The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-05
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development
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latest Reports Of Operations d.
80 Vest Virginia Pennsyl-
vanja and Ohio.
; The feature of most interest toI
producers and operators in the east
ern fields came near the close Of the
week when the Joseph Seep purchas
ing agency advanced the credit baasj
ancea marketffor crltde Of the Penn-l
syivania grade, from $500: to- Sci o..
Oil men in the East are very muoh
elated oyer the recent ten-cents adj
yances and all are inclined to the |
opinion that the market is destined
togo to $3.50 or higher. Whether It |
does or not the industry in the East
has q bright future. Operators
claimed all throqg the depression
that; they could not develop such ter
ritory as was available under q two
dollar market; Nov that 1t has reach
ed that point and gone higher they
are proceeding to again take up de-
velopment work and make a deter
mined effort. to find new producing
territory. The winter months prom-
Use to be OF unusual activity.
With the exception OF a gusher I'll |
the Dorseyvi1le field. development
work in the eastern fields resulted
In nothing better than light wells.
At the close light producers and gas
wells were the Offering in all sec
tions. busters figured conspicuous
~ in the list Of competitions. On
EEampbells run, Warrington district,
Marion county, the Fisher OH Con-
papy drilled its test on the jacob |
Lining farm through all sands ana
to q depth of $50 feet and found
othfng. 's e: FL e ~
/ On Rock Camp run, sardis dis
trict, Harrison county, the Hope Nat
ural Gas Company drilled a test on
the James Lanhanit farm through the
Gordon sand and developed gasser.
On Ten Mile; creek, Ten Mile district,
the same company got gasser IN
the same formation at No. / on the
s. q. Stonestreet farm. On Meat
house Fork, Greenbrier district,
Doddridge county. Trainer Brothers
drilled No. on the l.. w. Pearcy
farm through the Gordon sand and
has q fair gasser.
At Raven rock, Onion district,
peasants county, White and Com
pany's No. s on the Riggs Brothers
farm is producing twenty-five barrels
a day, natural. from, the Maxon sand.
On Bear Fork. Duval district, Lin
coin county. the Big Creek Develop
ment Company drill led Z No. q ON the;I
Mason ,Tacket farm through the Be-
rea grit and has a twelve barrel
pumper..
!. New Work In Old Districts.
IS In many OF the old districts newl
work is starting and more contem-
plated. In Union district, Wood coun-
ty. the South Penn OIL Com pany is |
drilling No. Is on the J. B. Hender-
shot farm. In the Weir sand deyel.
opmeht In Elk district, Kanawha
county, the same company gave ats |
No. z on the. Anna c. Skinner farm
a shot and 1t responded by placing
sixty barrels to It's credit the first |
twenty-four hours. In Spencer dis
trict. Roane county. the same COM
pany has the rig completed for No; 8
on the G. and G. Short farm. On Wild
cat run, Grant district, Richie coun-
ty, the Clarks Oil Company is drill
ing No. 10 on the G. u and NJ. Car
roll farm q q W
The drilling Of test wells is wIde-i
II scattered, but the aggregate NUM-
Der Is quite considerable. On Big
run, annington district, Marion coun-
ty. Funu and Glover have started to
drill on the Ash heirs farm. The
Fisher Oil Company has the rig up
for a test on the Fl. L. Price farm. |
On Bartholomew run, the Carnegiel
Natural Gas Company has made thel
location on the e. o. Murray farm.
On Fishing creek and Long Drain
run, Church district, Wetzel county,
the Carnegie Natural Gas Company Is /
drilling and starting tests on the
John Bradley, John Jobes heirs, J. /
g. Snider and Nathan Kennedy. farms.
In Wilderness district, Nicholas coun-
ty, the Lang Oil and Gas Company
Is drilling test on the Gauley Coal
and Land Company's property.
On Turkey run, Ten Mile district.
Harrison county, Ernest Randolph is
due in the Gordon at test on the S.
G. Bond farm. On Elk creek. Elk
district. DIR. DeForrest and Company
are rigging up to drill on the Ham
nlond heirs farm. On the same
stream in Ten Mile district, tie ST.
loon Oil Company is due In the Big
Injun on the Charles -Lanham farm.
In Spencer and Curtis districts, Roane
county, the United Fuel Gas Com |
pany is drilling tests on the 3. n. Ep-
ling. ]. A. Miller. Louisa y. Queen,
Elizabeth Parsons and o. JsiiWinesl
farms. 81 s \ .ss, Z. s.e9-
Southeastern Ohio. s.
Operations are Increasing in all
sections of the southeastern Ohio
fields. Near Pomeroy, Meigs coun-
ty, 3. r. sDeffenbaugh has drilled No. |
8 on the Elmer D. Swearingen farm
through the Cow Run sand and 1t fis
a,light pumper, good for about three
barrels a day. This Is tine secondewellI
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