484 " PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS. 



District, the Jesse Conrad No. 1 (758), on Duskcamp Run, 1.4 

 miles northwest of Dusk. This well was abandoned as a dry 

 hole, but made a little gas, the owner of the well, Mr. Conrad, 

 having been killed by the accumulated pressure of gas which 

 blew up a barrel that he was tamping over the hole to collect 

 the gas for domestic purposes. 



Prospective Oil and Gas Areas, Glenville District. Glen- 

 ville District offers considerable opportunity for further oil 

 and gas production. Attention is called to the following local- 

 ities : (1) All that portion of the district lying along the east 

 side of the Chestnut Ridge Anticline for a distance of two to 

 three miles from the axis, looks favorable for gas, the best 

 locality being probably near Baldwin along the structural 

 dome, as shown by Map II. Seepages of gas are reported 

 along Stewart Creek in this locality. That portion of the dis- 

 trict west of the anticline probably contains some gas, but, 

 owing to the lack of sands in the Norris and other wells, 

 should be left until the more favorable territory east of the 

 axis has been tested. (2) The wide structural terrace just 

 northeast of Ellis looks favorable for additional oil wells in 

 the Fifth Sand ; (3) Additional oil wells in the Fifth Sand 

 could probably be drilled along Joes Run, both above and 

 below the present development ; (4) Heaters Fork, south of 

 Blackburn, is favored by structure and development for oil or 

 gas in the Gordon and Fifth Sands ; (5) That portion of the 

 southern end of the district, about three-fourths mile wide, be- 

 tween Duskcamp Run and the Braxton Line, looks favorable 

 for gas. 



DetailedWell Records, Center District. 



Center District, occupying the southwestern corner of the 

 county, and being traversed by the Grassland Syncline and the 

 Chestnut Ridge Anticline, has produced a considerable amount 

 of oil and gas in the western part, but none in the central and 

 eastern portion, where only a few wells have been drilled, the 

 most of which gave unfavorable results. Map II shows that 

 in this part of the district, the structure has less pitch than on 

 the north side of the Little Kanawha and therefore offers less 



