The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-05-26
FOUND
STIUATiOMS WANTED
OIL and Gas



In Lafayette district. peasants
county. the American on Deveiop-
menI Company and the South Penn
oil Com pany have completed and
shot No. 4 on the F. N. Morgan farm
and have a dark oil producer good
for fifteen barrels daS in che Maxon
sand. In Burning Springs district,
Wirt county, the South Penn Oh
Company has drilled second test
ON the Phoebe Pepper farm through
the salt sand and has light pumper.,
on Laurel Creek. Spencer district.
Roane county. the South Penn Ou
Company has completed and shot It's
test on the G. and G. Short farm
and has a show for hfteen-oaIrei
bumper in the Big Injun sand The
ssn,s company has now completed and.
shot No. on the J. G. Greenhouse
|farra and has ten=barrel pumper.
lThe same company has started to
6riI No. on the Douglass heirs
farm and the Fisher Oil Company
has rhe RIG completed for No on.
the J.E- knight fam
In New Milton district, Doddridge
county, the Seutc Penn OIL COMPANY
has drilled second tests on the Steha
Nicholson farm through the Big M
Jun sand and has a hfteen-barrel
pur,per. In Clay district, Monongal1a
county, the Hope Natural Gas COM
pany has drilled test on the Pres
ley Smith farm into the Big mum
sand and has a show for a light pro-
Queer. They arc sJfn drilling In the
sand. The same company's test on
the n. Clark Wilson farm Is due In
the same formation
In the Weir sand pool, on Blue
Creek. Elk district, kanawha county.
the Ohio Fuel on Company has drill
ed No. IL on the Edward Gebhart
farm through the sand and has
show for a ffteen-barre1 pumper- On
indian Creek in Elk district, the
United Fuel Gas Company has started
to drill No. on the W. H and Mary
y. Morris farm
Shooting oil wells In both the old
and Blue Creek field and In the Weir
sand pool has stimulating erect On,
Elk riser. Big Sandy district. kama
wha comfy. the South Penn On-Com-
parry gave its No. s on the Wesley
Strickland farm a shot In the SQuaw
sand and: 1t responded by placing 200
barrels to It's credit in the ensuing
ltweaty-four hours. Previous to the
shots its production was down to
three barrels day. In the Weir sand
iGese!epmenI at Blue Creek. the Ohio
Fuel Gil Company shot No on the
Garland Anderson farm and increased
its production from twelve to one
hundred barrels a day.
In Big Sandy district, the South
Penn on Gompany,-is drilling q test
on the American Deal farm- In Cab
In Creek district, the United Fuel Gas
Company is down 800 fet. at a test
on the Paint Creek Coal and Land
lCompany's-tract. The South Penn
on Company's tests on. the ohley
Coal Companyss tract and the Coal
burg Co11iery Companyss property are
drilling 1850 and $50 feet respec-
lively: The Carter on company,sN No.
5 on the win1frede Coal Company's
tract IS drilling at 1ss00 feet The
last four<welIs are important tests for
t the Cabin Creek district
Light wells are the best compile
tions in. the Ssoutheastern Ohio fields
In the shallow sand territory In In
ldependence township. Washington
Ecounty. Schneider and Company have
drilled their test on the Lewis Sttn-
hon farm through the Keener sand
md have a show for = light :pumpers
IN sutton township. Metgs county
van F1et and COMPANY have Drilled
80. on the Margaret McBrfde
farm through the hrst Gov Run sand
and have . dve-barrel pumper.