The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-12-10
Of oil but viii not make . paying pro.
The Lower Southwest.

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Tho Lower Southwest.
Late competitions IN tho Dents run
pool. Warrington district, Marion
county, W. Va, are not in the gushcr
class. Tho South Penn Oil Companys
No. Is on the M. NJ. Kendall. farm is not
good for moro than fifty barrels a. day.
F. w. Bartlett drilled his No. 2 on the
u. I1. Batson farm from the Big In1un
TO the Thtrty-foot sand and It shows
for a ten barrel pumper In the lower
formation. For several months this
well had been producing from the Big
Injun formation. No. on the same
farm has been drilled into the Thirty.
foot sand and the hole has filled up
1900 feet with fluid. Hickman and.
THURMAN drilled No. on the Alfred
Kendall farm into the top OF the Thirty
foots and and it Is estimated to be good
for eighty barrels q day. The Delmar
Oil Company shot. 40. 81 on the John
/ L. Hays farm and it placed ago barrels
to its credit the ensuing twenty-four
hours.
The Victoria Oil Company is start
ing the following wells: Nuzum No.
u. Il. Stewart Nos. 2 and 8, Long
run. Sardis district. Harrison county;
and r. u. Ashcraft No. j. Sardis dis
trict, Harrison county, w. Va. The
test now being di1led on Sevilla u.
Strother's farm on Rock Camp Har-
rtson county, is 1900 feet deep.
On Miracle run, Battelle district,
AIonongalia county, the South Penn
Oil Company completed No. 8 on. the
Fox heirs farm and it shows for q Ave
or ten barrel pumper. ~ n Tenmile dis
trict, Harrison county, the Hope Nat
ural Gas Company drilled test on
to the Fifth sand and 1t is reported
showing fora ten barrel spumpertn the.
lower sand.
On the Little KanaWhn river, Sher-'
man district, Calhoun county the Hope
Natural Gas Company filed up It's
deep test on the Granville Rice farm
to the bottom OF the Big Iniun sand
and gave it shot hut + did not. re-
spond. It will likely prove q failure.
On Frozen Camp run, Curtis district,
Roane county, the Fisher OIL Com
pany's test on the elizabeth Parsons
farm has been drilled through the
second Cow run sand and aband oned.
On Little creek, Spence district,
Cor and Heck Completed al second
test on the Louisa J. Hedges farm and
got a fair gasser IN the Berea grit.
on Reedy. creek. Reedy5 district, Cod
Trey Il Cabot has the4rlg comple ted;
for a test on the Ball heirs farm. On
the Horse Creek tract; Duyal8 district,
lincoln county the South Penn OIL
Company comple tedE Mo. and has
a ten barrel pumper In the Bereas
grit 5s 14s 81
On Walnut Fork. FTeeman'sG Greek
district, Lewis county. the Ph1ladelS
5Dhia Company's No. on the W.. BE-
Maxwell farm Is q fair gasser In the.
Big 1njun sand. On Vest Fork rty-ss
.er. Union district, Harrison county
the Yesper Gas Company No. 81 on
the Highland heirs farm Is good for
twenty-five barrels day in the Cor
don sand On the same stream, the
Philadelph ta Comp 70. 8 on the
w. b. Maxwell farm Is q twenty bar
rel producer In the same formation.
Exper1n entail Wells.
On the Lit e Kama ha river, Cen
ter district Ca noun connty odtrey
IL Cabot drilled q test me I.t
Belts farm throUgh the . nun
sand and found IL barren - ts nov
idfillSng To the lower sands S9alssI
hot ~ ling ii the el nc
teak On Sllsg n 70 tar1sas