The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-03-07


Siderable nayg torls On BIZ
bridge count Agylnew and VI Srnathers
tCaldweI1 farm, On Meathouse Fork.
Hill the same "a istrf ct Bartlett and;
Elmer are starting a test on the w.
|, IL. Sll1sser farm On Church FORK.
Church district. Wetze1 county. the:
ECarnegie Natural Gas Company is due
in the sand at a test on the Benjamin.
Lewis farm. On the same stream:
| the Manufacturers Light and Heat
EEompany is due In the Big Iniun at q.
test on the MaZella Moore farm. The
same company has the rig completed.
for test on the w F. Potts farm.
On Big run, Warrington district,
Marion county Cochran and Funk
| are due in the Big Injun sand on the
Rebecca Glover farm. On the same
stream. the Clayton Oil Company has.
the rig completed for test on the
L. T.. Fetty heirs farm On Picken-
Ipangh run. Grant district, Wetzel
county N. S. snyder and J. II. Pentz
nave BLaTLensLO #uTlll$1AOss 49, VI ~ AE$ y Il
| ~. Stevens farm.
tWetezl county, Hart Brothers are
thrilling in the top Of the Big 1njun
sand at a test on the Rebecca Wright
farm. On DAWSON rum. Union dis
trIct. Harrison county. the Reserve,
Gas Company has started to drill a
| test OIL the w. N Yates farm. On.
Vest Fork river, in Clark district, the
lGlarksburg Light and Heat Company
lis due in the Big InjIn sand at its
test on the J:> E. Wagner farm. On
| I'ole Camp run. Union district. the
Hope Natural Gas Company has start
ed 70 drill a test on the ). b. Coffen
dafrer farm.
Southeastern Ohio
IN the deep sand erritory in south
eastern Ohio. in Green township.
Hooking county, Spencer Walsmtth
and Company have drilled their test
on the Dor Coal Run Coal eompany,s
property through the Clinton sand
and have asduster The hole has been.
plugged and abandoned. In the same
district, the Plymouth Oil and Gas
Company is.due in the sand alta tes.
on the H Starr farm.
There is very little new work start
ing in the deep sand territory. In
the southwest extension Of the Gore
field lin Green township, Hooking
county. the plymouth Oil and Gas
Company is rigging UP to drill test.
on the Sarah Knapp farm. In the
same district. the Preston Oil Con-
pany is building the rig for No. S on
the Eliza j y Price farm. In Falls Core
township, the Hooking Oil Company
is building the rig for No. 3 on the
Mark Burgess farm. In the Union
Furnace district, Starr township, the
Union Furnace Oil Company's No. S
j; holding up at 38 0 barrels day.
Oil Property Sold.
The oil producing property of the
late John Preston, ofWashington,Pa
have been sold by James Burns, at:-
lministrator Of the Preston estate The
property was sold at public vendue
and was purchased by Mr. Burns for.
himself and a part OF the heirs to the
estate. H
The property consisted of lease
holds in flashing ton county on which
there are 80 producing wells. having
an average net daily production of 81
IL. barrels. The sale included the
interests Of MIR. Preston in number
OF properties part of which is held
~ 4st lHeIs.8 lie net production sold
does not embrace the royalties or. in
terests held by other parties. The
first bid for the property interest of
Mr. Preston was $4,000 and~it was.
finally knocked down to Br. Burns
Ter S331,D GO. The properties en-
braced in the sale are situated in Buff
falo, Canton and North Franklin
townships and it is all settled produc-
ton.
Deep Well 4Again DELAYED.
The Peoples Gas Con1pany's deep
Well on the r. T. Geary farm in
Johnson township, Washin gtons coun-
ty is again delayed with a fishing job.
Some six months ago a string Of tools
was stuck in the hole. but they sue
ceeded in drilling past them and had
reached a depth of 7,14l feet when
the lost string began to work loose
and obstruct the hole. They expect to.
coon be able to recover the lost tools
and then will resume drilling. It#has3
been almost three years since this
we'll was started
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