The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1920-07-30
OIL PRODUCTION
CONTINUES GOOD
FINE NEW BUMPERS
FOUND in CHATHAM
Only a Few Dry Holes Encountered,
Most Of Which Were Found in
Harrisville, Litchfield and West
field Township.

Late reports from the Medlna c0un-
ty oil fields show that production is
keeping apace with previous records,
and that several fine new shallow
sand producers have been drilled re-
Gently in Chatham township,which is
probably the most productive section
in the Central Ohio field. A few
dry holes We're met with in Chatham
tho not SO many as in the townships
.of Harrisville, Litchfield and West
field. The weekly report follows:
Z E. R. Edison & Son, early operators
IN the field, and who secured some
choice leases, are now reaping their
reward by the completion of number
of exceptionally fine bumpers. This
firms Nc. "a on the B. E. Grim, lot
A, pumped 110 bbls. No. IA on the
|E. c. Miller, lot 13, pumped 145 bbls.
lat 450 feet. No. 2 on the w. C. Carl
ton, lot 18 pumped As bbls. at $50 feet.
Nos. 13 and IA, w. A. Shaw, lot A,
pumped 100 and 112 bbls. No. % w.
|H. Ripley, lot 1, pumped 100 bbls. No.
=, Archie Packard farm, lot 1, pumped
100 bbls. No. A, C. L. and w. Allis, lot
I55, pumped 10 bbls. at $40 feet.Nos.
a, 5 and 6, w. H. Wideman, lot 54,
pumped ITO, 10 and bbls., respective
ly, all owned by E. r. Edison & Son.
/ In the same township the Guaranty
Security Savings Bank & Trust Co.'s
No. 10 G.. Rumbaugh, lot I, pumred
120 bbls. The Ohio Cities Gas Co.'s
No II August Rogers, lot l pumped
rs bbls., and it's No. 26A and B. Hos
tetter, lot A, pumped 1 Dbl. and No.27
same farm, but in lot No. 1, pumped
7e bbls. The Wiser oil Co.'s No 2
WI. H. Mofrell, lot 8, pumped 2 bbls.,
at 525 feet, and No. 20 J. McVickers,
lot l., pumped 40 bbls., while No. Is
p. Geisinger, lot 6, pumped 10 bbls,
The Peoples Banking & Trust Co.'s
No. IA A. and L. Sanford, pumped
10 bbls. The Yale Oil Co.'s No. 19
Chapman, lot 7, pumped 60 bbls. Lee
"a. Watson and others No. H3 L. A.
Watson, lot 8, pumped 80 bbls. and No
4 c. Hite, lot 2, pumped 8 bbls., Fowler
Weber and others No. 2 Eli Dague
lot 10, pumped II bbls. The Ohio
Petroleum Co.'s No. 13 w. l.. Mantz,
lot 1, pumped 80 bbls. The Ohio
Fuel Supply Co.'s No. 8 Minnie Rich
ards, lot 2, pumped 10 bbls. Its No. 1
Ray Koons, lot 2, was dry at 575 feet;
NO. 1 Harry S. Grim, lot 1,dry, and
Nos. 4 and 5 Sue Homan, lot 2, were
both dry. J. H. Pittsford and others
No. 8 Isaac Myers, lot 20, was dry.
In Harrisville twp.,W. H.English and
others No.4, Home of the Aged,lo ST.
was dry and No.5 pumped bbls. The
Home Oil Co.'s No4, Home of he Aged
lot At, pumped 30 bbls. The Chippewa
Oil Co.'s No. 2, j. P. Redfield, lot Sc
pumped 1 bbl. L. S. Byer drilled dry
hole in No. A Harris lot So. The
Wiser Oil Co.'S. No. rs Jerry Dague
lot 81 pumped bbls. The Chippewa
Oil Co.'s No. 1 J. P. Redfield, lot So
pumped 35 bbls. The Cleveland
Fuel Oil Co.'s No. 1 A. D. Falconer
lot % pumped 80 bbls. The Ohio Fuel
Supply Co.'s No. 2 Hy Garmon, lot15
was dry.
In Litchfield township, Medina coul
ty, the Elyria Oil & Gas Co.'s test VI
the S. D. Mcconnell lot 43, was dry al
600 feet. Earnesthausen and others
No. 1 w. E. Teech, lot 6, was also g
dry hole, as was Herbert P. Larence's
test on the A. Herman, lot 7, at 6
depth of 800 feet. The McKeesport
Oil & Gas Co.'s No. 8 Splitter, lot &c
pumped 20 bbls. at 500 feet. The
Lodina Oil Co.'s No. H. B. Bradley
-ot IA, pumped 10 bbls. The McKees
port Oil and Gas Co.'s No. 6 H. D
Bowman lot 20, pumped 10 bbls., al
525 feet. a..
In Westfield township, the Ohio
Fuel Supply Co. drilled a fair gas
well in a"second test on the r. V
Steele, section 8. In Liverpool town
ship the Lodina Oil Co.'s No. 5, H. L
Mott, section %, was dry at 300 feet