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The C. A. Taylor No. 1 (489), reported the best well in 

 the Murphy Creek Pool, had an initial production of 40 barrels 

 daily, and still holds up at 25 barrels. 



The four following wells are from the numerous gassers 

 that have been drilled along Murphy Creek east of the oil pool : 



S. P. Fisher No. 153 Well Record (491). 



Courthouse District; on branch, of Murphy Creek, 2.8 miles south- 

 west of Weston; authority, Reserve Gas Co.; completed, May 31, 1909; 

 elevation, 1095' B. 



Top. Bottom. 



Feet. Feet. 



Conductor 16 



Moundsville Sand 400 420 



Little Dunkard Sand 485 500 



Big Dunkard Sand 535 648 



Gas Sand 666 820 



Salt Sand 1135 1168 



Salt Sand 1185 1237 



Red rock 1400 1520 



Little Lime 1537 1550 



Pencil Cave 1550 1585 



Big Lime 1585 1645 



Big Injun Sand (gas, 1745') 1645 1770 



Berea Sand 1970 1990 



Fifty-foot Sand 2130 2150 



Thirty-foot Sand 2180 2190 



Sand 2202 2210 



Gordon Stray Sand (gas, 2230'; gas, 2250') 2213 2262 



Gordon Sand 2270 2288 



Fourth Sand ....2325 2330 



Fifth Sand (gas, '2435-42') 2433 2453 



Total depth 2553 



The following well, drilled by Guffey and Galey, but now 

 the property of the Pittsburgh and West Virginia Gas Com- 

 pany, shows a very detailed record, but many of the forma- 

 tions should doubtless have been recorded as shale instead 

 of "lime": 



O. B. Wheeler No. 1904 Well Record (492). 



Courthouse District; 2.8 miles west of Weston; authority, Pitts- 

 burgh & W. Va. Gas Co.; completed, April 21, 1900; elevation, 1135' B. 



Thickness. Total. 

 Feet. Feet. 



Clay 20 20 



Lime . . 35 55 



