The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-20
OIL AND GAS
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

Interest as IT applies to the deve1-
opment work in the oil fields, has
shifted from Evans City, Pa, 10
Green district. Wetzel county.
Va. and is occastoned by y. 2. h1n \,
ley and Company's test on the y.
the Short Line railroad seven miles
west of Pine Grove. in territory Inae
has been under development for sew
eral years. The territory has nearly
ali been leased for years and there Is
nothing to be secured in proxlmlIy
to the gusher, which ds producing
close to 500 barrels day.
Light Wells in the Weir sand.
The Weir sand development on
Riua creek. Elk district. Kanawha
county. is no longer capable Of pre-
senting anything better than ngnt
producers. The latest Is the ONO
Fuel Oil Company's No. on the L al
land Anderson heirs farm. l,zOU
feet southwest of No. on the sans
farm. and is not good for more tnah
fifteen barrels a day. The same COIL IA
pany gave its No. on the Henry -. -.
Sample farm shot and increased 1ls
nroduction from twelve to sixty bar
rels a day.
on Jake's run. Clay district, MO
mongolia county, j. II. McDermot.
and Company have drilled secono
tsa. on the Rosana Eddy farm and
| have q fair gasser. On Indian creek.
Green district. the Hope Natural Gas
| Company has completed test on stAe
r.. NJ. Kerns farm and mas gasss.
| In the Big Injun sand. on MOAN ?
run, Eagle district, Harrison cou3ly,
the Hope Natural Gas Company mas
| Drilled No. on the Beatrice Gr1mtn
farm through the thirty-foot SAM
and has q fair gasser.
on Dry run, Lincoln district, Tyler
county. the Irwin Oil Company mas
| drilled No. on the Theodore Nor
row farm throu gh the Big Injun sand
and a very light pumper. On GOT
relic run. Ellsworth district, the Mo
dlebourn Oil and Gas Company mas
| drilled its No. on the Octavia MAT,
tin farm through the heener sanu
and has a buster. In Union as
tric Clay county, o. l.. Davis has
| started to drill test on the 7. II.
Samples farm.
Fair Producers. I'm Lincoln.
In Duyal district. Lincoln county,
the South Penn OIL Company mas
made satisfactory progress In It's oe-
| yelopment work on the big Horse
! Greek tract The first well came IN
for ten barrels. For the iast lew Icy,
months there has been dectdea
/ change in the size of the wells. some
of the recent competitions have been
! as high as twenty and thirty barrels.
This company has just completed NO.
21 and has a twenty-barrel producer
| in the Berea grit.
Evans City Development.
Southeast of the town lot develop
ment at Evans City, the South penn
! OIL Company has drilled its old NO. !
! on the b. F. White farm into the cop
of the sand, and at five feet In. ~
noon yesterday. had developed NJ
tie oil. 1t is still drilling ana goes
! not expect TO get the second pay De-
! fore ii is. seventeen feet in the sand.
! IT was at this depth that the second
md best pay was found in the No.
we'll which is producing close to 500
! barrels a day.
It was reported that the well on
/ the Methodist church lot had oeeu
| drilled through the sand and was dry.
The Schmidt Oil Company ts due IN
the sand at It's well on the Pitts Reai-
/ y Company's lot. The fine Weather
made Sunday another day Tor s1gnt-
seers and many took occasion to mo-
! tor to the village with the big OH
| boom. In some particulars the Evans
! CITY excitement surpasses all other
/ town lot development. There was
! never another spot or place IN the
| eastern fields where so many wells
/ have been crowded into SO small e
I snace. Practical operators are not
90 much interested in town lot Wells
but are watching closely to see the
result of the wells drilling on OUT
lying leases.
] IN the deep sand territory near
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