The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-12-18
OIL AND GAS


The continuance of cold weather Is
proving handicap to development
work inYthe eastern oil fields. Should
the present cold snap continue for
another week. work in the fields will
be greatly reduced for the advent Of
the holiday season generally shows a
falling off and this year is not likely
to prove an exception. Under present
market conditions operators are not
Inclined to undergo unusual hard
ships to start new or complete work
in the fields. The demand for new
production is not imperative and
large proportion of the work under
way and starting is in old territory
and there is no need for rushing 1t to
completion. The larger operating
companies are starting very little new
work and only that necessary to Off
set producing wells or to protect
leases that have stipulated time
limit for completing one or more
wells.
Despite the bad showing made by
the new development in Birch district,
Braxton county, w. Va, there is con-
siderable work under way and start
ing. The last three competitions in
that district are failures and make
| the prospects for extending the pro-
ducing limits less promising. With
the completion Of McCloy and Frames
test on the Mary A. Meyers falsl,
the chances Tor an extension to the
northeast are greatly reduced. The
next two wells due to get the sand
are the South Penn Oil Company's
test on the j. w. Schartizer farm and
Howard and Company's test on the j
w. Twyman farm. Both are drilling
at 500 feet. Enslow and Knisely
have started to drill a test on the W.
G. and NJ. H. .Pollyson farm. Turner
and Company have the rig completed
for test on the j. w. Frame farm
and the Ohio Fuel Oil Company has
two rigs up on the j. and B. 2. Rider
farm.
In the Weir sand development on
Blue Creek, Elk district. Kanawha
county, the Ohio Fuel Oil Company
has drilled its No. A on the Edward
Gebhart farm through the Weir sand
and will not have better than a 15
barrel pumper. No. on the same
farm is drilling and No. s starting.
The same company is due in the sand
at test on the Eliza Anderson heirs
farm. The Ohio Fuel OIL Company
lis doing nearly all the work under
way in the Blue Creek district.
Shows Staying Qualities.
The Imperial Oil, Gas and Products
Company's well on the John Keith
farm in Clay district, Richie county,
is showing good staying qualities. The
we'll was drilled in two weeks ago.
and is holding UP steadily at $50 bar
rels day. In the same district,
Rinehart, Gore and Company are due
in the sand at test on the H. Myers
farm. The Smith Oil and Gas Com
pany has the rig completed for a Sec
ond test on the William Lock heirs
farm.
After a lull in compilations in the
deep sand territory in southeastern
Ohio, Hooking county has come to
the front witt, a brace OF fair pro-
ducers. In the southwest extension
of the old Gore pool, in Falls Gore
township, Murphy Bros have drilled
their No. IL on the John T. Nutter,
farm through the Clinton sand and
have given 1t shot and have . show
for a fifty-barrel producer
In the Union Furnace district, In
Starr township, the Preston Oil Com
pany has completed and shot It's No.
Is on the ]. D. & NJ. LOOMS farm and
has fair producer. They swabbed
forty barrels from the we'll the first
twenty-four hours. It was drilled to
total depth of 1885 feet Operations
in the Union Furnace district and
south of Logan, in Falls township,
have nearly come to standstill.
In the Cow run district, Shallow
TERRITORY, in independence township,
Washington county, the Peoples
Banking and Trust Company has
drilled No. IA on the John W. King
farm through the Keener sand and
will have a fve-barrel pumper. In
the same district. Smith and Com
pany have the rig completed for a
test on the E. !. Mcvey farm.
An apple tree owned by s.. w.
Alexander, Of Los Angeles, Calf, is
exciting interest through the fact that
lin the last year, It has had two crops
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