The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-07-10
OIL AND GAS

In the deep sand territory In south.
eastern Ohio. the Logan Natural Gas
ana fuel Company met with an agree
able surprise at is No. 3 on the J. u.
a NJ Loomas farm. located la the
Union Furnace district, Starr town
ship. Hooking county. When the well
was drilled through the Clinton sand
lev days ago Ia showed for and
was reported a duster. II was drilled
through the sand last Friday and the
sD s ing tuesday was given a shot
ana responded by producing 100 bar
rels the first Is hours. The result Ia
much more pleasing than first report
20. The same company is drilling
No on the same farm. Near HAY
denville In the same district. the
nlaaydenyille OIL Company National
rlreproohng Col II drilling No. on
its own property. The first well ON
this property Is a light pumper and
The second and third are dusters-
Near Union Furnace the Woodland OIL
company Is due In the sand al its
Jest on the w. Woodland farm. The
ohio Fuel Oil Company Is drilling
tests on the Edward n. Turner and
Rodman farms.
Duster In Washington.
In the Lowell district, Fearing town.
snip, Washington county, r. Clark has
completed No. 4 on the Frank Sewer
iarm and has duster In the Mitchell
sand. In the same district, the Sure
vi Company has drilled test on the
william Rech farm through the 500
foot sand and has a very light toimp.
er. In Muskingum township, Smith
20. have drilled their test on the
william Schram farm through the
Macksburg 50O-foot sand and have a
custer This location Is one mile
south of production.
In the Graysville district. Bethel
MnnFnsa 81
lex OIL Company has drilled No. s on
the Charles Gray farm through the Be.
rea grit and has a very light pumper
The Way Farm Oil Company Is due
IN the same formation at its No. 4
on the Philip Burkhart farm.
In the New Matamoras district,
Monroe county. the Matamoras OIL a
Gas Company has completed a test
on the Fox heirs farm and has a light
now Tor oil. I'm the same district
Williamson * Co. are due in the sand
at test on the Elias Stewart farm
In the New Castle district. Harry r.
Shaner Is due in the sand at test on
the X +. Causlin farm.
West Virginia.
very Few completion were reported
from the West Virginia fields. In
Union district. Wood county. the South
Penn OH Company has completed No
ii on the ID. T. c. Farrow farm and
mas J-DdFTtl pumper In the Berea
grit. In the same district Esther VI
strain is due in the sand at No. ; on
the $. +. Masters farm. The Piersol
OH Company's No. on the ]. s. Pier
sol farm is a 5-barrel pumper in the
Second Cow Run sand
Southwest Pennsylvania.
In the extension to the Carson pool
IN Hanover township. Butler county
the Cumberland OIL Company has
completed and put its second test on
the James Cunningham farm to pump
ing and II produced 125 barrels me
FIRST "a hours. This Is a better show
ing than the average in that district
There Is little new work starting in
The district
South OF SaXonburg. Butler county
Butler and Saxonburg parties have
completed a test on the Thomas HAYS
farm and have a buster. At Bonnie
J Brook, in the same county, on the
Baltimore a Ohio railroad. there is a
little third sand development that Is
! attracting some attention. The COM
pletions show an average OF about ten
barrels day and there are four wells
drilling In the district. The decline
in the market has caused a decrease