The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-04-03
OIL AND GAS

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very few compositions we're report,
ed from The West Virginia and South
eastern Ohio oil fields. busters were
conspicuous Ia both sections and the
best producers not better than lizht
bumpers. Development work n In
ereasing in nearly all distric.s The
; sprfng and summer months Will be
not expected 20 furnish anything but
light wells. operators are starting
new work with an energy equal 20
that OF .he developers Of the terrific
- that 4, more promising. Produ-
secure a little new production In
the districts that have been fully de-
veioped there IL nothing left but 20
clean out and shoot the old wells In
the nope OF getting few barrels
moro production This method Il re-
sorted To In nearly all the old fields
In the Blue Greek field, in Kanawha
county. and the Gordon sand devel
opment In Sardis district, Harrison
wells IL OF daily occurrence.
On Warriors Fork. Warrington dis
trict Marion county. Clayton A Co.
nave now drilled their No on the o.
cunningham farm through the Big
mum sand and found nothing in that
was drilled through a fair show OF oil
developed and II will be shot and
tested in that formation On Miracle
run. Battelle district. MonOnKalia
county the South Penn oil company
mas drilled No. on the l. W. Remnant
farm through the Gordon sand and
has duster. IL In now drilling TO the
lower sands.
On Spring Creek. smithfeid district
noane county. the South Penn OIL
company has now completed and shot
It's No, on the G. Douglass farm and
mas 1o-barrel pumper in the Big In
Jun sand. In the Sardis district. Har-
Iron county. the same company's No.
on the $. r. Lanham farm IL holding
up al $50 barrels a day. The Grove
A Parrish well on the II. v Moore
farm y holding up at 23O barrels a
nay. In the same district, HARNESS,
p,tmsn 4 Co. have the rig completed
farm Sr s ,e5s p on the the Robinson, Moore
TOT test on the J. r. F1uharty farm,
and Sheridan Griffin has a rig IN on
me ID. G. Bennett farm. Ashcroft a.
.i nave started TO drill a test on
the II. q. kemper farm.
Southeastern Ohio.
On tne OHIO side. In the Jackson
Iluse district Center township Mon.
= roe county. SehwaIl & Co. have drill
cd n test on the David Norris heirs'
farm through the Keener sand ana
nave gasser This location is one
mile northeast OF production' In The
nsyne district Lawrence township.
WASHINGTON county. the Enochs oil
company has started TO drill a test on
the Joseph Smith farm. In Wesley
.oWnship w. II White a Co are drill.
Ing NO. on the w. c. Burt farm.
IN the southwest extension of the
o,d Gore pool In Falls Gore township
Hooking county. the good producer
on the ;. s. Rauble farm. drilled in
Iast week, Is calling out some new
work The Logan Natural Gas &
,h ueI company has made locations for
alnIee wells in the immediate vicinity.
murphy Bros. have the rig completed
Tor NO. 10 on the John T. Nutter farm
Deep Sand Gauges
Inc gauges OF the wells in the ex.
rels are as follows: CHARTERS OH
company Nos. !, and so on the Hook.
ing Products Company's land are
holding up at City and eighty barrels.
.-fTespectvely. The Plymouth OIL 4
Gas Company's No. /. b. =. Sweazv.
and No. ! on the w. G. Price farm
are holding up at sixty and fifty-0Ve
barrels, respectively. In Pike Town
snip. Perry county, Ralph Bros. No
on the Ludowici Celadon farm is
holding up at seyenty-iiye barrel
Inc Columbus OIL a Fuel Company
NO, on the y. c. Allison farm Is
sun producing fifty-five barrels.
IN hanover township. Licking coun
STARRING
test on the David Myers farm In
the same locality. the Everett Gas
OIL Company is drilling q test on
the l.. X. Romlne farm. In Hone.
wen township. the Planet Oil Com.
pany Is due to get the sand next week
az q test on the W. II. Weakley farm
IN Perry township. the Arkansas Fuel
OH Company Is due in the sand AT a
test on the J. 7. Osborne farm.
. Southwest Pennsylvania.
In the Taylorstown district, Wash.
lnSton county, Pa. the South Penn
OH Company midland divisionC has
completed No. 4 on the :. ID. CaId
Well farm and has a very light pump-
or. The American Natural Gas Com
pany's well on the Louis :. GOebrine
iarm, near Center. Plum township
Allegheny county. after having been
put 20 pumping for a few hours
stopped producing. and will probably
DO drilled TO the lower sands This
j. the wen that was reported pump-
ing SIX barrels an hour In the Unity
neld. IN the same township, the phil
bps Gas a. OIL Company's we'll on
tho ID. II. Stotler farm Is PRODUCING
between - and Is barrels a day.