The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-02-12
OIL AND GAS.

The Nesper Gas com pany's gusher
on the !. G. 4 ". L. Perry farm on
Rock Camp Run. sardis district. Har.
r1son county. W. Va. produced I 500
barrels the first fwesty-four hours
after IL was drilled into the Gordon
sand pay. II has been almost two
years since the West Virginia fields
produced a well the sire OF this and
II Is quite likely that the district viii
not be able 10 present another as
large. The Gordon sand DEVELOPMENT
on ROCK camp run and Big Elk creek
are the only sections that are furnish
ing anything better than light produc-
ers.
On Henry's Fork. smithfeid dis
trct. Roane county. the Carter OIL
company has completed No. IS on the
"A. Iallman tract and has a bar.
rel pumper In the Big Injun sand. In
walton district in the same county
the Ruckmore OIL company has conn
Pieted test on the Jacob Moore
Ihrm and has barrel pumper In the
big lnjun sand. At Raven Rock, Un-
ION district. Peasants county, the
Riggs Farm Oil company has drilled
q second test on the Frank RIGGS
Iarm through the Maxon sand and has
shoy for light pumper
SSod producer In, Clay County.
IN Union district, Clay county. the
hooh,z VII & Gas company has cof-
Pieteo NO; on the G. =. Samples
farm and has show for a 20 barrel
producer In the Big Injun sand. The
SIZE OF this well is much larger than
any previously completed in that dis
trict The average has been between
and 10 barrels. On Sans Branch.
Duval district, Lincoln county. the
Big Creek Development company is
drilling No. 3 on the Leonard Oxley
farm and is drilling No. Fl and has
the rig completed for No. 10 on the NJ.
Spurlock farm.
Southeastern Ohio.
In the shallow sand territory in
southeastern Ohio. near Stockport.
faimer township. Washington coun-
on the Clarence Palmer farm through
the Cow Run sand and has a duster.
j. Z. Dinsmore has completed No 2y
on the same farm and has a show
Tor a So barrel producer. the best
that has been completed in that dis
trict for great many months.
! In the deep sand territory east or
New Lexington, Pike township. Perry
county, Vensel & Heating have shot
7 lneir wildcat on the ]. c Calhoun
farm and have erected tankage and
VIII pegin swabbing preparatory to
putting u to pumping. There is
to what the well will be good for
when put TO pumping. The esti-
mates range all the way from 80 TO
100 barrels a day.
Near Nashport, in Pike township.
Coshocton county, A. C. Spindler 4.
Co: have drilled q test on the Perry
Ashcraft farm through the Clinton
sand and have show for a bar
rel pumper: This Is purely a Wild
cat. located two miles north Of ths
ONO Rochester Oil and Gas COM
Pahys test on the J. w. and Lille
Ashcraft farm.
In the Marietta district. Mar,e,,,
toMnsnip. Washington county. the Wav-
GN III company has drilled No. 2 on
Ni,cbMN,i r.; Racer farm through the
Saldweil district, Enoch TOWNSHIP No
~, S"unt!; -, NJ Garrison has drilled
test on the Andrew Hin farm through
, me heener sand and has a duster. This
location IL three-fourths OF mile
northwest OF the Ohio Fuel Supply corn
pRahh ay test on the Allie Cain rarm.
for test on the John Gerst farm
towDsbIe ga" OF Morristown. Union
Usp Belmont county. Gasmire,
re- ne q co: have drilled their test on
we Jonn Lynn farm through the Berea
grit and have duster. This Location
1000 Feet northeast of the small
MeIIs on the ". II. Hearne and Eaton
/ Southwest Pennsyivania
IN the Washington district, washing.
ton county. Pa. the McKeown OH COM
Munce farm and has a ight n,rrn.r
IaSue x Co.'S test on the Greenlee farm
located near Beallsville will he put 49,
Purnpi,hs IN few days and IL now esti-
On the Jarvis lot In the borough 81
1eorsetown. Beaver county. local mar
nes nave drilled their we'll through m.
pumper. " s"aii