The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-12-07
OIL AND GAS
DEVELOPMENT
OF TR|-sTATE
Latest Reports Of Operations 10
West Virginia, Pennsyi.
vania and Ohio.

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for that number have been COM
pleted. building or the material on
the ground. While the most OF the
new work starting is located in what
looks to be safe territory, there Is
some starting In advance. East OF
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
p. j. vandergrlft drilled well ON this
farm and got nice show OF oil in
the thirty-foot sand. but II was not
regarded a profitable producer and
was abandoned. Had the well been
located one-half mile northwest It
would have tapped what Is now the
prolific producing portion OF the Dor
seyville 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. Tho
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 is being completed
and and No. 3 Is building. The
Rushville Drilling Company has the
rig for No. 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 Dorseyville field. The wells
completed and producing are located
on q rather small acreage.
In all other sections OF the south
west Pennsylvania fields light wells
are the rule. In the Hookstown dis
trict. Green township. Beaver county,
II. Abrams has completed No. on
the w. S. Marquett farm and 1t is n
very light pumper. Two and one-haif
miles northwest OF the old Murdocks-
Vile field In Washington county.
Saxon Brothers are due In the sand
at 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-
land 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 Aliens production on his own
farm.
On Dutchman run. Murphy dis
trict. Richie county. the Laird OIL
Company drilled It's No. on the A.
d. Dulaney farm through the salt
sand and secured a five-barrel pump
er. On Rasen run. McClelland dis
trict. Doddrldge county. the Carnegie
Natural Gao Company's test on the
NJ. J. Wright farm is light gasser
In the Big Injun sand. located 1000
feet southwest OF production.
On Jakes run. Grant district, Mo-
mongolia county. the Carnegie Ma
tural Gas Company drilled a 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. on the Standard
Fuel Compsny's property. located on
Eli Fork. through the Berea grit and
has ten barrel pumper.
On Laurel Fork. Duval district,
the United Fuel Gas Company has
completed Nos. 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 in
Lincoln county. On Cobb's creek,
Washington district. the Summit Oil
and Gas Company is shut down at Its
test on the Reese farm and the Eagle
OIL Company is shut down for the
same cause at Nos. . and on the
Walter Hall farm.
Sale Not Contaminated.
The reported sale OF the Big Creep
Development Company's producing
properties to the Carter Oil Com
pany. II has been learned from an au
thorttative source. has not been con
summated. Judge C. II. Freeman
president Of the Big Creek Develop
ment. has given out statement ii
which he says eastern capitalist.
were Negotiating for the property, bu
denies that the sale had been con
summated and was not likely. to b,
until a much larger consideration
was offered. Should the deal z,
through. It will be the largest Of an,
single producing property ever con
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Southeastern Ohio.
The shallow sand districts II
southeastern Ohio are furnishing tn,
largest number OF competitions. Nea
Stockport, Penn township, Morgan
county. the Malta Petroleum Com
pany drilled No. 6 on the A. J. Mile
farm through the Cow run sand an,
has a light pumper. The location 1
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 1t is a light pumper In tn
Duel run sand
| The OIL Market.
The prices paid for oil OF variou
grades by the purchasing agencie
are:
Pennsylvania ...............$2.0
Mercer black .............. lie
new Costie is
corning 1.6
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