The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-08-12
~ I. CROWD SEES
NOR AN1HO OWN RAGING
OIL AND GLS

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me OklanomattAau crude y on Oh
market was AGAIN aoYaneeo syealeE-
DAY, making tne s!nlr0 upward ln move,
ment WITHIN the siaS1 ten Gays. tne
quotation 1or okianonaa,s kansas ana
tiike grades IN the m10-contlnent
helds is now sixty cents. me three
advances gives an appreclation OF nIty
per cent within the time stated.
| Eastern operators are more inrer-
e ese n ane prospeceaa ae., aovanse q
tine market than IN held deveIop-
ments since the advance OF nfteen
cents In the market price OF crude IN
the mtd-conttnent deIds there mas
been very general Keeling that the
price OF htgh-grade crude would De
advanced. In the past nearly every
advance In; the market Tor crude OF
the Pennsylvania grade has preceded
that OF other grades me new quota
tons for western OIL Is reversal OF
previous movements
Eastern operators as Whole are
not making any ehort 20 push deVeis
opment work, but say II the market
advances they VIII DO consideraole del
Iyelopment work. a small apprecla-
Itlon viii not stimulate work, and IN
order to cause e revival Y WI nave
Is g difference Of opinion az to now
nigh the market should 90 70 nave 2
noticeable effect On operations. IL ls
pretty generally conceded, however,
that 1T must not stop mucn snort OF
~ to restore Held work. ~ Is very.
generally understood that the MAJOR
1ty OF eastern OPERATOR have at TINS
time nothing but light territory 70
develop.
a 81 market would inspire tne
wlldcatter to make fresh enorts 70
find new pools. For NUMBER OF
months the Wtldcatter has made very
ritory and the locations tnaI NAYS
been tested failed TO bring the oeT
sired result. West Virginia mas more a
territory that has not been 1ully TEST
ed than any other section IN the East.
West Virg1 mia.
On Nutters FORK OF Goose Green,,.
Grant district. Ritchse county, George
Rinehart> and others have drilled
test on the J. Carpenter farm through
the Big Injun sand ana nave JUS
er. Development Work IN 1ltcn1e
county has led all other shalloW sano
county is smaller At tfss Tune ta laIa
at any time since the tnrst OF sne
year For q number or years tn,s
er. Development Work IN h1ecnAe
districts.
In Murphy district q. l. Bonnel
and Company have the rig com pleteo'
for a test on the J.McLoughltn farn.
Inthe same district Rogers and Com
pany are due in the sand at test
on the NJ. Tenant farm. In MURPHY
district the Equally Oil COMPANY Is
due in the sand at No. on the j.
Lyons farm. In Burning Springs dis
trict, Writ county, G. A. Gart1an Is
due In the sand at a test on the Sar-.
All Lewis farm and has started 70
drill No. on the rutherford tract
In Union district, peasants coun-
ty, there is quite little test work
under way. Eddy and Company are
duesin the sand alta second test on
the Joseph Adams farm. the hrst
test completed on this farm was one
of the best producers found in Pleas
The same parties are drilling test
on the Perry Tice farm and Ed
munds. Miller and Company are
starting test on the John Beagle
farm. G. p. Morrisis due In the sand
at No. on the Q. G. Bailey farm.
Southeastern Ohio.
In the shallow sand territory IN
Southeastern Ohio, In the heas HUN
district, Grandv1ew township wash
fngton county. Sykes and Berry's
test on the Knowlton farm Is show
ingsa little oil and they VIII give It q
When first drilled through the sand
the we'll showed no oil and was re-
ported duster.
No new competitions were reported