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(690), located on Lynch Run, 0.5 mile northeast of Truebada, 

 the record of which is published in the section for Sand Fork, 

 page 88, made a show of gas in the Big Lime and a little oil 

 in the Keener. The well was drilled 1109 feet below the top 

 of the Big Lime but failed to find the lower sands of the Cats- 

 kill Series that produce oil farther east in the Sand Fork 

 Valley. The Alfred Messenger No. 1 (691), located on the 

 Little Kanawha just west of Sand Fork, was reported to have 

 made shows of both oil and gas, but its record could not be 

 secured. The James C. Ruddell No. 1 (692), located three- 

 fourths mile northeast of Sand Fork, was said to have made 

 enough gas to furnish lights for the farmhouse but was aban- 

 doned. 



The Indian Fork Oil Pool, located along the Grassland 

 Syncline at the mouth of Indian Fork of Sand Fork, and 

 drilled soon after the development of the Copley Pool in 

 Lewis, contains about 60 wells, most of which have been oil 

 producers from the Fifth Sand. The pool as now developed 

 is about three miles long and one-half mile wide at the middle 

 and crosses the Grassland Syncline at an acute angle, its 

 general course being about S. 20 W. The three following 

 wells were drilled along Joes Run at the southern end of 

 the pool : 



J. B. Varner No. 1 Well Record (694). 



Glenville District; 1.4 miles northeast of Stouts Mills; authority, 

 South Penn Oil Co.; elevation, 895' B. 



, Top. Bottom. 



Feet. Feet. 



Pittsburgh Coal 280 



Little Dunkard Sand 740 790 



Salt Sand 1500 1550 



Big Lime " 1900 1960 



Big Injun Sand 1960 2110 



Gordon Sand 2600 2607 



Fifth Sand 2820 2829 



Total depth 2918 



The above well was a dry hole. The J. B. Varner No. 2 

 (695), on the same branch, was reported to have made some 

 oil, but the casing collapsed before the well was shot and it 

 was abandoned. 



