The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-02-25
OIL And Gas

Iennsyl yaniaf gradt1 otscrude oil re-
mains az $3.50 J. In fact It has stueIsl
at ttisSso long, that a change has
almost ceased to be anticipated. Any
one who has any, haul ii up in al
@aganSt to the seep purchasing agency
In the Union Trust and Deposit
building, at the corner Of Seventh
and Market streets, so far as getting
any higher price, soon Is concerned;
A Snowy Week.
The week OF development work inil
the southwest Pennsylvania, Vest
Virginia and isoutheasternso Ohio fields
+ begins as the last. closed, snow. and
icebound. Consequently operations
s will be somewhat hindered and new,
discoveries likely have no part in,
theswork ofsthis week. A '5o-barrel
producer in. the Weir. sand in, Big
Sandy district was the best compile:
ton in West Virginia lately and sthsI
best well that has been completed on
ny ling Roc e creek for many mon tbs.
Lively In Harrison.
Still there is one county that ,fis
coming. There is more test ,worr:
going on in Harrison county than In
ss;anS other On Duck creek, Grant dis.
triet, the. West Virginia Central Gas
company is drilling test on the
Is Dora Bell farm On Long run, thsl
3 same company Is due in. the sand at
stest on| the j.. D. West, farm, On
Lost creek Union district, the Car!
e aegici Natural Gas company isI
starting a test. on the H. w. Wolfe|
faritL IONS TprtleE free Fork, c. Z,
Morrlsg g. q: areSdown i 900 feet to
4 me !. DER fsTr, and fishing for
t,sttlng fofS tools. on Halls run, Har.
a 1itos, are down 5000 feet at test
On the ]. B. Conway farm located In
Ten Mile district, and have shut
down. On West Fork river, Clark
district, the Elk Grove Realty COM
pany has started to drill test on the
Agnes Stewart farm. On the same
stream in Union district the Morgans
OIL company las the rig completed
for a test. on the Pierce stlebottom
farm. On West Fork ricer, Clark dis
trict, the Clarksburg Light and Heat
company has drilled its test on the
~ Abe Stewart farm through the Cor
con and has 25-barrcl producer
In the Wallace district the yespcr
Gas Conpany's No. G on the I. C. e.
w ia:.rPerry farm is holding up at
J $40 barrels a day. Hartman, Ditt-
man & Co.'S well on the. +. L. Est
lack farm is producing 100 barrels,
and the Philadelphia company's No.
Is, Lucas Bros ,tract, in Clay s.p-
trict, 105 barrels.
Three Counties.
In Indian creek, New Milton dis
trict, Doddridge county, the Hope
Natural Gas company has the rig
completed for: test on the H. II.
Dennison farm. !. On Fishing creek,
Grant district, Wctzel county, tho
Doane Consolidated Oil company IS
I rigging up at test, on the Harrison
Hcadley farm. On Prices Fork, the
same company is starting test on
the N,SA. Ensminger farm. On
Fishing creek, H. L. Smith & Co. +
are due in the Big 1njun sand ut
test on, the L. L.. Smith farm. On
Middle Fork OF Hughes river, Cove
district, Doddridge county, the Phil
adelphia, company has drilled test
on the John r. Lodge. farm throus.
the Gordon sand and has a lightI
SHOW OF gas. On Meathouse Fork.
New Milton district, the Travis Oil |
company is drilling a test on the
Ehoda G. Davis farm. In Clay dis
trict, Richie county, the Naughton
,fl Drilling COMPANY has,f completed al
tfst on the A Spencer, farm and has
5-barrel pnmper in tile salt sand.
s In smithfeld district. Roane corng|
r. Tie South PEN. on company has |.
drilled Nd. s OH the Andrew farnll
through the Big: Injun sand and has
5-barrel pumper. In the same dis
tiict. the Ohio Fuel company. has
drilled No. . on the Barrickman farm /
through the same formation and. has
a 5-barrcl pumper. n
In the Weir sand development in
Elk district. Kanawha county. the I
South Penn Oil company has drilled
its No. SO on the Blue Creek tract
through the Weir sand and. has a
show fora 15-barrel pumper. In the
Blue Creek field. the same company
has shot Nos. and Is on the Ban
1nisterheirs' farm and increased their
production from to 6 and z, to 1OlI
barrels, respectively, On Porter Fork,
Duval district. Linrnin cnunty fin