The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-09-10
OIL NEWS

On Meyers Fork, Grant district
Richie county. w. Va, J. w. ia
cObs has drilled his test on the l..
G. Rector farmt through all sands, in
ending the Berca grit, and has a
buster. On Big Panther Run. Nc
Kim district, Peasants county. he
Cairo oil Company has drilled a test
on the w. d. Locke heirs farm
through both the keencr and Big
IniIn sands and has q fair sasscr.
on StilwclI Creek, Clay district,
Wood county. the Picrsol Oil Com
many has completed No. ) on the j..
S. Picrsol farm and has a five-barrel
pumper in the Cow Run sand. IN
Courthouse district. Lewis county,
the Philadelphia company has com
pletcd a test on the NJ. J. Ryan farm
and has a gasscr in the Gordon
sand.
On Flat Fork creek, C%lcndcnin dis
trict, Mason county. r. w. Wallace
has drilled Il test IN tho j.. Nj. Nc
Culloch farm to n depth of 1000
feet, and has Il duster. On Tab0rs
creek. Butler district, Wayne county.
John A.. Sheppard e. Co. have com
plcted their test on the Belle Loar
Earm and have a buster In all SANDS.
On Miracle Run, Battclle district,
Monongalia county. the Hope Natur-
al Gas Company has drilled a test on
the w. a. Park farm through all
sands and has a buster. On Litti"
Indian creek. clay district. the Ran
dali Gas Company has completed a
test on the G. l.. Lynch farm and has
a. very light gasscr in the Gordon
sand. In Sardis district, Harrison
county, the South Penn Oil Company
No. 6 on the T. F. Ogden farm is hold
ing I'M at 100 barrels a day.
In Pike township. Coshocton III
ty, Ohio, the Pike Oil and Gas Com
pany has drilled its test on the Rob
ert Gault farm through the Clinton
sand and has a buster.
In Case township. Muskingum
county, near Nashport. the Scott Il
Enstry Company has drilled a test
on the Byron Fossett farm and has
a show for n five-barrcl pumpcr i'll
the Clinton sand. In the shallow
sand territory in the Caldwell dis
trict, in Enoch township, Noble
county, Patton Bros, have complnt-
ell attest on the Joseph Hcppner farm
and have n buster in the Buell. Run
sand.
In the Grandview district, Jack,
son township. Monroe county. tho
Carter Oil Company has completed i
second test on the Elsie NARROW
farm and has a light pumper in tn"
Keencr sand.
In East Finley township, Wash
ington county. Pa. the Manufacture
;ers Light and Heat Company has
drilled its test on the Henry Danlcy
farmt through the fifth sand ami
found it barren. A light show OF
oil was developed in the fourth sand
land it will be put to pumping and
tested from that level.
Between Romeo and MasOntOwn.
in German township, Eayettc IL
ty, John C. Risiugcr, Jesse Wyatt
and DR.. {. r. Eckcrt drilled in a
Well about a month ago on the Thorn
AS Hoover farm and have a producer
in the firty foot sand. The wet!
has been pumped at intervals AMI
has filled n %25O-barrcl tank and IS
now shut in waiting for some means
of marketing the product. The own
crS of the well are UniontOwn par
Ties and this is their first venture in
1.-THE oil producing business. lGsti-
mates range from 10 to so barrels =
day, with chances in favor of tn"
lower figures. The well is located
about one-half mile east of the
Loughiogheny river and hut Il short
distance from the Cats creek branch