The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-08-18

IL occasfoned by the kind OF terri
tory the Eastern operator has At hand
for Development It is allslkght ana
the cost OF drilling is as great - e
H. was gusher territory. There -
nothing but light TERRITORY under.
development at this time and the
prospects for any thing better are not
Encouraging.
Few compietions were reported
from the various fields and none or
Importance as TO size or location.
Since the passing Of the Evans City
town lot exciteemnt Southwest Penn
sylvania operators are left without
an attraction, except the drilling for
gas IN North Versailles township. Ale
1egheny county. The Carnegie Ma
tural Gas Company has completed
a test on the Tong farm and about
100 feet from the gusher on the
when drilled into the pay, showed
a capacity Of 5000. 900 cubic feet
a day. Had this well been drilled
before the one on the Siegel lot it
would probably have showed for al
much larger we'll. On an adjacent
farm the Carnegie company Will drill
in another well next week
At Evans City. Marley and COM
pany have drilled their we'll on the
]. n. Int three.acre lot into the sand
and have very light show of oil.
The sand In this well is very close
and hard and It is not likely to get
another pay. Across the creek and
near the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road station, RAIDER, Steen and Com
pany are drilling In the sand on the
Enos Barley lot When last heard
from the we'll was not showing any
oil. The old wells continue to de-
cline rapidly and large number
have stopped producing. The pro-
one-half Of what 1t was when at it's
highest. As one operator who has
been active in development work at
Evans City stated. the whole thing
has been shot to pieces" and the
chances for extending The produc-
Ing limits very small
At West View. near the Pittsburg
city line. the City Line OIL Company
is drilling its test on the Mrs. Grant
farm to the lower sands. Nothing
was ofund In the 1O0-foot formation. |
In the same locality HARRISON and |
Company will be due in a3few days
at a test on the Morganstine farm,
located southwest of the test on the
Mrs. Grant farm.
In Mannington district, Marion
county, W.. Va, the South Penn OIL
Company has drilled No. on the
Mary Z. Murray farm and have a
gas well In the thirty-foot sand In
the same district the Seven Pines OIL
Company has drilled its test on the
Cole heirs farm to a depth OF 1,350I
feet, and has shut down. Clayton
and Company have started to drill a |
test on the F. C. Sturm farm.
In the deep sand territory in
Southeastern Ohio, near Blackhand,
Jackson township, Musl1ingum county
the Columbus Oil and Fuel Company
has drilled a test on the Robert Ash
craft farm through the Clinton sand
and has show for ten-barre1l
pumper. This location is two miles
south of the same company's test on
the w. H. Ashcraft farm, located In
Pike township, Coshocton county
Near New Lexington, Jackson
township, Perry county, the Lupherl
Oil Company has completed test
on the H. III. Barringer farm and Ii
has show for a ten-barrel pumper
In the Clinton sand. In the same lo-t
cality, Ralph Brothers are due In
the sand at second test on the
Planet Oil Company has the rig com
pleted for a second test on the N. II.
Palmer farm.
In Independence township. Wash-l
ington county. in the Reas Run dis
trict, willard Thornily and Com
pany have drilled second test on
the Daucher-Bliss farm through the
Big Lime and have a show for a
fourteen-barrel pumper. In the same
district, J. H Higgins has drilled a
test on the Watt Riggs farm into the
Big Injun sand and will have five-l
barrel pumper.
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