The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-07-02
FINANCE, OIL AND Gas

are due m the sand at test on the
]. Powell farm The Mingo OIL Com
pany IS drilling No. s on the B. K. Te-
trich farm and the Preston Oil Com
pany is due in the sand at No. IA on
the r, B. and B, Longstreth farm.
In Ward township, section that
has been competing some good pro.
ducers. the Charters Oil Company
Is due in the sand at its No. 1Ss on
the Hooking Valley Products Com
pany's property. The rig for No. l40
has been completed. W. G. Stout &
Co. have started to drill at a test on
the w. G. Stout farm. The Fisher Oil
Company Is drilling No. 3 on a part OF
the same farm. In the same district
the Ohio Fuel Supply Company is
starting No. on the Perry Dawley
farm.
One half nile southwest of the
Adams pool in the northeast quarter
Of section 2s Archer township, Harri-
son county. George McFadden & Co.,
have started 70 drill test on the John
Davis farm. In the same district the
Petroleum Oil and Gas Company is due
in the sand at second test on the j.
]. Flnntcal farm. Frank ouinn's test
on the Jane Harshey farm is not good
for more than one barrel a day in the
Berea grit.
Jefferson county has more than the
usual amount of new work. In Cross
Creek township Elliott & Co. have
drilled their test on the James Fergu-
son farm through the Berea grit. 1t is
a buster. Across the dividing line in
Carroll county Mark Miller has a four
barrel pumper at his No. 4 on the H.
Spencer & Son farm. The rig for No.
. on the same farm has been complet-
ed.
In jefferson county Sutton Brothers
are drilling test on the ]. F. Reed
farm. The riverside Eastern OIL
Company is due in the sand at No. IL
on the John F. Clark farm. H. E.
Stratton is due in the sand at No. IL
on the John F. Clark farm. H. e.
Stratton is due in the sand at a test
on his own farm. Cashier Bros. have
completed test on the George Draper
farm. It Is a duster.
Gassers and light bumpers are the
offspring in the West Virginia fields,
On Elk Fork. Washington district,
Jackson county. the Carter Oil Com.
pany has drilled second test on the
Daniel Evans farm into the salt sand.
1t is n gasser with an estimated ca
pacity of 100000 cubic feet a day.
This is the highest recorded for any
well in that locality. In the same dis
trtct the same company has an eight
barrel pumper at its second test on the
W. S. Halbert farm. The same COM
pany has the rig completed for a sec
ond test on the H. C. Casio farm. In
Harper district. Roane county, the
Carter Company's second test on the
C. l.. Monroe farm is producing eight
barrels day from the Cow Run sand.
Tho Cure OIL and Gas Company's test
on the A. W. Parsons farm is due in
the sand.
In Curtis district. Roane county,
the Ohio Fuel OIL Company IS due in
the sand at Nos. 1 and 3 on the A. G..
ALE and Thomas Allen farms. In
Spencer district, Godfrey L. Cabot's
No. IL on the Jennings tract is 81
light gasser in the Berea grit. in
Lee district, Calhoun county, the Fed.
'eral OIL and Gas Company has started
to drill a test on the William Tucker
farm. In Sheridan district M. F.
Crowley & Co. are down 1900 feet at a
test on the Worthy Slater farm. In
Washington district. Jackson county.
Godfrey L. CtToot has the rig material
on the ground for test on the C. A.
McEay farm
In the Smiths Ferry district, Beaver
county. E. E. Baighner's No. 4 on
the Mary E. Strock farm and No. 8 on
the C. B. Fowler farm are both very
hight bumpers. In the Washington
district, Washington county. the Phila-
delphia Conpany's second test on the
Petr!e farm Is a gasser. In the same
district the Carnegie Natural Gas Com
pany got one of the same kind at a
test on the Joseph Ringland farm. The
guage Of the Manufacturers Light and
Heat Company's No. 1 on the Reed
farm for the "a hours ended at z
o'clock yesterday morning was no bar
rels. East Of the cred we'll 10 feet
drilling has been discontinued at the
test on the S. A. Vankirk farm. About
rs barrels day will be its status as a
producer.