The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-03-08
New York

Owing to the crippled condition OF
the telegraph and telephone lines to
the lower southwest fields. occasion.
I'd by the heavy fall of snow, communi.
ration with the fields under develop.
ment has been almost impossible since
the latter part OF last week. The
few sections heard from reported op.
erations suspended and little or no eff.
fort making TO get the necessary drill.
ing material to the locations for start.
ing new work. In this connection 1t
may be stated that a large amount
sof new work has been mapped out
and operators are more than anxious
to get It under sy. III the Eastern
fields the year promises to surpass
any in the past in trying for new pro-
ducing territory. The desire for new
acreage is very great and If not discov.
cred 1t will be no fault OF those who
are willing TO take a chance,
Drilling for more production in the
lower sands is still a feature in near.
iy all districts. Fe ellis are now pulled
Dut when they have exhausted the pro
duction in some one of the upper for.
nations. The rule now is to drill them
through all lower producing formations
and in some instances the result is
quite satisfactory. On Days run, Clay
district, Monongalla county, W. Va,
the Hope Natural Gas company drilled
Its old Big Injun gasser on the Re-
becca Cook farm to the fourth sand
and the first three hours after 1t as
drilled in the hole filled up 800 feet
with fluid
On Fish creek, Grant district, Wet.
eel county, the South Penn Oil COM
Z pany drilled No. 8 on the Shuman
heirs farm in the stray above the Cor
don sand and the hole filled UP 1000
feet with fluid. 1t will make a fair
producer. On Dents run. Warrington
district, Marion county, the same COM
pany is due in the sand at No. 10 on
the NJ. NJ. Kendall farm In Union
district Harrison county, the Hope
Natural Gas company's second test on
the G. W. Post farm is a gasser in the
fifth sand.
on Big Sandy creek, Big Sandy dis.
trict, Kapawha county. the Columbia
Carbon company has the rig completed
for a test on the R. RAIDER farm. On
the same stream and in the same dis
trict, the Summit Oil company started
to drill a test on the Woods-Young
farm but has shut down. On Cabin
creek, Cabin Creek district, Kanawha
county, located inside of the corporate
limits of the Village of Fairfield, the
Ohio Fuel Oil company is due in the
sand on the Perturbation and Porter
Crawford lots. In the same develop
nent, the same company is due in the
sand at Nc. 4 on the John D. Kitten.
ger farm. In the same part of the field
the United Fuel Gas. company Is drill.
ing Nos. 4. 5, and on the Imperial
1 ColIiery company's tract.
< In the Carson district. Hancocf
county. C. F. Hahn & Co. have started
to drill ildcat on the NJ. Searingen
farm. In Union district, Tyler county.
the Reno Oil company's test on the
!Twofold heirs farm and the Home Oil
company's test on the ]. NJ. Groves
farm are both past due but have been
shut down on account Of the cold
weather. In the same district, the
Adams Oil company has started to drill
a test on the n. B. Williams farm. In
Walker district, Wood county, Athey
{ & MoDougaIs test on the Athey farm
is dry and abandoned. In McKim dis.
trict, Peasants county, Richard Gal.
lsher & Co. are drilling test on the
W. Elliott farm. In the Calcutta dis.
trtct, holland & Bumgarner's test on
the A. A. Hardy farm is through all
sands, dry and abandoned.