The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-08-20

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4 OIL and GAs /
Oil operators are In no great hurry
to start new work on account OF the
two recent advances In the cruoe
market. While there is feeling OF
hopefu1ness for further advances they
are inclined to wait for more op-
porfuno time to gtart the drill. The
most noticeable effect OF Q higher
market will be In the old producing
fields where operators will take ad-
vantage of the increase in the mar
ket and bend every effort toward
making theold wells do a little better
and bring an Increased revenue. The
increase brought from that source
will be small. but OF direct benent
TO each individual producer SHOOT
ing the old wells in the hope of max
ing them do little better and clean
| trim win help q little. In some dis
tricts good results are obtained from
shooting.
Since the Evans City town lot de-
velopment is furnishing nothing bet
Ter than light producers there is moth
ing in sight in the eastern fields that
looks capable of supplying large
wells. The best results from shoot
ing are Iocated1h the Weir sand, de .
velopment on Blue Creek, Elk distric1
Kanawha county. w Va. In this dis
trict the Ohio Fuel OIL Company shot
It's No on the Edward Gebbart
farm andit responded by placing 1l6
barrels to its credit the ensuing TWEEN
ty-four hours. 1t was down to less
! than ten barrels day before It was
shot. In the same locality the same
company has completed and shot its
No. IT on the same farm and 1t pro-
duced thirty barrels the first twenty
four hours.
In the old Blue Creek field. the
South Penn OIL Company drilled its
No. on the u. q. Myers farm from
the Squaw to the Weir sand and found
nothing in the lower formation No
on the same farm was given a shot.
and its production increased from
two to Ave barrels a day from the
squaw sand. Lincoln county has as
much or more new work starting than
any other county. On Porters Fork.
Duval district, the Ohio Fuel OIL
Company has started to drill q test
on the A. G. Hilbert farm and the
South Penn OIL Company has the rigs
Horse Creek tract.
Light Wells and Busters
Near Twiggs postofice, Union dis
| trict. Peasants county, the Big Three
OIL Company has drilled No. on the
NJ. M. Wells farm through the Keener
sand and has hve-barrel pumper.
In the same district the Pure OIL
Producing Company has the rig com
pleted for test on the Albert OAR
nell farm This location is across
the line in Tyler county.
On Adds Run, Grain district
Richie county, the Spence OIL Com
many has drilled It's test on the w. G..
Pew farm through the Big In1un and
Squaw sands and found both forma-
lions barren. The casing has been
pulled and the hole abandoned. On
Straight creek, Burning Springs dis
trict. Writ county, the South Penn
OIL Company is building the rig for
test on the J. M. Shuman farm.
| Roane County.
In Smithfield district, Roane coun-
ty. and located one mile northwest
and in advance Of production, the
Ohio Fuel OIL Company has complet-
ed test on the ]. N. Meadows farm
anw has a f1fteen-barrel pumper in
the Big Injun sand In the same
district, the same company has com
pleted No. on the Elmore Snodgrass
farm and has a five-barrel pumper in
the Big Intun sand. In Geary dis
trict, Roane county, the United Fuel
Gas Company has completed q test
on the Newton ]. Drake farm and has
a gasser In the Big In1un SAND. IN
the same district the same company
has completed test on the ~. r.
Carper farm, located on Left Hand
Fork and has a gasser in the same
formation.
In the Big Injun sand development
on Fishing Greek. Green district,
Wetzel county, the New Martinsv1lle
Oil Company has completed No. on
the S. L. Morgan farm and has tnir-
ty-barrel producer No. 8 on the
same farm IS drilling In the top of the
sand. Kingsley and Company's No. 2
on the j. b. Whiteman farm, drilled
in several weeks ago. is still holding
Up at 125 barrels day. 1t was this
we'll that inspired the starting OF a
good deal of new work in that local
ity. The wildwood Oil Company Is
drilling two and starting two on
part Of the j. b. Whiteman farm
Compilations at Evans City.
On the west side of the town lot
development at Evans City, Frank
Boggs and Company have drilled In
the we'll on the Frank Boggs lot and
have show for good producer AS
soon as drilled into the pay the We'll
made several nice flows and Is esti-
mated to be good for 100 barrels a
day. RAIDER. Steen and Company have
completed the we'll on the Enos Bar
key lot and have 50-barrel produc-
er. The well on the restaurant lot.
located near the traction company 8
passenger station, is drilling in the
top Of the sand.
Southeastern Ohio.
In Southeastern Ohio in the deep