The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-06-20
OIL AND GAS


In The Weir sand development on
Laurel rua. Big Sandy district.
hsnawha county. tho South Penn oil
comIany's No. IL Oh tho Blue Creek
tract Is holding up AZ Ga, barrels n
day. b shown by tine last gauge 1t
will be drilled q little deeper and -
expected 20 increase i's production.
Not all of the wells IN the Weir sand
territory are producers. On Horse
Fork OF Falling Rock creek the Glue
Creek Development company has
drilled iis test on the Mary l.. MIR
dock farm through IN Weir sand and
has a buster. This location ia 1000
feet north OF the South Penn OIL com
pany's producer on the T. &. Maddors
farm.
On blackberry run the South Pcan
OIL company has drilled No. on the
n. X. Carnes farm into tho sand ana
has show for a good producer. on
Spring creek. Sni'hi"ld dic-Sici.
koane county. the Rcanc nevel~ pmrnt
company has drilled No IL on the
David Simmons farm IN -ough the Big
Injun sand and has a or o barrel
pumper
On Indian creek. Murfhy district
Richie county. the Cairo OH company
Is drilling test On the John l. In
niger farm. In Cameron district.
Marshall county. the Manufacturers
Light & Heat company has now dSr"d
its test on the q. y. LouCh farm
through the Gordon sand ard hes a
good casscr Near Wallace in Sard p
district. Harris on comfy. the Big Elk
Oil company has completed its t's;
on Tho Alya Robinson farm and has 4
15barrel pumper in the Gordon SAM.
Starting Test Wells.
In NcCieIland district. D0ddr.ds-
county the Demo Oh Company IS
starting n test on the Webb heirs
farm In Ten Mile district IIarrison
county. Strothers & ComTauy arc
drilling a test on the ". II CCrTin
farm. In Grant district. WCiIal rnun-
". tho Hope Natural Gas COMPANY
has started to drill tc-t Oh THE "
& Henthorn farm. In IN" SAME dis
trict. tho South Penn oil COMPANY IS
due IN the Big Injun sand ~ tes;
On tho TAYLOR Ruble farm IN I'll,
worth district. Tyler county. Smith c
Company the drilling a test on ~.
John Eastman farm. In CcntCryill'
district. the Sun or Company is dro
IN the sand at a tcst on The : <
NhiteCottou farm. The tndepsnd."r
Gas Company is fishing al trst ru
the w " Bond farm
Southeastern Ohio.
Development work Ia tho deep sand
territory Is the most interesting IN
the southeastern Ohio nelds Better
wells are found in that territory than
in any other section and there - more
r"W work startink Within tie pas'
ioUr months the deep sand trrri'ury
ha~ grown in favor and quite a rnoi
p any new companies and individual
have engaged IN developing the tori
tory
Near Crooksville. Harrison town
stir Perry county. tho Chicaco o.
Company. Fuller 6 Howe are coinl
4" try To make a produce on; ~ -h.ir
test on the Wilson Winters farm AZ
ter letting the well stand Tor twenty
four hours they ran TIE hailcr ans
found some oil They Will now civ.
II shot and think il may mako
light pumper. Their well On tho Csfh
crime Wai'meir farm is holding un uI
1IS barrels a day.
n Pr" township. H.. Co'urnlr- ca.
? Fp"l '"Trany has thr.. .orst7-..rI
producers N the r. T. Ran0et' farm
The 'Nroa wells have uo- fallen r.,,y,
." barrels day Tor man, y,s.b-
The sam" Company h7- mad. his lo-
cation for test on 'h. " NUi-ur
farm. located 500 feet south - th.. -,
cH'.r m no - ~ trnu' f4rrn Dr
Lost Run. IN Ward TOWNSHIP. Iiu. Iir,
county. the Ohio Fuel suppl, .nfui.,r.,
mas started 20 drill . s~'"ri '..-t ~
~" Buckeye Coal '1mpsrv'4 rrng
srty.
Production VIII Increase.
WIN no large amount o. v.t.. t~v
under Wav and startinr i- U..tt--.
l''rN AMI Fairfield ro.nff. th. rr..