The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-12-07
OIL AND GAS
DEVELOPMENT
OF TR|-STATE
Latest Reports Of Operations In
West Virginia, PennsN.
vania and Ohio.

" bilt kht HiuSt vi tHt
new work starting Is located In whal
looks to be safe territory, there Is
I some starting In advance. East oil
the Robinson farm and south of the
Duncan farm. on which the National
OIL and Gas Company is drilling a
test. William Steen and Company are
getting In material to drill test on
the Crawford farm. In 1885 the late
IT. J. Vandergrift drilled a well on this
farm and got nice show OF oil In
the thirty-foot sand. but II was NOT
regarded profitable producer and
was abandoned. Had the well been
located one-half mile northwest II
would have tapped what is now the
prolific producing portion Of the Dor
SEVILLE field.
North of the present development.
Grant Silling and Company are drill
ing in the top OF the thirty-foot sand
at their test on the Steiner farm. The
result OF this venture should be
known by Wednesday. On the west
side the National Oil and Gas Com
pany is still fishing at Its test on the
Stevenson farm. The rig for No.
on this farm Ia being completed
and and No. 3 Is building. The
Rushville Drilling Company has the
rig for No. Q on the Seibert farm
completed and No. 3 Is building. by
the first of the year there will be not
fewer than twenty-five wells drilling
In the Dorseyyille field. The wells
completed and producing are located
on rather small acreage.
In all other sections OF the south
west Pennsylvania fields light wells
are tho rule. In the Hookstown dis.
trict, Green township. Beaver county
II. Abrams has completed No. on
the w. S. Marquett farm and 1t is a
very light pumper. Two and one-half
miles northwest of the old Murdocks-
Vile field in Washington county
Saxon Brothers are due in the sand
ut n test on the Lawrence Saxton
farm. In the same district Graf and
Atkinson are due to get the sand this
week at a test on the William Craig
farm. In the Imperial district. al
legheny county. the Peoples Natural
Gas Company's test on the Heinlein
farm Is a duster in all sands.
West Virginia.
Light producers are the offering In
the West Virginia fields. In McClel-
and district. Doddridge county,, the
Hope Natural Gas Company has now
drilled its test on the A. I. Allen
farm through the Big Injun sand and
II will be good for ten barrels a day.
The location Is 1000 feet from Vir-
gil l Aliens production on his own
farm.
On Dutchman run, Murphy dis
trict. Richie county. the Laird Oil
Company drilled its No. on the a.
d. Dulaney farm through the salt
sand and secured five-barrel pump
er. On Ragen run, McClelland dis
trict. Doddridge county. the Carnegie
Natural Gao Company's test on the
NJ. ]. Wright farm Is light gasser
In the Big Injun sand. located 1000
feet southwest of production.
On Jakes run, Grant district, Mo-
nongalia county, the Carnegie Ma
tural Gas Company drilled test on
the o. Eddy farm into the Gantz sand
and has gasser. In the lower
southwest. in Washington district,
Lincoln county. the Tango Oil Com
pany drilled No. 8 on the Standard
Fuel Company's property. located on
Ell Fork, through the Berea grit and
has a ten barrel pumper.
On Laurel Fork. Duval district,
the United Fuel Gas Company has
completed Nos. 3 and 6 on the Horse
Creek Coal and Land Company's
tract and each Is good for ten barrels
a day In the Berea grit. Litigation
over the title to leases Is causing
some delay in developmnt work ir
Lincoln county. On Cobb's creek
Washington district. the Summit OH
and Gas Company is shut down at II.
test on the Reese farm and the Eagl.
Oil Company is shut down for tn,
same cause at Nos. 2 and 8 on tn,
Walter Hall farm.
Sale Not Contaminated.
The reported sale OF the Big Creel
Development Company's producin;
properties to the Carter OIL Com
pany. 1t has been learned from an au
thoritative source. has not been con
sumnated. Judge C. H. Freeman
president OF the Big Creek Develop
ment. has given out statement /,
which he says eastern capitalist
were Negotiating for the property, blu
denies that the sale had been con
summated and was not likely to b
until much larger consideration
was offered. Should the deal r
through. it will be the largest of an,
single producing property ever con
summated in the eastern fields.
Southeastern Ohio.
The shallow sand districts 4
southeastern Ohio are furnishing tn
largest number Of competitions. Nea
Stockport. Penn township. Morga,
county. the Malta Petroleum Com
pany drilled No. S en- the A. J. Mile
farm through the Cow run sand an
has light pumper. The location /
inside Of defined territory.
In the Warner district, Saler
township. Washington county, Steph
enson and Company have complete
No. on the George Montgomer
farm and It Is a light pumper In tn
Buel run sand
The Oil Market.
The prices paid for oil Of variou
grades by the purchasing agencie
are:
Pennsylvania ...............s2.0
Mercer black ..............1 lie
New CoStle i a