The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-06-10
0lL AND GAS
o1INEWs.

Win nothtng better than light
territory 70 develop and the market
declining operators are not taking a
cheerful view of the prospects for
the near future of oil production
The desire to drill in any old place
has vanished and so far as it applies
to the eastern fields will be reflected
In the amount OF work starting at;
the close of the month.
Crude Oil a rug.
The demand for crdue has for
some months been so small that the
pipe line companies are being. crowd
ed to the limit of their storage ca
pacity. A similar condition has not
been experienced in the eastern
fields for many years. The refiner-
les are not taking the amount of oil
they were expected to take under a
reduced market. In some localities
producers are having trouble to
lave their oil run and TO meet the
storage shortage 1t will be necessary
for some of the pipe lines to build
additional storage tanks. 1t is said
Che Macksburg division of the BuckI
eye, Pipe Line. Company is contemf
plating erecting atnks for storage on
theh Ohio river, in Washington coun!
ity. ~ ~ i44 y.
Buster For Cuthbert. Il
On Lick Fork, Grant district,
Richie county, R. B. Cuthbert has
drilled his No. 30 on the West Vir4
!ginia Petroleum tract through the
Berea grit and has a buster. In the
Wallace district, Harrison county.
thhe South Penn Oil Company's No.
2 onTt heT. F. Ogden farm is product
Eng 800, barrels a day and Grove &
Parrisi's No. r. v. Moore, 125
barrels. . II
Old Annamoriah.
On Annamoriah creek. Sheridan
district, Calhoun county, the Poto-
mac Oil Company has the rig COM
pleted for test on the A.. Mitchell
farm. In Spring creek, Spencer dis
|itrict. Roane county, Goff & Heck are
starting a test on the A. r. Miller
12-acre lot. On Laurel creek, Smith.
field district, the Ohio Fuel Oil Com.
pany is down 1850 feet at test In
the II. C. Dougherty farm and Il de.
layed with crooked hole. On Hen.
RVS Fork. the Carter Oil Company Is
due in the sand at test on the Net.
lie X. Kincaid farm. On Spring
creek, Spencer district, the United
Fuel Gas Company is due in the sand
lat test on the A. r. Miller farm. !
Production Increased. u
On Steer creek, Birch district,
Braxton county, local talent has Civ.
en- the test on theSJ. W. Smith farm
h shot in the salt sand and 1t is re-.
ported showing for aa25 barrel pros
ducer. When drilled through the
yand it had but, a light showing of
oil. In Court House district, Levi,
county. the\ Central West Virginia
Gas Company Is drilling tests on the
lB. H. Kitson and A. T. Morrison;
farms. On Itch Mile creef sarais
district, Harrison county, C. f. Bat
son is drilling a test on the L. /.
;iSwiger farm. On Big Elk creek, the
!Elk Oil Company is rigging np 10
l'drill two tests on the Luther Mason
Farm. On Rock Camp run, Garrett
q Company are due in the sand at a
test on the Thomas Davidson farm.
Lincoln and Cabell.
|, On Hairless Fork, Sheridan dis
trict, Lincoln county, the 1ntervale
Gas & Oil Company has drilled No. G
on the Guyandotte Land Associatish
property through the Big Injun sand
and has a light gasser with ca.
pacity of 100000 cubic feet day.
On Smith creek, McComas district,
Cabell county, the Hamlin Oil Il Gas
Company has the rig completed for q.
ltest on the E. ]. Nichols farm. This
lis the only well starting In Cabcl.,
fcounty. On Dry Branch. Duval dis
trict, Lincoln county, the Wayland
oil & Gas Company has started to
ldrill test on the S. Burdette 165
lacres. This location is one-half
l'mile north OF the same company's
test on the Perdue farm. On tic
same stream and in the same dis
trict, the Wayland Oil & Gas Com
Epany has completed second test on
the ]. D. Coon farm and has 5-bar-
rel pumper In the Berea grit.
Buster and Producer.
4, On Rock Camp run, Sardis district,
Harrison county, the Jaffe Oil &-Gas
Company has drilled its test on tho
L Inrriatt Tnlkintnn firm thr,r, 1,