The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-05-01

IfWetzels County. the RtchwoodS Oil Com.
pany drilled its second test on the
John Mills farm into the Gordon sand
and II; shows for a 40 or 50.barrel pro.
Queer. Drilling has been suspended
Ito move back the boiler. The loca.
ton is 600 feet west Of the same com.
pany's Maxon sand producer, com.
pleted several weeks ago. There Is
quite a little new work starting in that
locality. The same company Is drill.
ing No. 4 and has the rig completed
for No. s on the same farm. Both the
Hope Natural Gas Company and the
Kanawha Oil Company have some new
work under way.
On Big Elk Creek. Sardis district,
Harrison county, the Hope Natural
Gas Company has now drilled its No.
6 on the H NJ Garrett farm through
the Bayard sand and found that and
all upper formations barren. In the
same district, the Carnegie Natural
Gas Company's No. 3 on the W g al
len farm is a light gasser in the fifth
sand. On Shutters Fork, Union dis.
trict, tho Hope Natural Gas Company
has a fifth sand gasser at It's test on
the r. Curry farm. On West Fork Rty.
er, In the same district. the Fisher OIL
Company's No 3 On the s L perine
farm is not good for more than 10 bar.
rels a day.
On Lifes Run, Heckers Run district,
Lewis county, the Philadelphia Com
pany completed a test on the Noah
Life farm and has a fourth sand gas.
IsRr IN III Rt.n ENortS TNRNyN AtufrtNf
GilmerN county, the Hope Natural Gas
Company aud II G Gillespie drilled
No a on the n NJ Fox farr' through
the Big Iniun sand and developed Q
good gasscr. The well has ali bstima-
an estimated capacity OF 6,000.1o0 GU
day.
On Lifcs run, Rockers Run dis
trict. Lewis county. the Philadelphia
Company completed a tost on the
Noah Life farm and has a fourth
sand gasser. On Tanners Fork, Troy
district. Gilmer county, the Hope
Natural Gas Company and II G Giles
pie drilled No 4 on the n M Fox farm
through the Big lnjun sand and de.
veloped a good gasser. The we'll has
an estimated capacity OF 100000 Gu
bic feet a day.
In a great many districts operators
are starting to test leases that arc
as yet an unknown quantity. On
Halls Run, Ten Mile district, Harri.
son county, Carter, Sheets & Jarvis
are due In the sand at a test on the
William Jarvis farm. On West Fork
River, the Clarksburg Light & Heat
4 rnvanarRF II. It,a In thu rnrdnn oonH
at a test on the L q Barnett farm.
On Katy Lick Run, Sardis district,
the Peerless Carbon Company is
drilling Nos 3 and 4 on the Ward
Post farm. On Rock Camp Run.
Huffman & Degan are rigging up at
a test on the L L Stewart farm. On
tile same stream D J Carter & Co
are due in the fifth sand on the Del.
la v Allen farm.
On Beech Lick Run, Greenbrier dis.
trict, Doddridge County, the Hope
Natural Gas Company drilled No IL
on the Samuel Stalnaker farm into
the Big Lime and developed a show
Of oil. In Freemans Creek district,
Lewis county, the Reserve Gas Com.
pany has started a test on the G z
White farm, located on the left fork
OF Alum Creek. n!
The Chalmers OIL & Gas Company
has made the location for a test on
the Simon Moore farm. located on
Campbells Run, Warrington district,
Marion county. On Bartholomew
Run, Hickman & Huffman are get.
ting In the material for No 2 on the
Alfred Kendall farm. On Fishing
Creek. Grant district, Wetzel county,
the Philadelphia Company has made
a%ilocation on the s E Fluharty farm.
Roane county is being closely test.
ed for new pools and extensions to
some OF the old fields. On Johnson
Fork, Spencer district, the Lee OFT
OIL Company is down 1000 feet on
the J A Harris 90 acres. On Flat
Fork, Harper district. Charles Sims
is due in the salt sand at a test on
the Sylvanus Morrison farm. On
Scaffold Run G L Cabot has rigs com.
pleted for two tests on the J H Bur-
CESS farm. On Big Root Creek, Cen.
ter district, Calhoun county, G L Ca.
bot is drilling on the Jane Wilson and
William Terrell farms.
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