The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-27

10 tn credit the arst "A lonre after
It was drilled into the pay. The cper-
atfons Of thls eompans ON rs tract
have been very suceesafnl not having
"a yer encountered dnsfef. IN an
secfinns of8the Eastern 1ields5 there s.
none other that loo ksS so promising.
ON Ffeeman's Greek fFreemanis
Greek district, Lewis county the
Hone Natural Gas company drille a
test on the Edward Foley farm
through I the Gordon sand and It Is q
fair sgasser. On the right fork Of the
same stream. the same company test
on the James darlington farm is a
gasser in the fifth sand. In Hackers
Creek district Lewis county. the
West Virginia Central Gas company
has a fair gasser in! the fifth sand
at test on the Edwardl swisher
farm. On Sycamore Lick Run. the
same company has started to drill a
test on the Porter Maxwell farm.
On Looney Fork OF Big Sandy
creek, Geary district Roane county,
the United Fuel Gas company's test
located one and Ione-half miles south:
west Of production, has a gasser on
Grant district, Richie county, Cor.
on the William o. EQUITY farm. It is
a duster In the salt sand. On Five
Mile creek, Burning Springs district,
Witt county the South Penn Oil COM
'pany's No.s7 on the William Dawson
farm is 5.barrel pumper in the salt
sand.
In Williams district. Wood county,
all of the late compilations are dry. The
Nelson OIL conpany's test, on the
Henry Athey farm. and Uhl & Co.'s
test>on the H. C. Warner farm. were
drilled through the Macksburg sand
and found It barren. The Johnson Oil
company's second test on the John
James farm is dry In the Cow Run
sand. In Pleasant scounty the best of
the compilations are located In Union
district. The Big Three Oil company's
test on the r. A. Gorrell farm is pro-
ducing % barrels a day and Harry
Worden & company's No. 8. Barnhart
heirs farm 20 barrels. In the same
district, Mullen & Clendenning have
started to drill second test on the
o. D. Wells farm.
In McKim district, peasants coun-
ty, Parsons & Sweeney have the rig
completed for a test on the B. F..
Standish farm. Hall & Co. are due III
the sand on the W. w. Curtis farm. On
Five Mile Run, Burning Springs dis
trict, Writ county, the South Penn
Oil company's No. z on the William
Dawson farm Is a flve.barrel pumper.
In the same district, jackson and Co.
have started to drill a test on the
Lemon heirs farm. In Greenbrier dis
trict Doddridge county. the Hope Nat
ura1 Gas company's test on the Sam
uel Stalmaker farm Is a gasser in the
Big 1njun sand.
ON West Fork River, Union dis.
trict, Harrison county. the Clarksburg
Light & Heat company is drilling at
], 800 feet at test on the G. E. Davis
son farm. On Limestone Creek, the
Hope Natural Gas company is starting
On Suffers Run, the same company
Is down POTS feet on the Caroline
Chandler farm and fishing for a string
OF tools. On Big Root Greek. Center
district, Calhoun county, G. l. Cabot
is drilling a test on the Jane Wilson
farm.
On Sandy Creek, Ravenwood dis
trict, jackson county, John Badly &
Co. are down 1850 feet at test on
the N. X. Nutter farm and have sus-
pended operations. On Clover Run,
smithtield district. Roane county, the
Carter OIL company is drilling on the
T. Morris perot farm. Wetzel county
has considerable test work. On Fish
ling Creek, Grant district, the Manu-
facturers Light & Heat company has
started to drill on the s. Potts farm.
On Browns Run. Clay district, the
same company is building rig on the
Sarah Sexton farm. On Long Drain
Run. Church district, the Philadelphia
company is due. in the fifth sand on
the w. F. Smith farm. On Fishing
Creek, the Carnegie Natural Gas COM
pany is building rigs for tests on the
IN. L. Setwart and J. C. Hinerman
farms. On Long Drain Run the Hope
Natural Gas company has ten rig UP
on the Fountain Smith farm.
The ON Market.
Pennsylvania ................. $2.60
Indiana ..s......... 1.5S
Illinois .,.........s...... 1872
Kansas & Oklahoma .......". 1.55
-----.--!- --as- ---;-- ------