The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-01-01
OIL AND GAS

Very few competitions we're reported
from the West Virginia and southeastern
ohio fields The best Of those reported
are not better than light producers and
al located inside OF defined TERRITORY.
There are but two districts AZ this tim.
, that can be expected To- furnish better
taan ave 'ge wells Sardis district. Har-
promising. and the deep sand territory
IN southeastern ohio is the most likely
development IN Big sandy district has
0 not been coming up TO expectations iu
, the past few months. The best pro
queer IN that held IL the South Penn
on company's No. 20 on the Blue Creek
tract. credited with a production OF goo
/ barrels "a day.
Ia the Berea grit DEVELOPMENT at
Beech Bottom. Bunalo district. Barnsdsli
a Hays have drilled No. on the Cora
trt ana have a 2s-barrel producer. ~
the same district the Buffalo Valley OF
Nhs company is due in the sand at a
test on the Joseph church farm and the
Forest Oil 4 Gas company Is due at a
test on the Martin Dugal farm.
In the Holidays Cove district. Butler
district Hancock county, &. Ferguson
has now drilled a test on his own farm
through the Berea grit and has duster.
". stewart have the rig completed for
| a second test on the w. NJ. Murray farm.
Light Pumper In wetzel.
on Archers Fork. Grant district. Wet
eel county. the Sure oil a. Gas Companv.
has drilled a second test on the Beveriip
farm through the Big InJun sand and
have "A show for barrel pumper "a
b. now drilling 10 the Gordon and ir
nothing r. found IN the lower formation
u will be plugged below and shot in thu
Big lnjun sand and tested
on Thomas run. Clay district. Monon-
gala county. McDermott a Iowrfe have
drilled their test on the Minnie Bell
have a good gasser on the same stream
and In the same district. the Hope Ma
| tural Gas Company. has drilled No. on
the W. \. Parks farm through the Big
fnjun sand and has good gasser. The
same company Is starting a second test
on the Thomas Iemley farm. The SANE
Company Is due IN the sand al a test ON
the \. l. Foster farm.
on Cave run. Fayette district Pleas
ants county, the American iOl Develop
ment Company and the South Penn OF
] Company have completed No. rs on the
/ j. T. Coss farm and have 10 barrel
rumper In the Cow Run sand nj the
Gordon sand development In Sarids dis
! trict. Harrison county. the gauges Of the
best producers are as follows: j. r NIL
leT q 90. No. J; n. Lanham, isS bar
\ his own farm. POS barrels: Nesper Gas
Company No 2. !. q. a. W. l.. Perry. 17s
barrels and Philadelphia Company No -
John T. Sprout. so barrels.
In the Eureka district. Peasants
county. the riggs Farm oil company rar
completed No. on the +. A. Dunn farm
district tie Naish OIL COMPANY has com
{ ploted a test on the ". H. Nalsh farm
aud has "a small show Of oil In Tnton
district an. N.at xrfr.frt. - -
company No. on the Sol Bulls farm
/ is good for five barrels day. The same
company is starting 40 8 on tho same
| farm. In the Calcutta district the As
ISOLATED Producers company has com
and has duster. The Philadelphia com
pany completed q test on the CopenhaVer
farm and had the same kind or lucK
| NJ NIINfN OH COMPANY Iw starting "a e.
on the Wade Hamlin farm.
Southeastern Ohio.
| There is no part Of southeastern Ohio
| that De- furnisheing large producers ex-
C"pt iu the deep sand territory in ne
ship. Perry county. Emery q % have
] now complied and shot their no. Z on
the J A.. watts farm and 70 produced
cation Us 500 feet east Of 30. T. which
, o. holding up az 60 barrels a dav The
| chicago on company. Fuller 4 Howe's
Ing up az io5 barrels. and their Nos r. 30
and on the Catherine Waltmire farm
/ are producing 100 barrels a. day.
1u summit township Monroe COUNT
Z J.. q. cunningham a co. have drilled
second test on the %. ~. Weber farm
l through the Big lulun and have n M ~
Tor 800 barrel producer. In Washingfon
township. belmont county. ERNEST Yer
ruson a CO. have drilled their test on
The f. p Stouchraker farm through fhr
hcrea Erlt aud have dueter This ioca-
tieu is 1900 feet northeast Of the same
company test uu tho -affie heirs farm
, IU smith township. the Natural tsaa CO.
of Wcet virginia iH due Boz the sand - "a
Test ou tlc Hart MoIieY farm. The
Same company h1g he riE completed fof
trEf uu the q. j.. Moore farm
iu Lawrence township Mnrnirrfnr.
county. ". a. Patterson a CO. have 4
farrell rumper at their so. o. ON the
George rchmidf farm. charles Vaughn
q 60. have very nFhf ruuper 90 fheif
ffaf un fne HfHNr nfIra. farm aud o. D.
EofhlcV a CcmrarV have dry hole 90
their iefi ON the Henry Metzie farm.
but with the publicity that now has
been given his movements o. g. be-.
loved the original plans have been
abandoned
sends Secret Message.
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message fnr Captain Landry. az the
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