The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-12-19
OIL AND GnaS

Felopment work In the eastern field
during the last twenty-four hours. The
best well reported Is a 2-barrel produ-
Ger. Ovnedr,by the O'Connell Oil com
pany and located on the Goshorn tract
IN Elk district. kanawha county. West
virginia. II is this eompany's No. 80
on that tract and Is located on the east
side ON Evans run. This company has
lot OF new work under way and
starting in that AMI Big Sandy rls-
trict
On lienry's Fork. SmithheId dis.
trict. Roane county. the Carter OF
company has completed No. a. on the
= A. Tasiman farm and has a very
light pumper in tho Big Iniun sand.
In the same district the South Penn
Oh company has completed No. > on
the William Kincaid farm and has a
lO-barrel Iumper In the same forma-
ton. In Spencer district the same
company has completed No. 8 on the
David Ward farm and has n show for
5-barrel Lumper In the Berea grit
On Spring creek. smithReld district.
the columbia OIL company has com
pleted the rig for No. ! on the ]. s
Brannon farm.
In Center district. Calhoun county.
the Guaranty. has drilled in No. . on
the NJ. &. Richards farm and has a
show for 2 l0-barrel pumper In the
salt sand. On Straight Fork. Duval
dls trict. Lincoln county. the Big De.
Nelopment company has the rig COM
pleted for No. IL on the upper tract
OF the J. W. stephens farm.
Gas Wells in Mononqails.
In Cass district. Monongalia county.
Kennedy a. Donelly have drilled
test on the Bailey Ingram farm
through the Big injun sand and have
gasser. In the same district. the
Hope Natural Gas company has
drilled test on the c. w. Pyles farm
through the same formation ana has a
fair gasser.
Operators in Sardis district. Harri-
son county. are leaving nothing I'M
done TO get out the production Shoot
ing the wells Is almost a daily oc-
curence in that district. The Hope
Natural Gas company shot its Nos.
and on the II VI. Garrett farm
and increased their production from
so TO 40 barrels ard from Is to so
barrels. respectively J. T. Miller <
Co. shot No. on the J. +. Lanhan
farm and increased its production
from ITO 10 225 barrels n day. The
South Penn oil company's No. l on
the Alice G. Bean farm IS holding up
AT 40 barrels. The Big Elk oil COM
pany's No. >. G. I. Smith farm, at 10
barrels. and Grove a Parrish's No 2.
X. W. Ogden, at Is barrels
Southeastern Ohio.
On the Ohio side in the Graysville
district. Washington township. Mon
roe county. the Pemerick oil COM
pany has drilled a second test on the
T.. l.. iKnkaid farm through the Berea
grit and has 5-barrel pumper Near
lIarrietsville, Jefferson township. No
BILE county, he Radio oil & Gas Co
has completed No on the Lena
Crum farm and has a PSI barrel pro-
ducer in the Buell. Run sand. In the
same district. the Graysville OH
company Is drilling a second test on
the y. Morris farm and Willard Gro
min q Co. have made the location for
a test on the Densbaugh farm
In the Caldwell district in Enoch
township, Adam Nau a Co. have
drilled No. 3 on the, August DINNER
ling farm through the Berea grit ami
have fair Rasser. This location Is
one mile south OF the Ohio Fuel Sup
ply company test on the Allie Cain
farm. In Center township. W. d.
Merry * Co. have completed n test
on the w. -. Merry farm and have a
buster in the 5OO-foot sand. This To-
cation IS two miles north OF produc-
iion.
In the Armstrong; Mills district.
Washington township. belmont county,
the Natural Gas Company Of West W.
ctnia has drilled 40. on the :. r.
mooney Tar NmNnInNEn the IaHTNA ErfL
and has a 10 barrel uumper. In Switzer-
land township. Monroe county. tho same
company is drilling a test OF the James
Nindine farm.
Southwest Competitions.
The only district tn the southwcg.
Penn sylvanla fields that is furnishing
anything better than light bumpers h.
tho little extension north 81 the old
Carson pool In Hanover township. Bea-
yer county. In that district. James Muir
ray has put his No. 3 on the j. H. Moore
farm 10 pumping and ~ H. producing Co
barrels day. .. ,. and q. y. Andrews
have put their No 4 on their own farm
60 pumping and 81 is producing 80 bar
rels day. Part or this production ia
oil that had accumulated In the wells
since they were drilled through tho
sand. but after they had pumped Off the
head both viii De good producers.
At Bryant. Alexander county. TIibIc- T.
90. have drilled tu test on the James
Wallace farm and have o. fair gasser IN
the Washington district. Waehlnctor
test on tho Mercer farm and has n fal-
sasser IN the flfth sand. Two miIee
west Of Oswdale. Aleghsny count.
Birch & CO. are down 1900 feet at .
second test on the y. 4 Hull farm. The
south Penn oil Company has the rig
VI Tor well on the Goodman Homer
,arm. adjoining the Hull farm. Tho
first test on the last named farm T. pro
1IciuF - barrels daN. ~ Venice tho
south Tenn Company is building the RIG
for Burgan lot The Myers OH COM
pany has shot its we'll on the Horster
lot ana have Put a. pumping ana &, H.
humping 30 barrels "a day The Goufh
Penn OIL Company ts drilling M 200
Ieet - a test on the Fisher Furgau lot
Light Wells in Greene County.
Tn the Mt Morris district Green
township. Green county. Jesse l., 6.er4r,t
has drilled No. - on the r W keener
farm through tho Dunkard Sand and nae
10 barrel pumper. In the same distinct
IN Dunksrd township. Perry g. HaIdwfr
nave drilled so on the r. v IgIffirr,
FL he H.H.n.
nave q barrel pumper. in Greene tow.
ehlp. Frederick Garrison has drilled 80
4 ou tho o.. s. Williamson farm frroret,
lh" I"nkard sand ana has "a very 1Irht