The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-12
Oil and Gas Development
Latest News ef West Virginia and Nearby fields
fok th0 Weeks Operations. ~

At the close Of the week develop
.ment work in the southwest Penn
Aylvania fields was less aensationni
than during the first part. when tho
National OIL and Gas Company
drilled in Its gusher on the. ". J. lob
7nson farm located in the Dorseyy.lje
district. in Indiana township, Alie-
tsheny county, N. X. When the gasncf
we drilled In ct the beginning Of the
week 1t produced $50 barrels the irst
"a hours and at the close OF the week
s was held up close to 400 barrels a
day, From this showing il mus. 90
conceded that It is very creditabio
producer.
The surprise came at the close OF
the week when the American Natural
saA Company drilled It's test ON the
James Haas farm through the sand
land has q show for light pumper.
FINE we'll was drilled through the
ftnirty7foot pay late last friday night
and the hole filled up 1.4G0 feet with
hutd. From its present showing it
VIII not make better than 10 or 90
barrel producer. They arc stu drift
ing, but the chancs are against tind-
nng q lower pay The fact that the
well Is located only about $50 feet
west OF the gusher and showing for
so Small producer makes tue sur
price all tne greater and would indi-
'cate that 1t 10 located on the western
end OF the streak on which the gusher
rs located. Interest in the develop
Fnent Is now transferred to Valley
& CO.'S second test on the Mason
l1arm located 500 feet to the southwest
OF the gusher. This vol will be
que 10 get the sand in few days
and rs regarded as an important test.
busters In Gas TERRITORY.
Those who had visions Of making
ou.ck fortunes in the gas territory
near East McKeesport. in North Yer
Isailles township, Allegheny county,
sFa:' are now having unpleasant
dreams. occasioned by the wells
wells drilled in close to the Splege1
farm gusher proving busters. The
Forty-fve Gas Company test. located
three fourths Of mile west of the
lgusher has been completed and is dry
and the casing has been pulled. The
company Is composed OF forty-fiy res
fldents Of McKeesport and 1t is re-
ported that they paid bonus Of
$4,000 for the lease on the farm on
which the WELLS located.
The Export parties who drilled the
Dig Spiegel gusher have completed
'eheir well on the Taylor farm, located
near the cemetery and have a duster
I'm the formation in which the Sp.egel
well got its heavy gas pressure. They
are drilling the we'll to the lower
sands. AVS N =
overholt Brothers have drilled the
TEST on their own farm, located 1000
f1eet south Of the gusher, through the
sand and the whole starts full Of wa
ter VALLEY and Company's well on
the Wilson farm. located 200 feet
north of the Spiegel gusher found no
gas. but filed up with salt water.
me old Spiegel well, the one that
caused all the commotion, has stopped
producing and has been shut off from
the main. Just forty days after 1t was
drilled In it was thrown into the dis
card Aside from the fact that the
well was a record breaker for this To-
Ical1ty there is little consolation for
Eits owners. The salt water that came
INTO the well few days after 1t was
completed has drowned out the gas
and so far the owners have not been
able to- shut OF the water. The reye-
niue derived from the sale Of gas and
before 1t quit producing, was little
IN excess of the cost or drilling it,.
i Had the owenrs accepted the $50. {. 90
oher for the well. the next day after
u was drilled In they would have been
tar ahead OF the game. The same
parties are drilling a well on the j..
Dawson farm and are due in the sand.
When all of the wells drilling in
North Versailles township, inspired by
the Spiegel gusher, have been com
pleted. they will represent an invest
ment Of more than $4,000.
West Virginia.
Light wells are the best the West