The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-12-03
OIL And GAS
development
OF 1iR|-S'TA1|iE
Latest Reports Operations III
Nest Virginia, PennsN.
vania and Ohio.

West Virginia, Pennsy.
vania and Ohio.
The Dorseyville field in Allegheny
county has presented another gusher.
It is Alexander Valleys No. 3 on the
George Mason farm and the first ten
hours after 1t was drilled into! the.
lower pay in the thirty-foot sand, pro-
duced $50 barrels. At the expiration
OF the first ten hours after 1t was
drilled into the pay 1t was holding up
steadily at twenty-five barrels an hour.
The location is 500 feet east OF No. q
ON the same farm and the same dis
lance south Of the National Oil and
Gas Company's No. 2 on the W. .. Rob
mson farm. For territory that has
been side-stepped for so many years
the :Dorseyville field is making very
creditable record. So far as develop
ment work has progressed, ten wells
nave been completed and all good
producers.
North Of the Robinson farm. the
National Oil and Gas Company is fish
ing for the tools lost in its test on
the Stevenson farm while drilling in
the sand. They have succeeded in.
taking hold Of the tools but as yet
nave not been able to jar them loose.
They dropped 500 feet after the cable
parted and their recovery may be a
matter of days or weeks. The loca-
ton of the we'll is important and it
was attracting a great deal OF atten-
ton after 1t was drilled into the sand.
On the east side of the development
the National Oil and Gas Company is
drilling an important test on the Dun
can farm.
West Virginia.
Development work in the Big Iniun
sand pool on Fishing creek, seven
miles west of Pine Grove, Green dis
.trict, Wetzel county, w. Va, Is in
creasing and 1t looks as though the
territory will be capable of furnishing
quite little new production. The
WILDWOOD Oil Company has three wells
on the j. w. Whiteman farm, produc-
ing close to 200 barrels a day. Like
most Of the wells in that district, the
Nos 2 has a strong flow Of salt water
and 1t is expected to increase its pro-
auction after the water has been ex-
hausted. No. 4 on the j. B. Whiteman
farm is drilling at 1000 feet. The,
Wildwood company will be due to get
the sand in a few days at its test on
the :. L. Morgan farm and has a rig
building for test on the Midcap farm.
The New Martinsville Oil. Company has
started No. 10 and has the rig up for
NO. II. +. G. Kinsley and Company
are ready to drill No. 4 on the,.J. b.
Whiteman farm. They were down 800
feet at thisswell. but shut it down and
moved the rig 500 feet nearer the New
Martinsville Oil Company's line. The
Hope Natural Gas Company will be due
IN ten days at its second test on the.
Mldcap farm and the Manufacturers
Light and Heat Company is starting a
test on the NJ. Morgan farm. The
Miller Oil Company is due in the sand
at a test on the NJ. J. Bonner farm and
T. G. Kingsley and Company have the
rig completed for a test on the u. Nor
gan farm. The large amount Of salt
water found in the wells in this dis
trict Is an embarrassing feature. Both
the Oil and the salt water are deyel-
oped in the Big Injun sand and in
most instances the producing capacity
OF the well cannot be determined until
after the salt water has been exhaust
ed. 7E : a
New Work in Lincoln County.
Lincoln county has as much or more
new work starting as any other county
in the state. On Joe's creek. Duyal
district, the Carter Oil Company has
started to drill a test on the Charles
wagner farm, located 1900 feet south
OF the same company's test on the
Reese Mcclure farm. On Bear Fork in
the same district, the Big Creek De-
yelopment Company has started to
drill No. % on the N. Spurlock farm.
The Big Creek Company has a large
acreage that has not been fully de-
yeloped and its holdings are among
the most valuable in West Virginia.
In Smithf1eld district, Roanc county.
the Fisher Oil Company has drilled an
important test on the w. E. Buke farm
into the Big M4njun sand and it is a
ten barrel pumper. In the same district
the United Fuel Gas Company is due
in the sand at attest on the Mary
Ledkins farm. The South Penn Oil
Company is drilling a test on the
johnson Durham farm. i5
In Greenbrier district, Doddridge
county, the South Penn Oil Company
drilled No. on the r. w. Golden farm
through the Gordon sand and devel.
oped gasser in that formation. IN the
same locality. the Philadelphia Com.
pany is due in the Big 1njun sand at
its test on the w. Brown farm.
Southeastern Ohio. #
At long intervals the shallow sand
territory in southeastern Ohio sup
plies a good producer. In the Reas
run district. Independence township
Washington county. Willard Thorniiy
and Company have drilled No. 4 on the
Deucher-Bliss farm into the Maxon
sand and 1t shows for forty barrel
producer. q
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