The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-05-11
OIL AND GAS

The week Of development work in the
eastern fields closed without any start
Ing features being deveIoped. The tat
tIat the credit balance market remain
90 stationary at t2.0J after sensational
h,,.'i., IONS ths two preceding weeks.
bruught a little encouragement for the
TINE being no matter what reductions
may FOLLOW In the near or remote future.
me ne feeling generally prevails that add
! uonal reductions will follow and IL II
only a question as TO how low Il will fall
before IL touches bottom. Under exist
ing conditions. all agree that the present
quotation Tor crude of the pennsylyanIa
grade hangs by very slender thread
The weekend Of dsN elopments In the
West virginia fClds brought NOTHING
Detter than light bumpers. On Bells run.
sheridan district. Calhoun county the
Great Eastern on a Gas Company has
drilled No ~ on the Baker Baughman
farm through the salt sand and has a .
barrel pumper.
r. Darby a Co. have completed a second
test on the Taught farm and have =
isht pumper In the salt sand. Near
Burnt House Ia the same district the
Hope Natural Gas Company has drilled
a test on the Ballsngee farm through
the Big lnjun sand and has barrel
pumpcr. In the same locality. the same
company has completed test on the
V. $ Frederick farm and has light
gasser In the salt sand
oasssr In Lewis County.
on Pink creek. Fr'cman's creek dis
trict. Lewis county. the Hope Natural
Gas Company has drilled a test on the
w w nun farm through the Gsntz
sand and has fair gas well. In the
same locality. the same company r. due
IN the sand at test on the Thomfs
fIsne farm farm, In Iresman's Creek.
the Philadelphia Company H. starting
about two dozen wells In the same dis
trict, The Reserve Gas Company Is start
ing fifteen aud the Hope Natural Gas
Company Is starting "A good deal OF new
work In the same districts on Mill
Fork. Birch district BraSton county.
local parties are drilling a test on the
Franklin Ball heirs farm
Beech Bottom Tests.
IN the Beech Bottom pool Buffalo dis
wells are due in the sand East OF the
pool proper. George Patterson 4 Co are
due at their test on the Drum farm.
Collins a Hoswick are due In the sand
AZ "a second test on the T. Lazear farm
The Horseshoe OIL company Is drilling
near the tor OF the sand AZ test on
the McCord heirs' farm and has started
TO drill test on the ~. McIntire farm.
On Proctor creek. Proctor OIL 4 Gas
company IL drilling test on the Frank
In Union district. Clay county. the
koontz on Gas company is drilling
company Is drilling No s on the {. r
Samples farm and J. DAVIS and others
are down l,5oo fet at test on the Har
yey Samples farm. In the gas district.
Boone county. the Boone Royalty com
pany o. drilling nine wells.
Harrison County Gauges.
county, Groves and parish. 30 20 / ON on
the Il. V. Moore farm II holding up At
South Penn oil companys No. T. j. and
a. Cox farm. ~ MononEalia county. at
ond test on the David Taught farm a.
due in the sand.
In Ten-Mile district. Harrison county.
the Pine Grove OF company f. due in
the sand at test on the Omer r Hall
farm. The Cove OIL & Gas company IL
due in the sand NJ a second test on the
~. p. Thomas farm In Sardis district.
the shear OIL a Gas company has start
ed TO drill = test on the p. J. PiRgett
ing "a test on the Luther Mason farm.
North ~ the Carson field. In Hanover
TOW nFhip Beaver county. Ia. Whitncr A.
60. have completed n test on the Thomas
Mansfield farm and has q show for q o.
barrel pumuer. This district had for
some time been furnishing better pro-
ducers than any other part o. the south
compilations have been light wells
Southwestern ohio.
territory m southeastern ohio is Eoing
forward despite che reduction in the
credit balance market To "a number ~
BE- large enough 10 warrant a contin-
uunce 81 operations Wiidcatters will
not be 80 aggressive. neither will opera-
territory Irst At the close ~ the we'll
good producer was completed IN the
northern part - the deep sand terri
work IN that locality. The we'll w. tho
Columbus Cos a Fuef company 40
~ The s. ioughmHn farm. located IN
The frst tvcn't-fou~ hours after the
Wen VIZ shot y rr1drcsd 1875 barrels.
work The northern end of tho cold