The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-07-03
OIL AND GAS

Vest Virginia and southsssisrn Os5o
helds The sine Of the late cornpis-
ions - not such A. 20 Inspire treat
acuFity. In the few districts In urhirh
eetler than average prod acsrs have
,,nl tosna are not bringing 10 any
sArcis district, Harrison county. Nax
yappA a &c. have drilled a tssf on
ne Harriet TalkiuEton farm through
ne Gordon sand and viii not have
oetter than a hye-oarrsl pumpsr.
en- Mile district. Harrison county.
the Patterson Fork Oil company has
completed No is on the "a r ioWn.
des farm and has uEht pumper. on
Sooee run. sardis district. the South
rem Oh company has completed It's
second test on the Melissa KELLEY
farm and has a n-barrel pumper in
the Gordon sand
Small Wells In Ooddridoe.
In McClelland district. Doddridse
county. the Manufacturers IIrht A
Heat company has drilled It's test on
the Byron huston farm through the
ttordon sand and will not have better
than hvebarrel pumper. One-half
mile above Bib Isaac. IN Greenbrier
district, DoddridEe county the Hope
Natural Gas company mas drilled No
3 on the j. n. CunninEham farm
through the F1fth sand and has
fiye-barrel pumper Two miles north
OF Huntsville. In Union district. ". 4
Hudkins a Co. have drilled their test
on the A. Corder farm through the
Gordon and Fifth sands and has
hght gasser IN the Gordon stray.
Busters In Marion.
On Warriors Fork. Warrington dis
trict. Marion county. the South Penn
on Company has completed No 7 on
the George NJ. Ice farm and has a
duster On Bartholomew run. Hun.
man Hickman have drilled test
on the Sadie NJ Kendall farm
through the Dunkard sand and have
light easeer on tho same stream.
and In the same district. the Anchor
OIL Company has completed No. Z on
the Sarah Metz farm and has a dus.
ter. The Hope Natural Gas Company
i due in the sand at test on the
Parry Htbbs farm. The Carnegie
Natural Gas Company has the RIG
completed TO- second test on the
=. :. Snider farm.
Small bumpers IN Richie and Wood.
On Lambs run. Murphy district
Richie county. =. NJ. Whan a Com.
pany have completed No. 5 on the
Sarah Simmons farm and have
small pumper in the Big Iniun sand
( In Union district. Wood county. the
Byers OIL Company has drilled No
on the c. f. a w. G.. Elliott farm
through the Second Cow Run sand
and has hve-barrel pumper. In
Union district, Peasants county. the
, Eagle OIL Company has drilled No "a
on the J. l.. Owens farm through the
MaNon sand and found nothing in
that formation. IL was then given a
shot In the Cow Run sand and will
] In the same district McNullen a.
/ Dennison have drilled No. l3 on the
! G. A Galloway farm through the Big
ln1un sand and have duster.
Harrison County Gauges.
The one-time large producers in the
Gordon sand development in Sardis
district Harrison county. are rapidly
declining. The South Penn Oil Com
pany's No. on the Jesse A. Sprout
farm is down to 100 barrels. The same
companys No. on the T. r. Ogden
farm Is producing ll5 barrels, and the
Washington Gas Company's No 1. a.
{. Piggot. and Grove & Parrish's No
]. II. V. Moore, 10 and 95. respective
Good Producer In Old Territory.
Near Porter Falls. Green district
Wetzel county. the New Martinsville
I OIL Company has made good find in
old territory. The well IL located on
the $ l. Morgan farm. north of the
olo Middlebourne DEVELOPMENT. and is
d
don sand. There have been a good
many wells drilled in that vicinity and
ell were either light or dry. In Lin
coin district. Marion county. Schiffner
os.-Fleming 4 Co. have drilled No.
on the John VI. Seese farm into the
Gordon sand. and the well produced
2l2 barrels the first rs hours. No. 4
on the same farm is drilling
On Falling Rock creek. Elk district.
kanawha county. the Close Drilling
Company has completed No. 4 on the
Mary r. Murdoch farm and has a 10
barrel well In the Weir sand On Blue
Z creek, in the new Weir sand develop
ment, the South Penn Oil Company
has drilled No. B on the Anna c. Skin.
ner farm through the Weir sand. and
day.
Southeastern Ohio.
On the Ohio side. In the shallow
sand territory. In Penn township. Nor
gan county, Bowman Bros. have com.
pieted No. 10 on the Frank clifford
farm through the Peeker sand and has
q Hght pimper. In Wesley township.
has completed No. IL on the John
Iumbro farm and has a buster IN the
Gov Run sand. In the. same district
y &. Dlnsmoor e Co. have drilled No
- on the T. J. Nice farm through tho
same formation and had the Same
Kind Of luck
In the Reas run district. Grandyiew
township. the Farmers and Producers
National bank has drilled No 10 on
, the John Beaver farm from the Salt
sand % the top OF the Big Iniun and
found nothing but a light gas pressure
In the MaNon sand. Tn the same dis
| trict. the Peoples National bank OF
I SiatcrHville has drilled No 2 & 3 ON
I III HnUmna