The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-05-07
OIL And GAS

On uuper Adds run. Grant district,
R5fchie county, w Va, the Starr GU
md Gas Company has completed
:. feaf on the John starr farm and since
giving IL a. shot IN the Keener SAM
has a show for a SIX barrel pumper.
In Sheridan district, Calnonn county,
the Safterfieid Drilling Company mas
completed and shot its test on the Ell
ner Taught farm and has hTe pa
rel pumper IN the salt sand
In Greenbrier district, Doddridse
county the Hope Natural Gas Com
nany has drilled test on the Mar
xaret Adams farm into the thirty foot
eand and has a fair gasser. On Big
Elk creek, Sardis district, Harrison
county, the South Penn Oil Company
40. on the Sarah Snafer farm IS
producing 165 barrels day ana Is a.
this ttme the largest well in West Vir-
&in3a.
On Short creek, two miles east OF
the Beech Bottom pool in Buffalo dis
Ertc4, Brooke county, Cook. Smathers
and Company have drilled secona
fest on the F. II. Fair farm through
the Berea grit and have buster, add
ing another of that kind TO a long list
Of failures completed in an effort TO
And a new pool or an extension TO
the Beech Bottom development IN that
! district. In the same district. Bost-
wick. Collins and Company's test on
the n Hartley farm is still spraying
On Poca river, snithfeld district,
! the Ohio Fuel OIL Company has com
.uIetad and shot its No. III on the h
&C. Taylor farm and is good for less
than five barrels day On Day
run, Clay district, Monongalla county,
the Daybrook Oil and Gas Company
no. 3 on the Cook heirs farm is pro-
ducins twenty barrels day from the
fourth sand.
Light wells continue the rule in the
deep sand territory in southeastern
Ono. For the last few weeks the
average size of the wells in Hooking,
Perry and Fairfield counties has been
smaller than at any time since WORK
began in the deep sand territory In
the Junction City district. Jackson
fownship. Perry county, the Carter
OH Company has completed and shot
its No. on the Prudence Love farm
and will not have better than ten
barrel pumper in the Clinton sand.
In the Union Furnace district, Starr
township, Hooking county. the Pres
ton OIL Company has drilled test on
the H L. Woodward farm through fhe
Clinton sand to a depth OF SIS feel
and Will have a thirteen barrel pump
quarter of section 16 and SEQ feet
southwest of the Union Furnace Oh
companys No .. In Falls Gore town
ship. the Hooking Oil Company has
completed and shot its No. on the
Mark Burgess farm and will not have
better than a FIVE or ten barrel pump
er in the Clinton sand.
In Ward township. Hooking county.
there is a little new work starting
The Plymouth Oil and Gas Company
has the rig completed for q test on the
Lewis Coe farm. located south of New
Straitsyille In the same township.
Cowen, Cochran and Funk have start.
ed to drill No ) on the George Price
farm, The Charters Oil Company IS
due in the sand at its No. 100 on the
Hooking Valley Products ComPany's
property. The Plymouth Oil and Gas
Company's second test on the II. Starr
farm is drilling at 1900 feet.
In Payne district. Liberty township.
washington county, E. P. McGutcheon
and Company are drilling test on the
W. E. Hamilton farm. located 1000
feet northwest of production. in the
same township and district, shay. Nc
Mullen and Company are starting 10