The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-11-11

hard. and It does not expect another
pay until.it Is thirty or more feet in
the sand. This will delay compile
ton another day and. possibly longer.
On the west side OF the development,
the Rushyille Drilling Company is
drilling in the top of the Thirty-foot
at its, test on the Seilbert farm.
In Greene township, Beaver cotn-
tY Pa, Pittsburg parties have drilled
a test on the the Ramsey Brothers
farm into the sand. They are still
drilling in the sand, but have no show
Of oil and very little gas. In the
Washington district, Washington
county, Mum and Rush have started
to drill their test on the Huffman
farm to the lower sands.
Light bumpers are the late offer
ings in the West Virginia fields. Near
Morseville, Clay district, Mononga-
liza county. the Carnegie Natural Gas
0ompany's test on the Grant Eddy
farm, which came in week ago and
showed for a good producer, causing
a good deal Of excitement In that To-
cality. has been put to pumping from
the Big Injun sand and Is producing
twenty barrels a day. From the show
ing 1t made when first drilled into
the sand 1t was estimated to be good
for fifty or sixty barrels a day.
In Sardis. district, this county,
Clark. Ice and Company have COM
pleted "a test on the John Hannah
farm In the Gordon sand. and 1t is
not good for more than five barrels
q day. In the same district the South
Penn Oil Company has ti1e#rig
pleted for another test on the Wet
eel heirs farm. In Greenbrfer dis.
trict. Doddridge county, Ernest Ran
dolph Is due in the Gordon sand at a
test on the G. L. .Bolte. farm. In the
Eurkea district. Pleasantss county, the
Creek OIL Company completed test
on the A. Dennison farm and scored
a buster. In McKim district, the Dell
OIL Company had the same kind OF
luck ut its No. 3 on the F. q. Elem.
ing farm. In the same district the
Jefferson Oil Company drilled a test
on the Lucas farm through the Cow
Run sand and found 1t barren.f
Fred w. Lockhart. of Cleveland,
Os one Of the promoters of the MI
tual Oil and Gas Company of Asl1ta-
bula, the company that drilled the
well on the Druery farm in Say
brook township, Is tentatively inter-
ested In the Saybrook well and stated
that 1t. 1t Is good for about fifteen bar
rels a day. Two weeks ago the well
was given an eighty quart shot, but
the only result was an increase in
gas. 1t was then t,ibed and put to
pumping and produced fwenty-three
barrels the ensuing five hours.
The only new work starting in
that section is the test. on the Will
kinson farm, located one and one
fourth miles southwest OF the Say
brook well. It is owned by ]. Brau-
ner. of Bolivar, and s. P. Nye,s OF
Buffalo,N. Y. The Lincoln Oil Com
pany. composed OF Cleveland parties.
has made the location and will drill
a test In Shefileld township. east Of
the Saybrook well. Mr.. Lockhart
state that he understood that the
Phillips Gas and OIL Company had
made several locati onsS and would In
the fnears.;future start several tests
on its holdings. y
The or Market. 3.
The prices paid for oil OF various
grades by the purchasing agencies
are: ss .,sr 80
Pennsylvania -. ...v..... -. =. :. LBS
Mercer black .......... LBS
New Castle .............'.. .,.... 1.35
Corning ............:.. l.sS o
CNbell ssr.,...i ~. j 20