Shot ana Increased It's production from
= 10 10 barrels a day.
ftoans county. the Roane Developmenr
company mas completed ats second teal
On IA" j. A. Harris farm ana since giv-
ihG Il a shot has a SHOW Tor a lO-barfsl
iuinp"r Ia the 1873 lntun sand. ON I..u-
~ iun In thc same district. the south
i"hh on company has now drilled a
second test on the &. \ Donaldson Iaruu
thtoukh the bls lnjun sand and after
Slrlng GEEK. Spencer GIstr.cL. the
, hI''t Vel Gas company mas drllei a
test ON tae -. e Jones farm Trough
gasSer.
oassers IN Harrison.
oh Shluhs run. EaEl- dlSJtIct, Harri-
son county. the Carnegie natural Gas
company has crill-d - test "a the J. a.
martin farm through ta- TurJon sand
snd has = gasser On camp ran. Sardi
-lstT-ct. senator NATHAN con mas COM
Iietei 20. 3 on his Oan !aTau and mas A
! Hht gA-"er IN ,he iordcu sand. On
Latte ROCK Camp Sun. IN the sane dis
irict. JHe Philadelphia company has
dr44eI SIS test on the George 4. Shaw
Farm through all the sands and has "A
mAHa 10 Ten Hn Aa.-N
company has drilled a test ON the John
l.InNtllc farm through the Big InJun
sand ana has a ialr gasser. On BiE
run. Huntington district. Marion conn
~. the Carnegie Natural Gas company
has drillel a test on the Freeman farm
Though al. sands and has "A light gaSser.
Drilling ana Starting Tes.s.
operators Al" now more aggressive IN
their search tor new production than at
there Is new work starting where there
L. room FOR additional wells. Localities
that have long since been condemned b.
one or more dry holes have come IA la
Nv.. G" the extent that new wells are
old buster. The spirit of fearleSSnr4E
WAS never before 50 apparent. They
cen scarcely l- charged with reckless
r'ss or iudcnce II has been demon
strated time and again that a dry hole
does not Condemn any large area
~" various gas companies operating
ia NeSt Virginia are dong considerable
WORK. u Is generally known that these
test wells are % test tor oil ~ wei! ~
saS In Courthouse and Fr~~mHnS creek
H'siri'ts. in Lewis county. the Hope Nat
ufal tit~ company H. drilling tests IN
thu " - 'afd-r. r. T. I.owndes and
] Y l."wther farms. The crude on
lfail"N farm. In tn" sam" N%iclnits
th.- toHrauyS second test un the Bru-
ella Thomas farm proved q Easser IN
TIE Hfth sand iu Warrington district
To- Marion county, the HOPE <at.tal Gas
company is down 3 $50 feet at "a fe@f ON
the t-amact Freelaud farm and nSh'ug
HHLH IA - "HHH 80 UH q h - ~ ILL.,.
iuE bii company - du" az tus Hlc lu-
Iuu sand a. a test on the u. Richardson
- drII!Ing "a test on y" Nsh heitS iarm
lu Grant district. Mrtzel county. the
Eight OH company o. due iu the Big In
Jun sand 40 = test ou the J. Il Morgan
Farm ON Failing Timber run. the Snuth
EN- on rompauy has the Lg completed
To- % second test "u the Taylor Kuble
farm lu Ellsworth district. Tyler cJun-
-. Moks.,ev pl & Gas company Is
driliinE H test "u the !. Grimes farm.
~" Rem" oil company = second test on
TIE J.. taught farm du" iu the sand
In C'ut-ry lie district. TYLER county.
On" Hope Natural Gas company : drilI-
iug tests pa the - \. Riggs. Fam O.
Mccullough and l. X. Rowe farms. 1uc
sun iR- cpmpan - down 1000 feet On
tn" Wa't~c"tton farm and fishing The
.tg az - Sam" depth "a the ". NJ. Bond
'HIui Cunningham g. Go are due In the
bie luJun ~ a t"St ou the Cunningham
on Rg 1T, creek. Sari.S district. Har-
r.sou county. the Cork oil compauv has
mad" a." location foi q test On the Ava
Robinson farm ON n run. Sy-H-
r"f district Eoare county. tie Fisher
Ui - starting tests "u the
l.orau Walters and e. x Wanda. farm.
',n ts@"dA creek. tho same company -
strrfIrg tests OH To-. T. " Esilstzef and
g ~ Hutcher farm pI the zane stream.
W" carter tll company is down 200 fcer
on The olive Parks farm and fishing for
a tH..~r on Frozen Camp fun washing
ton distinct Jackson ru' .'t. - h.. Nil
l'r : 60 have 100" ftg ''Hupl"ted Tor 4
lest Du ~" t.nrle- NUNst ANN.
L h Wells in Richie.
Murphy district. Etfrhfe COUNT. fn.
air" oil company has completed ~ 3
.r tn. s. g.. Lemon farm md has A -
district. tue IMPERIAL Ol. Gas q Products
,OIrpar! lH- drilled IT, f.e- uu N. Peter
Garrett f'f"u tnl"ugh tr~ Sqlsa sand
Southeastern Ohio.
~ fhe deep san terrIfory IN south
ctaf"fu ONTO go Fails Gore township.
ii"'L - county. Neu-"l & heating have
..Iup4"tct AMI shot 80 = ou the ~ Is
starr farm and viii have "a 7p 81 a..
} ariel producer IN tho clinton sand Tie
IlfmnIth ''l 4 ';as COMPANY tt4 CONE
Arnold farm ail has a show for q 60
90 sS-brfi'. pfri4ItI. Th~. aI- hsNlfE
'rDll'" go fhIe we'll on account ~ a..
.,sirE sn'llpsilg
fhe tttrt'f- 'iI r1wrsuve $50 t- ul
tho ffnok'ug Products s1mpau-s rr.f-
"fff lta been I-iieI ~ tho Cllr-
f"r sHfi Ift .s good for o. barrels "a
CONS any has driIler lfs test ou me MARI
Linton farw 2. rough 90 feet a. broken
G. fnfon fnnd "nI has only ~ yert Light
er,, cunt Fiis- Grrgs & - haze
Drilled their fr~s on rho william. Var
rttft farm thfnuch me clinton sand