The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-02-23
OIL AND GAS

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southwest Pennsylvania. West Virginia
and southeastern ONO FIELDS closed as IL
oessh-snow and icebound with near
zero. Consequently operation. wer.
greatly hindered and new discoveries had
no part In the work OF the week So
BARREL producer ia The Weir sand in Big
Sandy district was the best completion
IN West virginia and the best we'll that
has been completed on Falling Rock
creek FOR many months
on West Fork river. Clark district
harrison county, the Clarkshurg Light
Heat company has drilled its test on
the Abe Stewart farm through the Cor
Wallace district tho Ncsper Gas com
panys No on the !. G. and W. l.. Perry
Hartman. Dittman 4 Co.'S well on N =
,. p. Estlack farm Is producing 100
barrels. and the Philadelphia company
10; 30 % Lucas Bros tract. in Clay dis
In Smithdeld district. Roane county.
me SCUM Penn OH company has drilled
80. on tho Andrew farm through the
Big lnjun sand and has "A fve-barreI
Pumper. In the same district the Ohio
barrickman farm through the same for
NATION and has "a fve-barrel pumper.
Light Well in Kanawha.
Al IN the Weir sand development in Elk
Penn OH company has drilled its No :.
on the Blue Creek tract through the
Weir sand and has a show FOR a l5-bar-
rel pumper. In the Blue Creek field the
same company has shot Nos and 1b
on the BaunISter heirs farm ana in
creased the production from two To- : <
ana seven 10 ten barrels. respectively.
on Porter Fork. Duval district. Lincoln
. county. the Big Creek Development com
r. 7. Bell farm
Starting and Drilling Tests.
ihtIe Is more test work going on m
HARRISON county than IN any other ON
DUCK creek, Grant district. the West Viz
gluia Central Gas company is drilling a
LtSt on the Dora Bell farm. on Long
run u same company Is due in the sand
a. TEST on the J. u. West farm. on
Long creek. Union district the Carnegie
.N"tural Gas company is starting test
on thg ~. w Wolfe farm. On Turtle
l,so" feet on the J. a Gorder farm and
hshing Tor string Of tools. on Halls
run Hart Bros. are down 1000 feet M a
test on the j. r. Conway farm located
IN Ton Mile district. and have shut down.
on Vest Fork river, Clark district the
hlk Grove Realty company has started
70 drill "a test ON the Agnes Stewart
Farm. ON the same stream in Union
district the Morgan OH company has tbs
sg completed for test on the Pierce
ON Indian creek. View Milton district
I,ondLldEr county, Oh" Hope Natural Gas
test on the ". r. Denuisou farm on
Il-n.nE creek, Grant district. WetzeI
county, the boamn Consolidated oil COM
pany be- rigging up "a test on the Har-
rlson Headley farm. ON Prices Fork the
game company is starting q test on the
y. y Ensm.nger farm. ON Fishing creek
IT. l.. Smith & Co are due IN the Rig
mum sand AZ test on the I. l.. Smith
on Middle Fort, ~ Hughes river. cove
district. poddr.Ige county the TliIadei-
Qh.I company has drilled e test ON TIE
John r. Lodge farm through The Cor
don sand and bias light show NJ gas.
on Meathouse Fork. Ncw Milton district
the Travis on company is drilling e test
district Richie county the Naurf0n
brlllinE company has completed test
on ne \. SPENCE farm and has "a fve-
barrel pumper in %" salt sand.
Southern Ohio.
Tn the deep sand territory 300 south
eastern ONO. southwest Of tho Gore de-
county. the Plymouth OH a. Gas com,
rauF has completed $50. 3 ON the - B.
Sw"azy farm and has 90 show for fair
ton sand in this we'll In FsIIs Bnre
township. the Charters OH c0mYIuy has
drilled so $40 pu the Hooking Products
clinton sand and the hole has nIicd On
J. 200 feet with fluid Drilling has been
tlhlm reducing comp1ny's 80. on
the Charles Williams farm IS holding
up at lZ5 barrels q d1y.
In Ia" shallow sand territory iu the
Corning district. Perry man county.
Hayes 4 Terfer are startling 20 SECOND
test on the John Beatrice farm ~
county. the Lane Farm DI company has
by lll.l -" ie'i ON ,.' IT. D. Lame farm
dufigr tn The ttrIrds Mills diafri.f
w H-nlnFtuu township Monroe county.
ne ,3figf OF .r'mrauE h1e drilled a
the EiE lniuu sand and rI. show I.r
IN ne Newuort district. waenfr.. on
on The John Braun "sIr.' rlrm T..usr.
.i. go .n.i Iu.r'|. e .f. production. Tf
fr Rush cree. township rs.rr.fF ..,',.
...N 'N. d" isolde. have started fu