The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-03-16
OIL AND GAS

Development work In the eastern
ilelds In no way differed at the close or
the week from thet OF the early part OF
the week. With the exception OF the
deep sand territory In southeastern Ohio
no section OF the eastern fields furnish
ed anything better than light wells from
the beginning To the close of the week
Fewer wells were completed than during
any previous week OF the winter.
ON Warriors Fork. Warrington dis
Company drilled its No. 8 on the o. J.
cunningham farm through the Big InJun
sand and has IS barrel producer. In
Company completed No. on the J. A.
Hawkenberry farm eni secured bar
rel pumper In the same formation. In
the same locality. the Hope Natural Gas
Company completed tests on the George
Campbell and NJ. r. Athe farms and has
brace Of small gessers.
On Halls run. Ten Mile district, Harri-
son county. Hart Bros. < co. have drill
ed their test on the j. IL. Conway farm
through the nth send and will not have
better thfn barrel pumpcr. In the
same district, the Carnegie Natural Gas
Company has drilled No. ; on the J. l..
Strothcrs farm through the fifth sand
oil In the fourth sand.
Near Blsnksville. Troy district. Gill
mer county local parties have drilled n
test on the Davis heirs farm through al:
sands and have a duster. In Grant dis
trict. Doddridge county. the Hope Nat
ursl Gas Company he's drilled No. on
thr IeNI ASH 1ttnl through the Big In
Gun sand and heve 2 light gasser. ON
West Fork river. Union district Harrf-
son county. W. u. Maxwell has com
pleted No. II on his own farm and has
a 10 barrel Dumper in the Gordon sand.
ON Indian creek. Murphy district
Richie county. :. NJ. Ethan a Co have
farm and have n light gasser in the
heener sand. In the Wallace district
Harrison county. the Nesper Gas com
ness a cos Est1ack lot we'll. are hold
ing up at goo and lS0 barrels. respec-
lively.
New work in lincoln County.
In Straight Fork. Duval district. Lin
coin county. the Zig Creek DEVELOPMENT
company has drilled No. 2 on the oc-
taNe Hager farm through the Berea
grit and has show for l5-barreI
pufnper. ON Bear Fork. the same COM
rany has started to drill No on the
"a Holman farm. on HazIett run Of
Trace Fork. Duval district. the Holley
OIL A. Development company has started
on Trace Fork. the same COMPANY is
drilling test on the Emma shillinger
farm.
Southeastern Ohio.
The deep sand territory ~ southeast
ern Ohio l. az this time furnishing
more good producers then any other dts
trtct In the eastern fields. The Union
Furnace district. In Starr township.
Hacking county. ~ forging to the front
~ this district. the Logan Natural Gas
No Z. on the Andrew and Ida A. Rein
scheld farm and II produced 2is barrels
the hrst ~ hours. The pay In this well
was reached al depth Of 3.i6a feet
and the location H. 500 feet north Of 40.
southwest Of the Gore field IN Green
townshin. Hooking county. the Char
tiers OIL company has drilled No. - on
the Hooking Products company's prop
erty into the TOP ~ the clinton sand
boiler. The gauges Of the wells in that
district producing 30 OF more barrels a
pany Nos 80 md Sc 100 srS 70 ~ bst S9iI,-
respectively. LOGAN Natural Gas Fuel
company No. !. W. 9. Price. 30 barrels.
Warner Lehman. 50 barrels. and Griffin
Producing Go. No 2. Charles Williams
70 barrels ~ PIKE township Ferry
pany'ss 40. on he \. . Fni.oS' farm arm
is producing 7s barrels p day. In the
shallow sand territory the only well
Edward y Movers 80. Z on the John
Hran9 hei-e' farm. holding up ~ 80
Southwest Pennsyivania.
LIGHT bumpers are the offering 81 the
southwest renusvlvania fields All on
eratious arc inside - old defined terri
tori Near Campbell station Aieppe
township. Greenr county. the Manufsrt-
urers Iight 2 He.t company has drilled
~ tes' OF The THOMAS G1lentine farm
throurr The Gordon sand md has
show Tor N if-harrrl numoer but will
drill 90 ~ fourth Sand before stopping
~ 49, N'.lI 'l w .'"lslu three miles
and south ~ immortal ALLEGHENY roun-
~. Thomasev a Williams have drilled n
test o. The Wallace heirr farm through
TIE i00-foot sand and have n ught show
et OIL They are nov drilling o. the
lower sands
IN the imperial district. " q GILES
uis has drilled 40 2 on the crooks farm
into the 3o-foot aand and hiss v show.
Tor o. or go-barrst uumrer Near
Frvauf station on the Baltimore a ohio
rpilroad, Van Hurcn a CO. have commit
81 tset on The Hsnlan1iu Herr f4rr,
and have n show Tor q very light pump
cr
Littis Gas In Dssp Wsu.
IN Eohlne0n township Washington
county. the Peoples Gae ruuIrauv's verv
derp test on the gearrv farm o. drilling
- depth ~ n little more than $500