The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-04-24
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OIL and GAS

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Light wells are the late Offering
lin the West Virginia and sout heasterr
II Ohio fields The Weir sand develop
nent on Blue creek. Elk istrict. Ia
nawha county. w. Va. Is not better
than any other district, but it hal
d In the lastefew months been furnish,
IL ing greater number or good pro
u ducers than any other district in the
eastern fields In this district the
i South Penn Oil Company has com.
{; pieted its No. q on the j. " r. Skin
Sner farm and Will not have better
/! than ten barrel pumper. a few OF
the first wells completed on this farm
were among the best in thu develop
i ment. s5s
In the same district the United
/. Fuel Gas Company has completed No
ia on the W Fl. Morris farm and has
lsa 15barreI producer. On the easl
side Of the plot. in Biz Sandy district.
1 Kanawha county. the Falling Rock
Camel Coal Company has drilled No.
I So on its own tract through tho
Weir sand and has a fair gasser
/ On Plum run. Murphy district
3Ritchie county, Spence, Smith and
iCompany have drilled No. :, on the
/ Weirl'ick farm through the Big "a
jun sand and has light gasser In
1.-THE Boreman district, Wood county
the South Penn Oil Company has
shot and cleaned out its No 1 on
the j. B. Hendershot farm and has
Increased its production from five to
i35 barrels a day
In the Big Injun sand development
1 in Union district, Clay county. the
OF land Gas Company has
Estarted TO drill No. i 8 on the Frank
Cox farm. In Freeman Creek dis.
| trict, Lewis county, the West Carbon
COMPANY has completed a: second tee
on the Mcdonald heirs farm and has
| a gasser. The Hope Natural Gas
i Company's test on the A. B. Coffin
daffer farm. and the Reserve Gas
IConpanv's test on the J.. S. Haught
farm are both gassers.
In Smithheld district, Roane coun-
ity, the Roane Development Company
has drilled a test on the ]. e. Post
| farm through the Big Injun sand and
| will not have better than five bar
rel pumDer. In the same district the
IOhio Fuel Company is due in the
| sand at No. 10 on the J. NJ. Cos
farm. In Spencer district the Algo-
ma Oil and Gas Company has the rig
icomnieted for a test on the w. Can
1 dee lot. in the same district the
Carter Oil Company is down 500 feet
at a test on the y. West heirs farm.
| Godfrey L. Cabot's test on the G. A.
! Crislip farm Is producing ten bar
reIs day from the salt sand.
In Eureka district Peasants coun-
t., the Creek OIL Development Com
pany has comple.Ied three wells on
s A Fop u a
Hight bumpers in the Cow Run sand
land the other is a buster In De
kalb district. Gilmaf county. the
tLeary Oil Company is due in the ARlt
sand at a test on the Lewis Bennett!
tract. In the same locality the Hope
Natural Gas Company is drilling q
test on the Isaac Martin farm. In
New Milton district, Doddridg etcoun-
W. the Hope Natural Gas Company
has a. light gasser at its test on the
Jacob Prunty farm.
In the shallow sand district in
southeastern Ohio, near Stockport,
Windsor township: Morgan county,
Thomas H. Cisler has drilled No. ~
on the Van Fossen farm through the
Peeker sand and has very light
Wesley township. the Equality Gil
Company has drilled test an the
McGill farm through all sands. in
tcluding the Big Inlun, and has a dus-
| ter. The location Is 400 feet west
tcf production on the r. a. Graham
/ farm.
In Greenview township. IN the
isReas Run district. in Washingfon
i5county, the Farmers and Producers
National Banks No. is On the j Ohm
Beaver farm is still holding up at i 90
tbarrels a day and IS now the largest
iproducerin Southeastern Ohio.
In the Cow Run district, Lawrence
township. Washington county, West
and McCauley have completed No. 4
/ on the Carrie Bartell farm and have
ia fight punlper in the first Cow 1iun
sand In Independe township, Tit
ley and Company have drilled No. q
ION the T. B. Sheppard farm through
1.-THE Peeker sand and has a light
bumper This location is 400 feet
southwest OF No Lon, the same farm.
In the deep sand territory, in Pike
township, Perry county, the Pleasant
ion Company has completed and shot
Tits test on the Louise Brown farm
land has developed alight showing OF
/ Oil. "A heavy flow Of salt water was
developed in the Clinton sand and
1.-THE well will be abandoned. In tbs
hsame district the Exchange National
i Bank has the rig completed for a
/ test on the ". H Palmer farm.
The Oh MARKET.
Pennsylvania s1.35. Mercer black
! 81. New Castle 81. Corning 80. Ca
bell q. North Lima SO. South Lima
i.S3, Princeton 81. Wooster 81 10. In
diana SO, Somerset so, Ragland So.
Illinois, 4 Kansas. sl.40; Oklahoma,
40. Corsicana light 40. Corsicana
heavy 40, Electra As. Healdton 80.
ECaddo SO degrees so. Caddo SIS de-
grees So. Caddo 8 0 degrees As, Cad.
lido crude S.. Canada IS LIS.
Producers and Ref1ners. Company
quotes si.35 for crude OF the Penn
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