The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-11-02

barrel pumper. There are ten wells
drilling and starting in the district
and some are tests Of considerab Bile Inn
J portance.
. Near Oakdale. in Bingamon dis
ttrict, Harrison county, the Hope Nat
!ural Gas Company has drilled its test
on the Thaddeus Robinson farm
Through the fourth sand and found q
good gas pressure in that formation.
In the same locality the Carnegie Nat
ural Gas Company got one OF the
same kind in the Gordon sand at its
test on the Ross Moore farm. On Gur-
lningham Run, in the same district,
the Philadelphia Company drilled q
test on the Luther Pigott farm
through the Fifth sand and has q
light gasser. ..S5
AT the head waters Of Coburns
Fork Of Ten Mile Creek, Trainor-
Brothers have drilled through the.
Gordon sand at their test on the Lee
man Maxwell farm and developed a
good gasser. In the Burning Springs
district, Writ county, w. v. Park
completed and shot No. 6 on the JOS
leph Park farm. The well Is showing
for light pumper In the Salt sand.
Light Bumpers IN Lincoln and Roane.
On Straight Fork, Duval district,
Roane county, the Big Creek Develop
ment Company drilled No. IL on the
~. NJ. Grass farm through the Berea
grit and has an amber oil producer
good for eight barrels a day. On Poca
River, Smithfield district, Roane
county, the Ohio Fuel OIL ,ompany's
NO. u on the n. @. Taylor farm has
been drilled through the Big Injun
sand and isa five-barrel pumper. In;
Spencer district, Z. s. Parker has
completed his test on the Lee Truman
farm and it is very light pumper.
4 Shallow Sand Compilations.
Development work III the shallow
sand districts show more activity
than for many months. On Spice
Run. Jefferson district, Peasants
county, the Hope Natural Gas Com
ipany drilled its test on the s.. C. Ham
me farm through the squaw sand and
found nothing In that formation. "A
light gas pressure was developed in
the MaxonS sand. On Middle Island
Greek. Washington district. EdmondA
land Company have completed a test
on the L. and g. Gale farm and se-
cured a light pumper in the Salt
sand.
on Sugar Creek, Union district,
Pleasants county, the American Oil.
DEVELOPMENT Company completed No.
5 on the John p. Smith farm and will.
have an eight barrel pumper IN the,
Keener sand. On Gillespie Run,
Grant district, Richie county. r. q:
Gillespie drilled No. 81 on the w.
IA. Heck farm through the Big Injun
sand and found q seyen-barrel pump
,er. tt
On Slab Creek. Union district, the
Carnegie Natural Gas Company has
now drilled its test on the r.. Prunty
heirs farm through al. sands and
found neither oil nor gas. On Short
Creek, Centerville district Tyler coun-
ty, the Ozark Oil Company's test on
the A. Duty farm Is q light pumper.
Light Wells in Clay County,
In Open Hollow Run of Little Syc-
|amore Creek, Union district. Clay
county, the Little Sycamore Oil and
Gas Company's No. II on the Gashorn|
heirs tract got only a light show Of
oil in the Big 1njun sand. On Elk
River In the same district, Davis and
Company drilled second test on the
Harvey Samples farm through the
same formation and got the same
kind Of a producer
On Indian Creek, Clay district,
Monongalia county, the West Virginia
Traction Company Is drilling its test
on the j. G. ,NIichaels farm to the
lower sands. Near Twigg's Postoff fee,
Union district, Peasants county, the
Big Three Oil Company has drilled
No. on the NJ. M. Wells farm into
the Big Injun sand. The we'll is now
showing for twenty barrels a day and
the location indicated the opening Of
quite q scope Of new producing terri
tory in that section. It has been more
than two years since Peasants county
furnished a new pool.
Southeastern Ohio.
| There is little Encouragement for
greater activity in the shallow sand
districts In o1theastern Ohio. The
wells are small and 4! Z. is the excep-
u