The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-06-04
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Strange as # may seem. old Rufzer
comfy. once the greatest producing
county in western Pensylyania Eas the
only exciting development II. the east
ern fields. Re5uyenated Life IN the
Old banner producing county Is local
ed at Evans City, on the line OF the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad. and n.
the last year the territory in almost
every direction from the town mas
been drilled over. 40 wells mad been
drilled inside OF the borough limits
until local talent drilled the Se1i on
the German Lutheran church LOT an a'.
secured better producer than II was
ithou9hS Butler county any longer had
the ability to present Fer good
many years Butler county operators
have had to be content with light po-
ducers. The Evans City well natur-
ally created good deal Of excitement
and the craze TO drill on town lots be
came Contagious. and In some IN
stances buildings have been torn
down to make room for the drilling
rig,
At the present time there are fTe
wells drilling and twice as many are
starting on town lots. On adjacent
farms there are six wells starting
been made The amount ofswork un-
der way and started inside OF the
town is unwarranted and in a large
measure Is not chargeable to exper-
fenced operators. To the casual OBJ
server It would not look as if the low
market was the cause for decline OF
development work. Scarcity of ter
;ritory capable Of furnishing better
than light bumpers IS responsible for
the falling on in operations In the
eastern fields. The Oldest operator
cannot recall the time when susher
sterritorfty was under development
and the market low and those who
held leases in the gusher one showed
ia disposition to curtai1 development
work.
On West Fork River. Union dis
Itrict. Harrison county, W. Brent Max
well has drilled No. "a on mrs own
farm through all sands, including the
!Bayard, and found nothing but a gas
pressure IN the fifth sand. with an es-
minated capacity OF 100000 cubic
feet a day In the same district the
Hope Natural Gas Company is due in
the Big 1njun sand at its No on
the Marshall Martin farm. With the
completion of this well operations WI
come to a standstfu in that di>~sict.
There is no new work starting at this
time.
In New Milton. district. Doddridge
county. the Hope Natural Gas Com
pany has now completed go on TIE
Stalnaker heirs farm. and the we'll is
producing forty barrels day from
the Big Iniun sand. In the same dis
trict the South Penn on Company.s
second test on the Stella Nicholson
farm is not good for more than ten
barrels a day from the same forma-
ton.
In Sugar Tree Fork. Onion district.
Lincoln county the Big Creek Deve1-
opmeat Company has started to drill
No. OF the Eliza Curnes farm. IN
Duyal district the same company Is
due in the eBrea grit at No. on the
Margaret Fowler farm and 40. II on
the J. M Grass farm. In the same
district the Wayland OH and Gas
COMPANY has che rig completed for q
second eest on the Ira NJ. Hill farm.
Despite the fact that the wells IN
the salt sa2d pool at Roseca1e. Brax-
ton coursy- are declining rapidly.
there is quite q little new work start
ing in that district.
The OH Market.
Pehlss!eania. S1.35: Mercer black.
81: New Castle. 81; Corning. IS:
#CabeH. 80: North Lima. IS South
Lima, IS: Pr;cce.cn, 81. Wooster
LOS; indiana, IS: Somerset, so;
Rasland. so: Illinois. "a; Kansas.
40: Oklahona. 40: Corsicana. light,
AS: Cersicana. neayy. 40: Electra.
.45: HeslSton, 80; Henrietta. 10:
|Caddo. 80 degrees. so: Caddo. IS de-
|grees. so; Caddo. 80 degrees, 40:
ECaddo. crude, -e5: Canada, 1.38.
Producers and Refners' Company
quotes ss1.S5 for crude oS the Penn
sylvarta grade.