The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-02-11
Oil an Gas.

the West Virginia and southeastern
Ohio fields began with light bumpers.
In Spencer district, RoaIie county, w.
Va, the Fisher Oil Company and the
Natural Gas Company Of West Vir-
ginia have completed No. 8 on the j.
B. White1 farm and showing for. .
3.barrel punper. In the same district,
the South Penn Oil Company has
started to drill test on the q. j.
Harris farm.
In Clay district, Monongalia coun.
~. the Hope Natural Gas Company
has drilled No. 3 on the A. I. Ten.
lnAht farm through the Bayard sand.
1t ID q fair gAsser in that formation.
In the same locality, the Carnegie Ma
tural Gas Company il drilling down
from the Big 1htun sand No. s. on the
Grant Stevenson farm. The rig for a
test on the Julius Tenant form has
been completed. The ]. H. McDer-
mott Oil Company has rig complet-
ed for q test on the P. M. Johnson
lease No. 2.
The Manufacturers Light and Heat
Company's No. 4 on the John Lantz
farm, located in Greene district, Wet
Eel county, has filled UP 600 feet with
fluid from the Gordon sand. 1t will be
put to pumping. In Grant district,
Richie county, the FREEHOLD and Ruby
Supply Co1dpary's No. 3 on the Joseph
Carlisle farm is holding up at 40 bar
rels a day from the Maxon sand. In
Union district. the Carnegie Natural
Gas Company's No. 3 on the w. S.
Chapman farm is a gasser in the Big
Injun sand.
In Murphy district, the Beacon OIL
Company drilled Q second test on the
Cunningham heirs farm through the
Big Injun sand. It is q buster. In
the same district, the Hope Natural
Gas Company is testing the salt sand
for oil on the B. B. Nestor farm. II
lit proves a failure they will drill to
the lower sands. In Grant district,
the Junior Oil Company's No. 10 on
the West Virginia tract Is drilling in
the sand and showing very light. In
Union district, Pleasants county, the
Berg Farm Oil Company has started
to drill . test on the w. s.. Scott
farm. In Lafayette district, Medley
"a Company have started to drill q
second test on the G.. W. Lamp farm.
e. A. Smith & Co., are drilling a test
on the D. Jones farm.
The Manufacturers Light & Heat
Company was tagreebaly surprised on
last Saturday when 1t cleaned out
it's Maxon sand we'll on the Jacob
Hieronimus farm, located in Liberty
district, Marshall county. After clean.
ng It out the we'll began to flow and
continued during Saturday and Sun.
day at the rate Of 20 barrels an hour.
The actions Of this we'll Is all the.
more remarkable as 1t was regarded
as a freak when 1t got its production
in the Ma1on sand. the first and only
well in shAt locality to produce from
the Maxon formation.
In GreeLbrier district, Doddrldge
county, the Hope Natural Gas Com
pany has finished rigging up a test
on the Sanford o. sutton farm. In
Grant district, the same company has.
started to drill on the Leoniads
Divers farm. In Mc6leiland district,
Doddridge county, the Producers De-
velopment Company's test on the Fe.
lix Caffman farm Is dry in the Cor
dan sand. In Warrington district, Ma.
rion county, the Eastern Petroleum
Company has a rig up on the Simon
Moore farm.
Wetsel county has about as much
test work under Wav and starting as;
any other county. In Center district,
the Hope Natural Gas Company has
started to drill on the Ezra A. Edgell
farm. IN Greene district, the same
company is hauling rig tsmbets to 10.
cations On the Amos Long and 3. F.
Fox farms. In the same district, the
same company is rigging up on the
ufiah Wilburn. farm and building q
| rig on the Smith McHenry farm. In
Grant district, test on the Martha
'Stackople farm is drilling.