The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-23
OIL and GAS

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Late competitions in the town lot
development at Evans City, Pa, are
mot in the gusher class. Busters and
light bumpers are the latest contrtbu-.
lions to the completed list. N. b..
.Goe and Cempany's well on the Bap-
fist church lot is a buster. Hon ana
.Goldsworth's well ON the Kaufman
lot is dry in the third sand, but will
make small pumper in the Snee,
sand. Wahl and Son have completed
their test well on the Dunbar 4ot
and will not have better than five
barrel pumper.
The we'll on the Pittsburg and
Harmony Traction Company's lot,
owned by Pittsburg parties. which
came In gusher last Tuesday even
ing. has the tool stuck in the hole
and is not producing anything at this,
time. The we'll was still flowing at
the rate of about fifteen barrels an
hour when the tools were stuck
They are trying to fish them out ana
had hoped to succeed before this
morning.
4 All of the wells are decling and
none show the staying qualities that
might be resired. The South Penn
Oil Company's No. j on the b.
White farm, which came In last Mon
day at the rate of Twenty-Five barrels
an hour has declined rapidly ana
did not improve when drilled deeper.
Nos. 1 and are flowing into one
tank and the two producing about
number of town lot wells are due TO
get the sand within week. It Will
be longer than that before any OF the
wells now drilling on adjacent farms
will be due In the sand,
Dry Hole In Beaver County.
Near Georgetown. Greene town
ship, Beaver county, Edward Meuon-
aid has drilled No. on the d. -;
Gliding farm through the sand
and has a buster. IN the shallow
sand territory in the BessemeF fetd
in, Lawrence county. the Lawrence
Oil Company has completed No. on
thee Martin heirs farm, No. 8 onNtns]
John Boyd farm, and No. s on the
Miller farm, and all are light pump
ers, with an average of less than two
two barrels day.
West Virginia.
Light wells are the offering In the
West Virginia fields. On Fallen Tim
Der run, Grant district, Wetzel coun-
IT,. the Philadelphia Company has
drilled No. is on the Robinson-Hogel
farm through the Gordon sand and
Will have fifteen barrel pumper. Att
Raven Rock, Union district, Pleas
ants bounty, the Spring Run on
Company has drilled No. on the
Riggs Brothers farm through thei
Maxon sand and has a very light
pumper.
In Freeman's Creek district, Lewis !
county, the Hope Natural Gas Com
pany has drilled its test on the
White farm into the Big 1njun sand
and has q show for q fifty-baFrel prof.
Queer in that formation.
New Work In Lincoln County.
Development work in Lincoln coun-l
ty is decreasing. In Duyal district. |
the United Fuel Gas Company has
the rig completed for No. 5 on the
Horse Creek Coal and Land Com
pany's tract. In the same district.
the South Penn OIL Company has the
rigs completed for Nos. 80 and 81 on
the Horse Creek tract. In Burningi
Springs district, Writ county. J. W.d
Barnett has completed No. 8 on the
Charles Nutter farm and has q dus-
ter. in the same district. G, A. Cart
Ian is due in the sand at test on
the Sarah Lewis farm.
4 In Pine Grove district, Wetzel-t
T. c. Kingsley and Companyssi
No. i on the j. B. White farm, fh@
we'll that was formerly gasser IN
the Big Injun sand and was drilled |
deeper and got a lower pay started 70 |
aow at the rate OF 600 barrels 2 day.
causing quite commotion In that
locality, has declined to $50 barrets
4 day. The report sent out from Sis
tersville and other points that this |
well was the forerunner OF. new
field and that Ststersville would again
come back on the oil map, Is not well
founded. The well is located In ter
ritory that has been under Develop
ment for many years. Those VINO are
familiar with the territory and pre-
vious operations are not taking the !
the same district, the Silver Hill
OIL Company completed dry hole a
few days ago on the Christian eros
What West Virginia needs most OF !
anything is a prolific producer IN nav
territory. There Is p good deal OF
test work under way and has been
completed during the
year, but failed to reveal anew pool.
The only development about which
there is any doubt, Is located In Cab
In Creek district; Kanaw1la county
Southeastern Ohio.
Southeastern Ohio presents nothing
better than light bumpers. In the
Woodsfeld district, Center township
Monroe county, w @. Mcbride has
drilled No. 8 on the Neuhart farm
heirs farm through the BArea grttlE
and has f1ve-harrel pumper. Moore
Brothers have completed a Stest on
the John Nen farm and have Q light
pumper In the Big InJun sand. This
location Is one mile west Of the Ma \
tura1 Gas COMPANY Of West rgtnda p (
production ON the sIohn Luellan farm 4
In the aIloE and territcg near