The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-03-20


and has a good producer. As soon
as the pay was tapped the wen began
to flow at the rate oe.ao barrels al
hour Earlier In fhe Week the same
company completed No. 14,son the
same tract and scored a buster. Nos,
8. 8, 10 and il on the same tract are
producing 225 barrels a day. In the
same development the sonsh Penn
OIL Company has now completed No.
8 on the c. A. short farm and viii not
have better than a very Light pumper.
Inside OF the town limits at spen
Ger, Spencer district Roane county,
C. L. Cabot has drilled aiwel1 on the
Wine lot into the Berea grit and has
d good gasser. In snithdeld district.
Roane county, the Fisher Oil Com.
pany has drilled tes on the o. G.
Kincaid farm through the Big 1ntun
sand and has a very light pumper,
The same company Is starting,a sec.
ond test on the D. +. Kncald farm
through the Big Injun sand and has
very light pumper.. The same com.
pany is starting a second test on the
p. T. Kincaid farm. The old districts
In Roane county that have been un'
der development for number Of
years show a revival in operations.
On Fallen Timber Run and Fish
Greek, Grant district, Wetzel county,
there is a good deal Of new work I'm.
der way and starting. On Fallen
Timber Run the Parker & Edwards
OIL company is due In the Big Injun
sand at Its test on the Stephen Shu'
man farm. On the same stream N. s.
Snyder G Co., are due in the Gordon
at No. 2 on the Smith.Edgell farm,
On Fishing Creek, the Manufacturers
Light & Heat Company is due to drill
test on the VIM. Carlia farm. The
Jackson Oil Company Is due in the
sand at No. 8 on. the NJ. V. Anderson
farm. On North Fork the Hope Nat.
ural Gas company has the rig com.
pleted for a test on the William C..
Henthrone farm.
In Freeman Greek, Court House,
Troy and Hackers Creek districts,
Lewis county, the Philadelphia Com.
pany, West Virginia Central Gas
Company, Reserve Gas Company are
very active. In the districts named
there are no fewer than IS wells
lrilling and starting. A part of the
work is in old territory and q good
deal in wildcat territory. In the
search for gas there Is always pos.
sible chance of discovering q new oil
pool.
The hope Of finding oil or gas In
paying quantities in Braxton county
has for the present been abandoned.
There has been considerable test
work completed in Braxton county
during the past few years and as yet
tere has been nothing of an encour.
aging nature discovered. In some 10.
?alities the producing formations
have been found in regular order and
in others they have been a minus
quantity. ..
In Church district, Wetzel county,
the Carnegie Natural Gas Company
has drilled its test On the E. Hum.
mel farm through the Big Injun sand
and has a gasser. In the same local.
iity the Manufacturers Light and
Heat Company is starting a test on
the H. H. Milliken farm. Across the
State line in Green county, Pa,
there is considerable new work. On
Ten Mile Greek, Morris township,
Waynesburg parties are drilling on
the H. Renner heirs farm. On the
same stream in Jackson township,
the Philadelphia Company is due in
the sand at q test on the Minor King
farm. On Wheeling Greek. Aleppo
township. the Wyoming Fuel OIL Co,
is drilling tests on the J. S. Hiner;
man and S. BARNARD farms.