The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-09-10
FINANCE, OIL AND GAS

many years ago Tue OIu WICK pUUl|
furnished some large producers. ow.
ing to a strong gas pressure being
developed with the OLD 1t declined rap
idly.
In Center district, Calhoun county.
the Hope Natural Gas Company haA
drilled It's test on the Rachel Gun
ningham farm through the Berea grit
And dry. In Washington district, Jack
son county, the Carter Oh company's
second test on the H. C. Casio farm
is not good for more than two barrels
a day.
In Battelle district, MonongaIia
county the Carnegie Natural Gas Com
pany's second test on the Fred Hennen
farm is 8, gasser in the Gordon sand.
The Manufacturers Light and Heat
Company's test on the Sarah Ash
craft farm in Church district, Wetzel
Comfy, is a gasser in the salt sand.
In Warrington district, Marion county
the Hawkins OIL Company is hauling
rig material to a location for second
test on the ozias Kuhn farm.
Test wells in many Of the old dis.
tricts are drilling or starting. In
Grant district, Richie county, the
CORVALLIS OIL and Gas Company has
shit down for casing at its test well
on the William Gilbert farm. In Clay
district, the Ridgeway Oil Company
has a rig UP on the John Pool farm.
In the same district, ]. T. Locke &
Co. are skidding the rig at their test
on the W. ]. Collins farm. In Murphy
district, the Beacon Oil Company has
rig up on the A. P. Glover farm.
Berkheimer Brothers are drilling a
test on the Oliver Gorrell farm, locat-
ed in Lafayette district, Peasants
County. In Union district, Wood coun
ty, N. S. Snyder & Co. are building
a rig on the ]. b. McKibbon farm
In Murphy district, the Hope Natural
Gas Company is building a rig on the
clarissa Golf farm. In Clay district,
the same company has the rig tlnlurTs
at location on the Brent Taylor farm
In DeKalb district, Gilmer county, the
Philadelphia Company has started to
drill test on the Eugene Weaver farm.
Light wells comprise the late COM
pletIons in tho Southwestern Penn
sylvaria fields. In the Smiths Ferry
district, Beaver county we'll at No. 8 on
the Hagan heirs farm. The we'll is
showing for a Is barrel pumper. In
the same district, j. A. McCormic%
& Co. test on the Simon Cotton farm
is not good for more than two barrels
a day.
In the old coopertown field, Butler
County Frederick Bros. & Co., have a
light gasser in the 10O-foot sand at
test on the Theodore frederick 1arm
In the Zelienople field, William Alex,
ander has a light pumper in the 100
foot sand. In Wayne township, Green
County, the Peoples Natural Gas Com
pany has gasser in the Bayard sand
NJ 6 test on the John Henderson farm.
In Morris district, Greene county,
southwest Of the old Former pool, My
ers Long & Cos. we'll on the John
Wright farm produced 175 barrels as
shown by the last "a hours gauge.
Holders Of leases in that locality are
losing no time in starting new work.
At the present time there are four
wells drilling and others starting.
A late report from the Weir sand
extension ii Big Sandy district, Ka-
nawha county. w. Va, stated the
South Penn Oil Company had drilled
its tazt on the H. E. Bird farm into the
Weir sand, and the well had produced
260 barrels the first twenty hours.
This location is the farthest east of
any completed well in the development
The big Four" companies, the South
Penn Oil Company, the United Fuel
Gas Company, the Ohio Fuel Oil Con-
pany and the Guffey-G illespie Com
pany, are pushing development work
to the full limit. The four compan-
les have more than IS wells drilling
and starting in the Weir sand extern
sion.