The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-03-14
OIL AND GAS

Doddridge county. W. Va, has not
teen to b frcNt for a good many
weeks with anything better thar ligh,
bumpers. On Arnolds creek, Center
district. the Hope Natural Gas Com.
pany has drilled a test on the Alexan.
der Doak farm through the Big Intun
sand. and a n better producer than
the late average. The first % hours
after the well was drilled into the pay
II produced so barrels. IN the same
district. the same company has rigs
completed for tests on the J. &.
Shinu. w. X. Shinn. Smith heirs and
Keys heirs farms.
In the Blue creek field, in Elk dis
trlct, kanawha county. the South
Penn OIL Company has shot No. 4 on
the Albert Myers farm and increased
ITS production from two to eight bar
rels. and the Ohio Fuel OIL Company
has shot No. i on the y. l.. Booker
farm and increased IL from two to
ten barrels a day. Some OF the one
time gushers in The Blu creek field
have dropped so low In production
that IL Is imperative that they be shot
to keep them from falling out of the
producing list. In the Wallace dis
trict. Harrison county. the Vesper Gas
Company's No. 6 on the Perry farm is
down to 200 barrels. and Hardness.
Ditman a. Co.'S well on the Estlack
lot Is nov producing 100 barrels a
day.
Southeastern Ohio.
On the Ohio side. in the shallow
sand territory in the Payne district.
Washington county, J. T. Campbell a
20. have completed No. IA on the r.
Drake farm n have a very light
pumper in the Second Cow Run sand.
IN the Reas Run district, in Lawrence
township. the Dresser oil company
has drilled q second test on the A a
NJ RS1nTnnE farm rhrnNNnA a.. n
grit and got only a light show of oil.
A iair showing of oil was developed
IN the Big Injun sand and IL was given
a shot in that formation and will
make a small pumper from that level.
In Independence township, Herman
rogue Is drilling a test on the Jane
VI. Decker farm. located 1000 feet
northwest of production of the Carter
Oil company on the j. w. Bowerstock
iarm. Near Stockport, in Penn town
snip. Morgan county. the Trust Oil
company has completed No. s on the
;. T.. Mann farm and has a buster
IN the Cow Run sand. This location
rs 250 feet north of the test on the
=. ]. Mercer farm. In Wesley town
snip. Washington county. j.. NJ. a G.
" Speary have drilled No. Sc on the
Elmer Bowman farm through the
aeeker sand n nave a show for a
~hVe-barrel pumper.
49, Ut dTu y.
,heyers No, Z on the John Braun
heirs farm is producing so barrels a
day, VI. ". Humans No. 2 on the
brown heirs farm. located only thirty-
I'VE feet from the good producer. is
drilling al $50 feet.
In the deem sand territory 81 pike
LOW nship Perry county. the Clfntonian
fuei a OIL company Is drilling in the ton
OF me linton sand at an important test
on the Edward kasier farm. In the sa me
district. Ralph Bros No. 2 on the In
Iowi ~ Celadon c~Ompany's property is
holding up az 90 barrels. The coluHbus
OIL a Fuel company's No. 3 on the X q
day. "
Pennsylvania Compilations.
very heht bumpers are the hest the
seuthWtst Pennsylvania fields have TO
one', ~ the Dun city field. In Allegh-
sny county. the New Hone oil companv
mas drilled "a second test on the GeorVe
brown farm through all sands and has
nhow Tor n natural producer good for
I'VE barrels q day from the 3O-foot ana
Boulder sands.
At Georgetown. Beaver county. there
- quite "a ltttle new work staring
town lot development g. ia fun swing
ava IN the borough and vicinity tbere
are six or eight wells driuina ana 80,
x ON the J. ". Iaughlin lot. inside
or the borough limits. unknown uarties
nave completed "a we'll and have a -b.u,
Tor Il small producer.
Year Unity. Ia the Mllltown dfrfrict
~ rum township. Allegheny COUNT. fhc
phillips Gas a OIL company has c,ra-
plcted q test on the Stroller farm and
hir q snow Tor q mail producer. The
same company IL drilling tests ON az
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