The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-12-08

ron and Gas Company is drilling I
second test on the Ohio Fire Prooflnt
Company's property.
In Green township. the plymouth
OIL and Gas Company has started tc
drill No. on the B. F. sweaseJ
farm. In the northern end OF the
field In Pike township. Coshoctor
county, the Columbus OIL and Fuel
Company has drilled a test on the
Milton Anderson farm through the
Clinton sand ana 1t shows for fr.
teen barrel pumper. This location Is
700 feet east of the same company's
test on the Malinda Heft farm.
In Fallsburry township. Licking
county. the Ohio Rochester Oil and
Gas Company Is drilling test on
the George Drake farm. In Hope
well township. the Planet OIL Com
pany has started to drill test on
the Il. II. Kreeger farm. At Brink
haven. Washington township, Knox
county, the Farbing Drilling Com
pany 81 drilling No. 9 on the W. A.
Barnes farm.
Shallow Sand Territory.
In the belle Valley district. Noble
county. William Shining has com
pleted duster on the John McWil-
liams farm. The Lowe OIL Company.s
test en- tho William Parry farm In n
very light pumper and ]. o. MlKee
and Company have one OF the same
kind at their test On the Andrew Ev.
erley farm. In Salem township.
Washington county. F. Il. Edgar and
Compah, have light putnper at No.
on tue o. Carpenter farm. Fakes
and Company have the rig completed
for test on the George Thomas
farm.
West Virginia.
In Union disG:ict, Harrison cnul-
ty. the Re5e., Gas Company has =
surprise at its second test OH the g.
s. Paugh farm. When drilled into
the Gordon sand 1t developed fair
gas pressure. but the well has since
turned into an oil producer and Is
flowing by heads. 1t is estimated that
the well will be good for twenty or
twenty-five barrels a day. This To-
cation Ia one-fourth OF mile east of
production.
Wildcat Producer In Doddridgc.
On Nutters Fork. West Union dis
trict. Doddridge county, the Carter
OIL Company has drilled wildcat
on the T. D. Swiger farm into the
Big Injun sand and has dark onl
producer good for ten barrels a day.
1t will be given shot. This loca-
tion Is two miles southeast of the old
production on Little Film Creek.
On Long Shot Run, Chenille dis
trict, Gilmer county. the South Penn
OIL Company has now completed its
No. on the L. w. McNair farm and
1t is flve-barrel pumper in the
Thirty-foot sand. In Sardis district,
Harrison countyfi the Hope Natural
Gas Company drilled It's second test
on the James Lanham farm into the
Fifty-foot sand and developed a fair
gasser in that formation.
On Rush Creek. Smithfield district.
Roane county. the Ohio Fuel OIL
Company has drilled No. on the F..
NJ. Summers farm through the Big
Injun sand and 1t shows for a five
barrel pumper. This location Is east
of No. l and inside of defined terri
tory. In the same district the South
Penn Oil Company is drilling a test
on the Johnson Durham farm. The
United Fuel Gas Company is due in
the sand at test on the Mary Led
kins farm.
New Work In Kannwha County,
In the Weir sand development on
Blue Creek, Elk district. Kanawha
county. DEVELOPMENT work has been
revived. The Ohio Fuel Oil Comrany
has the rig completed for No. 16 on
the Edward Gebhart farm and has
made six new locations on the same
farm. The Pennsylvania Crude oil
Company has the rig up for a test
on the Nancy Myers farm and the JEFF
ferson OIL Company will be due this
week at Its test on the S. WI Shrader
farm. On Porters Greek, Union dis
trict. Clay county. the Public OIL and
Gas Company Is due in the Big In
jun san dat test on the Gilmore NJ
Maynor farm.
Personal Mention.
Senator ]. H.. McDermott. of Nor.
gantown, prominent operator In the
West Virginia fields, is n Pittsburr
visitor. Mr.. McDermott has been
identified with nearly all of the large
producing fields in the state and at
present is actively engaged in deyel-
oping gas territory In MonongaheIa
county. operating with the Pentress
Gas Company. He Is also Interested
IN the new oil development. near
Moresville, Clay district. Mononrn-
heia county. In speaking of the lat
ter he said there was room for n noo,
IN that locality and the indicatione
are very favorable. The well COM
pleted recently by the Carnegie Nat
urai Gas Company he said was hold
ing up at forty barrels day. when
asked as to the prospects for findinr
new areas Of producing territory IN
west Virginia he stated that there
was room for small pools, but those
who went out in esarch of tben,
would do well to keep a close wntch
on their bank accounts. for tbe-a
would be many dry holes completed
oeiore the discovery OF new pool,
The Oil Market.
The prices PAID for oil OF various
are: eies
pennsylvania ...... 50 mn
Mercer black e0
New Costle ! 90
Sorh,ns ................. / 60
Cabell ............... Ia
Nortn Lima 100
south Lima ................ los
noos1er ............. 1,45
tnuiaha 1000. LA
princeton ............... l.42