The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-06-04
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strange as, it may seem. old But.er
county. once the greatest producing
county IN western Penss1yania mas the
only exciting development n, tie east
ern fields. Re5uvena:ed LIE In the
old banner producing county Is zocar-l
ed At Evans City. on me line Of the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad. and N.
the last year the territory in almost
every direction from the town nasa
been drilled over No we1is mad been
drilled inside of a1e borough limits
until local talent drilled the vel on
the German Lutheran church lot and
secured a better producer than It was
thought Butler county any longer mad
the ability to present For a good
many years Butler county operators
have had to be content with light po-5
ducers. The Evans City well natur-3
ally created a good deal Of e1citemerr
and the craze TO drill on town lots pc
came contagious, and In some in-
stances buildings have been torn
down to make room for the drilling
rig.
At the presen. time there are i've
wells drilling and twice as many are
starting on town lots. On adjacent
farms there are six wells starting
and locations for as many more have
been made. The amount OF work un-i
der way and started inside OF the
town is unwarranted and in a large
measure is not chargeab1e TO exper-i
fenced operators. To the casual OBJ.
server 1t would not look as If the low
market was the cause for a decline of
development work. Scarcity OF ter
rttory capable of furnishing better
than light bumpers is responsible for
the falling of in operations in the
eastern fields. The Oldest operator
cannot recall the time when gusher
:erritority was under development
and the market low and those who
held leases in the gusher one showed
a disposition to curtan development
work.
On West Fork River, Union dis
trict, Harrison county. W. Brent Max
well has drilled No. p on ms OWL
farm through all sands. including the
Bayard, and found nothing but a gas
pressure in the fifth sand. with an es-
timated capacity Of 100000 cubic
feet a day. In the same district the
Hope Natural Gas Company is due in
the Big Injun sand at its No. 8 on
the Marshall Martin farm With the
completion of this well operations WI
come to standstiu in that di.>>sfct-
There is no new work starting at this
time.
In New Milton. district. Doddridge
county, the Hope Natural Gas Com
pany has now completed no. 6 on s1e
Stalnaker heirs farm. and the well is
producing forty barrels a day from
the Big Injun sand. In the same dis
trict the South Perm On company.s
second test on the Stella Nicholson
60.
barrels day from the same forma-
ton
In Sugar Tree Fork. Union district.
Lincoln county the Big Creek Devel-
opment Company has started to drill
No OF the Eliza Curnes farm. In /
Duval district the same company is
due in the eBrea grit at No on the
Fowler farm ard No. IL on
the J. NJ. Grass farm. In the same
district the Wayland OIL and Gas
CompaDJ- has the rig completed for q !
second eest on the Ira NJ Hill farm.
Despite the fact that the wells IN |;
the salt sacd pool at Rosecale. Bra1-
tor county. are declining rapidly,
there is quite a little new work start I
ing in that district.
ere OH MARKET
Pehnss;<ania. S1.35; Mercer black. !
81; New Castle, 81; Corning. -8S:
Cabel1. 81; North Lima, .35 South |
Lima, IS: Princeton, 81: Wooster
LOS; indiana. IS; Somerset. 80;
Ragland, SO; Illinois. 81; Kansas. |
40; Oklahoma. 40; Cors1cana, light, i
As; Corsicaaa, neavy. 40; Electra.
.45: Healdto1. 80; Henrietta, As;
Caddo, 38 degrees, so; Caddo, IS de-
grees. so; Cadco, 80 degrees. 40;
Caddo. crude. So: Canada, 1-38.
Producers and Re1ners' Company
quotes S1.35 for crude OF the Penn
sylvar5a grade.