The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-03-13
OIL AND GAS

There IL little chance for increasing
development work 50 long as the pres
4 ent weather conditions are 80 unfRvor-
able for work In the fields. Operators
are becoming inpatient at the long Pc
Gus to get busy and secure new pro-
duction. AZ best none are able to in
crease their production and when forced
70 shut down drilling the conditions
are Just that much worse. There IL
very little OF the territory under devel-
IL capable OF furnishing anything bet
ter than light producers and Il re-
qnires continuous competitions to make
any showing
Lincoln county IL furnishing about as
many competitions a. any OF the old
districts In West Virginia. on Bear
fork. Duvan district. the Big Creek De
%veiopment company has drilled its 40.
on the Il. +. Cuprnes farm through
the Berea grit and has a show for a
le-barrel pumper. In addition OF active
development work inside OF defined
limits. there Is more experimental work
other Time Ia the past two years. Lin
CON county has not been so closely
,is.,ed as 70 make the EFFORT to md
extensions or new pools hopeless.
In Pleasant district. Clay county
tnerc ~ some test work under way and
SartinE In that district. the south
second test on the Thompson Coz com,
s"ays tract through az sands aud has
eTty was also "a buster.
starting view WORK IN
ON upper Three Mile creek EIh dis
trict hanawha county, there IL quite a
iot OF new work starting In the virin-
lily OF the South Penn oil companV's
Eroducer on the Anna g. skinner farm.
ed 20 drill No. 2 ana has made me To-
eaton tor NO 3 and has made the To-
fsrmi iS5 No. : On ~ J. y skinner
Anna G skinner farms. the Ohio FSiSi
~ company has the rig completed FOR
| 20 J on the Edward Gabhart farm and
has made location for Nos p 10 -,
elusive. W O. III
Ia smithneId district. Roam. county
thc phto Fuel oil company has drilled
%. . ON the BENJAMIN gummeraetd
farm through the Big lnIun sand ana
trict. MononEslia county. he cbsrter-
| bl company has drilled No. 3 ON IN.
sarsh a; Wilson farm into the Gordon
SAND ana has "a show for n producer.
.,On, Big Elm creek. sardis district.
Harrison county. the south Penn oil
er TaikinRton farm through ne SiSr-
oon seno snd hss = duster At Wallace.
- ne same district. T. ~ Wilson a
h&eenetJi, iot through the Gordon sand
hnd VIII have not better than 70 S-unr
ehipS's vel on 1ss5' II. Es1ta s&nqI 20, T.
holding up At 100 barrel and the Ves.
4 W t. Perry farm az zoo barrels o.
Southeastern ohio.
eastern ohio. the Coiumbus oil a. tnei
| company has completed ana shot d. No
, on the y @ Allison farm ard hae r.
profucer good Tor 100 barrels o. day.
IN Jackson township. FERRY county. the
| Carter Oil company ir starting No. b
| on the Robert Henry farm.
IN walls Gore township. looking
| countv. the CHARTERS pl COMPANY rae
completed No s5 on The Upcklnr Prod
uctf compauy'a property and the hole
has hilcd M 1900 feet with MUD
After ~ has been hot % should make
a ~io0-harrcl producer. 80. 30 on the
sane property is holding % a. 100 bar
| reiH a day.
Judge over Gets wen.
The Hon. James W over. judge Of the
| orphans court Of Allegheny county. b. an
| oi producer. ~ HaTcsVit1c. Allegheny
| couuty. on the rIttshurrh q 81. WAYNE
railroad. The Glenn M1vr Of COMPANY
has completed o. tcet on Judge Dvarr
farm and has a show Tor re- IaIr otl pr1.
duccr. on Jacks run. BOYD a Go. have
drilled n test on the Large farm and
FOUND Nothing but a iIght gaa pressure
81 thr fourth sand
Geological r-nvestigauons.
The iuIfrd state. Geological M..r..U
nfcuFulug O. 81 recent bulletin De- fnEIn.
m scuye part On locating oil aud sas