The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-12-30
OIL AND! GAS
DEVELOPMENT
Of T|iR|-sTAT'E
latest Reports Of 0peratl lions Ii
West Virginia, Pennsyl-
81 vania and Ohio.

In the Big Injun sand development
on Berth Lick Run, Greenbrier dis
trict, Doddridge county, w. Va, the
Hope Natural Gas Company has now
completed its No. 2 on the Edgar
DAVIDSON farm and 1t is good for for
~ barrels day. On the same stream,
the same company has drilled q sec
ond test on the M. E. McClain farm
through the same formation. It has
a very good gasser.
In defined territory on Buffalo run.
Grant district, Wetzel county. the
kanawha.O Oil Company has completed
No. IL on the Hart Brothers farm
and 1t is a very light ipumper in the
Gordon sand. In the Big Injun sand
development on Fishing Creek, Green
district. the New Martinsville OIL
Company is due in the sand at Nos.
~ and II on the s. L. Morgan farm.
n the same district, the Silver Hill
on Company has the rig completed
Tor q test on the e. Morgan farm.
Gasser In Centerville District,
On Short Run, Centerville, district,
Tyler county. the Hope Natural Gas
Company drilled a test on the Robert
Doak farm through the Big Iniun
sand and secured a fair gasser In That
formation. The same company is due
IN the sand at test on the Robert
Strothers' farm and has the rig COM
pleted for test on the Harrison Da-
Wis farm. The Ozark Petroleum
Company is due to get the sand this
week ut test on the e. L.. Duty
farm. The Philadelphia Company's
second test on the Hull Miller Farm Is
drilling near the top of the sand.
In Clay district, Harrison county.
the South Penn Oil Company driIled
q second test on the ]. M. Sees farm
into the Fifty-foot sand and deyel-
oped gasser. In the same district
the Hope Natural Gas Company is
due In the Big Injun sand at a test
on the II. Barnes farm.
Clay county has presented anothar
producer above the average. II "a
located in the Big Injun sand devei-
opmnent IN Union district and is the
Davenport OH and Gas Company's
NO. ~ on the Frank Cox farm. It is
good for thirty barrels day. The
Chalmers OIL and Gas COMPANY IL
due at No. 8 on the G. p. SAMPLES
tarm and Q. L. Davis is due to get the
sand IN a few days at second test
on the II. i. Samples farm.
Il Southeastern Ohio.
In the shallow sand territory in
Southeastern Ohio in the Mack sbure
district. Washington county. the
Warren Run OIL Company has com
pleted Nos. /, Q and 8 on the GEORGE
Llnoemood farm and all three are
very light bumpers. IN the same
aistrict George y. Best, Jr., drilled
NO: 7 on the Benjamin Corp farm
through the Macksburg .500-foot
sand and has five-barrel pumper
In the Caldwell district, Noble conn.
y, Lunn and johnson completed No
" on the Edward Ball farm and have
light producer.
Near Stockport, Penn township
Morgan county, the Malta Petroleum
Company's No. 81 on the A. y. Mile,
farm Is a very light pumper. Nc.
Hugh and Company's No. 10 on the
Retta Pierpont farm Is also a very
light pumper. Mosher and Company
are due In the sand at q test on the
Eli Yocnm farm. Ralston and May.
nard drilled No. 5 on the q. p. Smith
farm through the Cow Run sand and
have three-barrel pumper. G. n
McCray's No. 4 on the T. G. Con.
nor farm Is, a very light pumper.
The Oil Market.
The prices paid for oil Of various
grades by the purchasing agencies
are: -