The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-11-06
OUR OIL AND GAS

The national government takes
Great coenizance of the wonderful
oil and gas wealth of this state, ana
in fbe annual United States Geo
Iooical Survey for this year, has
brought these great natural resour-
ces ever more forcibly to the aGIen-
fion of the world than before. But;
while advertising so extensively and
strongly this great natural wealth OF
West Virginia, the government mas
not neglected to admonish our cltl-
zenship against the waste, as shown
bv 4be following extracts from the
renort. and presented IN way Iila'
oIe;Ilt to be convincing and ettec-
tive: nro-
eaThe value of the natural gas pro
dueed In West Virginia continues 10
increase from year to year, and slnce
1902 the State has ranged seconu
in the list of gas-produeinng com
nonweaIths. During the last zen
T ,r Cfrom 1894 to 1000 the value
hos increased nearly 1000 PEI, cent.
F r1 a number of years this state
hos furnished an immense quantlt3
If natural gas to the cities anu
tovns of southwestern Pennsylvallla
o oU% Ohio, During 1904 there was
a yerv great increase IN the guam ~
delivered to Ohio. The CITY 10
cleveland, in addition to hoLeu y,
and many other smaller cities ~
" Sa,r and central Ohio, Is no"
fnIIy supplied with natural gas pro-
J,,oo5 IN West Virginia.
sSTbe structural conditions over :"
go in the northwestern Por-
iaIg This State. are ideal for the
tlon % of this most valuable
a a.oooo,,s fuel. The deeply 6uIleJ
s sJs Of Lewis, Harrison and WetEsi
counties have responded IN d mus nv
I,,orkable manner when P!eIIGGe su;oT3
+bo drill. The counties OF Mur nIso
STononqolia and Calhoun nave arso
F,.ol;s7Isd manw remarkable T ven
~. o--l;e= or T'vl-- F''c., ~
-, Marshall. Wood Pl"-.'7,
Ir.,E'1 Boane. Boone, Mingo' Nap ,o
W. 7 ogon and Gilmer have also
10, Gas wells of greater OF less
Pt%u" Tbe principal sands furnish
value. al al Gas are the Big Inlun'
W LIZ m Berea, Gantz and Ellts
Foot, Thirty foot, Gordon sonjs
Gordon, Fifth and Bayard s4 inoTn
STSese last names are burleG Its LII
700 to 5000 feet along the cea =
- on+ic1inals. and their rock pre-.
y, yor;es from 500 to 1850 PounIis
- tbe square inch, while their o 20
~, ~ s-' TanGes from 100000 to 90
90 nnn erbic feet per day. =,
ssTbe main supply comes from 't nf
p;. Iniun and Venango groups ~
De To the southwest lhe
sui Ialt'-T monument uplift of the ApPa-
i iaS chain of mountains SINKS
down, and on this declining an amt md
nj and the next one to the "e 1o.o uot
parallel OF it many OF the lalsvSs
producers in southern haTl l,r;s
apo,,nfy and in northwestern, Lewis
oor,-,fy have been secured. Inc pro
iific Sas field in Wetzel and lyier
,ln Is due to prominent anu
o1;nai which passes southwestern
ciliia1 1T1,;or+oYn. WetZel county
near Owls Head Knob, and m
~ Hir T5I,Ior county, terminating SCUM
of I15ian Creek, on which was To-
'catdd the once famous but no" e
bausted Big Moses we'll
SoThe structural conditions over
srcISsa large area in this State mol
cate that It will be a source OF vast
quantity of natural gas for many
Tears in the future, which Will OF
ned to supply the decreasing volume
that must necessarily follow Ine
gradual exhaustion Of olaei /