The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-02-21
AS a Result Of the Drilling Of
Two busters in the Town
of Spencer.

ers. One Is the Fisher Oil. Company.
4 We'll. on the John Bowers lot. Thi;
we'll has been drilled through the
salt sand and failed to find any oil. II
lis now drilling in the Bfea grit and
expects to get gas. In the same de
velopment, unknown parties have
| drilled q we'll on the. w. P. Polling
lot through the same formation ana
had the same kind Of luck. On Fish.
Ing creek, Grant district, Wetzel coun
~, the Silver Hill Oil Company ha,
completed Its test on the G. S. Head;
ley farm and found nothing but .
| light show OF oil In the Gordon stray
On Walnut Fork, McElroy district
Tyler county, the Hope Natural Gas
Company has drilled a test on the d
s. Matthews farm into the Big Injun
sand and has q light gasser In thai
formation.
| On Lang Drain run, Church district
| Wetzel county, the Carengie Natural
Gas Company has drilled its test or
the w, G. Garner farm through the
Fifth sand and has a fair gasser. Or
the West Fork river. Clark district
Harrison county, the Clarksburg Lghi
and Heat Company has completed a
test on the d. w. Cork farm and ;has
q gasser in the Big 1njun sand. In the
same district, and located on the same
stream, the Hope Natural Gas Com
pany has completed test on the L
y. Barrett farm and has a light gassel
in the same formation. X
Gasser in Wetxel.
On Fishing creek. Grant district
Wetzel county. Kinsley and Company
have drilled their test on the j. B
Whiteman farm through the lime and
have small gas we'll. On Turkey run
Greenbrier district, Doddridge county
Hart Brothers are due in the sand al
q test on the Rebecca Wright farm
On Buck Lick run, New Milton dis
ltrict, Trainer Brothers have started to
drill q test on the w. A. CLAIM farm
| On Bartholomew. run, Warrington
district, Marion county, the Clayton
Oil Company is building the rig for a
test on the IA 3. Fetty heirs farm
On the West Firk ricer, Grant district
Harrison county, the Vesper Gas Com
pany is due in the Big 1njun sand al
a test on the Valentine Knight farm
On the West Fork river, Grant district
1.-the Clarksblrg Light and Heat Com
pany is due in the Gordon sand at It's
No. on the Adamston Coal and Coke
Companys property located In Coal
district. On the same stream and in
1.-The same district the same company
is due in the Same formation at a test
on the Thomas Bailey farm.
On Big Isaac creek, Greene district
bod ridge county, the Clarksburg
light and Heat Company has started
to drill test on the Serepta Nutter
farm. In New Milton district the
South Penn. OIL Company has drilled
a second test on the L. A. Nicholson
farm through the Big Injun sand and
has q show for a fifteen or twenty
barrel pumper. On the South Fork Of
Hughes river, In Southwest district,
lDoddridge county, the Carter OIL Com
pany has now drilled Its No. III on the
d. p Stout farm through the Gordon
sand and found it barren. a light
show Of oil was developed in the salt
sand and 1t will probably make a five
barrel pumper from that level. In
Court House district. Lewis. county,
the Hope Natural Gas Company has
completed test on the A. Reader
farm and has a fair gasser in the
Gordon sand. On Rock Camp run,
Sardis district, Harrison county, the
same company has drilled its test
on the Alex Booth farm through the
Gordon sand and has a small gasser.
In Union district, Clay county, the
Davenport Oil and Gas Company has
started to drill No. 10 on the Frank
Cox farm. In McElroy district, Tyler
coutny the Middlebouren Oil and Gas
Company has drilled It's No. 6 ON the
Octave Martin farm through the Big
Injun sand and will have a five bar
rel pumper. In the same district, G.
f. Starkey is due in the Keener sand
at a test on the Currens4D Dickinson
farm.
New Work In Braxton County.
At Rosedale, Birch district, Braxton
county, there is some new work start
ing and under way. In the salt sand
development at that place Hall and
Campbell have drilled their test on
the G. H.. Campbell lot to the top. OF
the salt sand and have shut It down,
Glasco and Huselton are drilling on
the n. E. Rifle lot. Rexroad and New
Ion are due in the salt sand at a test
on the j. and B. 3. Rider. lot. The
South Penn Oil Company's test on
the F. A. Canhorn, lot is drilling at 500
feet Doty and Company have the rig
completed for a test on the w. H.
Adams lot. Matych and. wilkins are
due in the sand and the c. a.. Snod-
grass farm. The Mill Fork Oil and
Gas Company has started to drill a
test on part of the same farm.
Southeastern Ohio.
In the deep sand territory III the
Junction City district, Jackson town
ship, Perry county. o., Sturm and
Guthrie have complete dand shot their
test on the David Ilochensparger farm
and have a show for a very light
pumper in the Clinton sand In the
same district, the Carter Oil Com
pany's No. 5 on the H. g. Bauehman
farm has declined to thirty Ave barrels
a day. In the Union Fudnace district.
BLOCKING county, the Union Furnace
OIL Company's No. 5 has declined to
ITO barrels day.
K In the shallow sand territory In the
Payne district. Washington county.
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