The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-05-09
OIL AND GAS

The old districts In West virginia are
completing about as many wells as the
new. Many neglected districts are now
is starring and some reached comps
ton In the old Huntington district.
o eo1 S an Sss she south Penn
Gordon stray and has a iseSarrsi
Anchor OIL company is due In the SAND
az No. on the Sarah Metz farm In
Penn company has driIied rs s"s test SION ON
the NJ. smith farm through the NTH
sand and has a buster In that and all
1r In the fairview district. Marion
county. the fairmont Gas n Oil COM
pany has started to drfil test ON the
trict the south Penn Oil eompsny has
The rig completed for test on the
Carnegie Natural Gas company is due
In the sand at a test on the Sanford
~, nsn, farm, In church district Wet
Heat company IL drilling a test on the
Milhgan heirs farm.
on Henry's Fork. smitnfieid district.
eany has drilled no. ) on the J. II.
sand and has 5-barrel pumper Roane
county has almost as many wells drill
ns anu r'iTk as any Sthsr eounty
district and In the old fields in smith
neid and Walton districts there are 20
active operating companies are the
South Penn oil company. the Carter OIL
COMPANY. the ohio Fuel oil company.
the United Fuel Gas company and the
Louis +. Payne OIL company.
Operators show a disposition to give
sheridan district. Turner and Carroll
are starting test on the Della Camp
bell farm. In Center district. the Sou;n
NM hs.a h.. Ito
pleted for a second test on the Marion
Badeoaugh farm The South Penn Oil
ad No; 5. Everett Gsiner.
In the Burning Springs district. Writ
county. G. y. Grow has completed No.
- on the Rathbone oil tract and has a
light punper in the Cow Run sand. In
the same district. y. H. Lockhart has
camden OIL tract. on Bear Fork puvsi
district. Lincoln county. the Big Creek
Development company IL starting No. 4
| on the Walter McNickeTs farm.
In the deep sand territory. In Hopewsll
! township, Licking county. o. the Column
bus Gas < Fuel Company has drilled its
through the Clinton sand and mas n show
/ for an or 10 barrel pumrer. This ioca-
ton 10 1000 feet northwest OF the same
companys test on the Jacob -. Lpu-sh-
man farm. In Jackson township. Perry
county, the Globe OIL q Gas Company
has completed No. on the Samantha
GrOOG's farm 10 barrel pumper. In like
township. the Columbus Gas u i'uel
| OiupanNS nos. / ana ON the II. h..
bennett farm are producing 1870 harrcis
| a day.
In the shallow sand territory In the
| Corning field. Monroe township. Perry
| county. l.. J. Edmonds has completed No.
10 on the Annie aud Mary McCioWn farm
and has a barrel pumper in the Is.iea
grit In the same district. John Den
man has completed No. II on the Ann
iireese farm and ha sthc same kind OF
| producer In the Berea grit. IN the
| Lowell district. Salem township. WASH
| ihEton county, George Hess sons have
drilled NO. - on the Charles W. Taylor
farm throuEh the SOO-foOt sand ard nave
| a buster.
In the Mt. Morris district. Dunkard
township. Greene county. "a, Jesse l..
GarHrd has completed 40. II on the J
W. keener farm an dhas a show for "a
3 barrel pumTer IN the Dunkard sand.
| county in the shuttle for new produc zion
| in old territory. THIS county has more
u "rk under way and starting than at
! any time In "a number OF years.
| IL seems like barking back TO dim past
10 call attention or even intimate opera
/ tors are becoming interested IN ths de-
! Nciopment OF Butler county. vet such Is
! the case. Thousands ~ acres have fcen
| leased within the past few months and
the end IL not yet. The most Of the ter
I ritory leased recently has been many
/ times under lease IN the years lon= past
J Just At present the section that - at
! tracing the most attention is an rNt,n-
sion 10 the old Gould field and l. located
about two aud onc-half miles south Or
SaNonbuIE. the well To- again call alton
| ton To the locality Is owned hy McMich-
ael and Yeac'r and Is located on the J
\ W. Olson farm. near Clinton. The oil
was developed IA the tsiid saua and
| since the well was shot and cleared on:
\ II h5s been flowing by heads thrOusn
! the casing at the rate Of about SO bar
rels "A day.
There has been close 20 600 acres
| leased IN the vicinity 81 Clinton du1
I south OF SdNOHburE. The southern OtI
! company last week completed well ia
the samuel Mccall farm that * you'd
| Tor 10 barrels dd.. BNcgheim & 60.
I nav" completed test on the f;yrnc
l h"irs farm that g. good for 10 or /.
I barrels day. There is q good deal ~
/ new work starting in the district. Nc
B Michael. Burton 4 60. are down 900
I feet ~ test on& the Harvey Igicke;
/ starting test on the Robert Black
q farm. The same company g. build ng
I The rig for test on the William Me-
K Ribbon farm. located one hair mile
| south Of clinton SaNonhurr parties
/ arc building tho rig and viii drfI a
I well on the Clinton Church lot
4 Active operations are rot confined
/ alone TO the SaNouburr district Ia ali
/ Fafts Of the old hammer Production
. county now wells are starting some
. n God loctt -ud Others 100 EroLa-
Wnere ther" stu room. Nothing iu
; =" approaching q guSher BE- expected
hut operators are content 10 driu ~
email pufnp'rs. The present market
/ price ~ crude and the Wcll-knovu STAY
] Ing gualit - Of Butler county tertiary
/ Is e Sunicicut incentive for operators IN,
/ return 30 the old county. Neither th,
| flze ~ the wells or their combined prn-
duction VII have "a derrcss eject on
I the market