The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-03-06
OIL AND GAS.

Light wells are the result OF Develop
ment work in the West virginia aud
southeastern Ohio fields. Tho Very low
districts that have been presenting fair
y good producers and an occasional
few months ago. The Wallace district
IN HARRISON county stood at the head OF
me list Tor "a numb.r OF months. but
complications inside Of defined limits
most necessarily be much lighter.
ON the south fork or Hughes river
MURPHY district, Richie county. the
ON the j. r. Deem fern through the salt
sand and he's - show Tor q Verv light
pumper in thst formation. In the same
district. h Guy on Company completed
. test ON the M~oorc-McNeal farm a shor.
time ago and got Ia, same Kind OF n
The Cairo OH Company has
the rigs completed for Nos. Il and IL
ON the Tomas T.. Davis farm.
ON Rolls Run. CLAY district. Monon-
galia county. the Hop. Natural Gas 60.
mas drilled = tcst on The NJ. &. Bowers
farm through the nth sand and has \
buster. making the :ifth OF that Kind
TINS he's completed in that dis
trict within the pest two months. In
the same district. the Lcmlcy OIL COM
pany ~ down 2.5oO foot at = test on tho
T. a l. Lemley farm. The South
Penn OIL Company IL drilling No. 4 ON
the John Blair farm and the Marion OH
Company has rigs completed FOR No. \
y P~otlewick and No. II on the william
oasser in Giimer.
In Troy district. Gilmer county. the
Crude on Company has drilled a test on
the NJ. :. a Al. n. Hirsman farm. through
the NaNon sand end has > gasscr in that
iormation with "A capacity OF 1000 600
cubic feet = day. The well Is drilling 10
ne W sands. The Hope Natural Gas
Company is drilling : test ON the A. m.
Bush farm and Is drilling n second test
on The Jemes Matthew's farm 90 the
Gordon sand. In Coulter dtStrfct CAL
noun county. the s"mc company is drill
ing y test on the Canden heirs tract
The Potomec OH Company has the ric
- 81 MAH "a $50 .-H
Michel fern.
Operators are now taking the wildcat
producer drilled ~ on the james Peter
ION farm. located at stone Coal creek
three miles EAST OF Weston, Lewis coun-
y. very seriously. The well when
drilled into the Big Iuiun sand got a
showing Of oil that made the we'll look
like II was good Tor 80 barrels n cav.
rms estimate b. thought to have been
700 high Nv onc-haif and its status as
"a producer VIII not be deter mined till
after 10 has been put to pumpinc pbe
importance of the reason that in the
section in which ~ h. located the Gas
if there u q pool of Big tniun oil ln
that locality. i would have long since
wallace ousg.s.
IN tho Wallace district. Harrison
county. some 81 the wells are stil hold
ing up very creditably. The last guages
were as follows: Nesper Gas COMPANY.
No. g. Perry. Z75 barrels. j. r. Miller
co No. 2 7. ! %i.anhan. rs barrels:
AaN NAf"E SaHHNNNAaANN ~ 70 r. - IaHNNHEA
lot. 205 barrels. The Ncspcr Gas com
pauy has nrillcd its second test on tho
'. l. a g. ~ Highland farm through
not Increased above 5 barrels a day In
the same locality. the Morgan OIL COM
p2nS H. drilling a test on the u. J;
company ~ drilling a test on the l.. J..
Davis farm.
Southeastern Ohio.
The deep send territory In southeast
tern ohio b. the only section on the
Onto side that u attracting attention.
In the southwest ~ens Of the Gore
field ~ Green township. Hooking couu-
~. the plymouth oil and Cos COMPANY.
has drilled n test on the Warner Deb
man farm through the clinton sand and
since giving H. a shot. has q show for "a
80 or ~6o-bsrrel producer This location
is east Of the same companys produc-
ton uu the o.. q. Sweazy farm and west
Of the CHARTERS OH company No 7s
on the iiookins Produces company r
property.
the CHARTERS OIL c0npauF has compiler
ed and shot its No. ~ on tho Hooking
i~roducrrt COMPANY property aud the
Wcll produced s. barrel. tho ensuing a.
hours No. So ON the same tract b.
hoidluG up go 100 barrels and the CRIT
.in lr"du.llE cont tuNH No q ON the
q harlcr William. farm Of 1g1 barrels.
iu tho Union Furnace district boz starr
township. the Lgcnu natural Gas A.
,ntl g'wran,s N"H and 2 "n The
feiuecheld farm arc holding up ~ t2l
and ea barrels. respectively. Tho linton
iurrarr pI1 company SO g ON tho
Wcodard farm ~ produciur no barrels
% day.
Shallow Territory.
Near Knoxville. Boz KNOX township.
jcmerson county, wheaton. 60. have
drilled n test IN the william McIaiu
farm through the Errea grit and have a
Nant uHaser lu the same township
r. W. Duwruu a tu.r have completed
and shot a test on the W g. Glenn farm
and have a very light pumpcr in the
EerfH grit. Near fairNlew. iu Dhio
township. Beaver county. Pa. "a ~
DAWSON has completed No g on bis own
Farm through the Herea grit and will
have e. HIGHT uumper
grlo As ettctrNe