The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-08-07
OIL AND CHS

4. IN the lower southwest fields Of
West Virginia few Competitions are
reported and these inilude more than |
the usual rim of dry holes and yeryl
light producers. In, the Burningl
Springs district. In Writ County Rob
erts Brothers have completed annI
shot their No. So wen on the r. OIL
tract and have dve-barrel ner day
pumper from the first Cow Run sans:
IN the same district and county, thet
Hope Natural Gas Company has COM
p1eted Its initial test well on the ".
%. Mead farm. located on the waters
of Rock Run, and II is buster N
all sands. This test is located about
2, 0O0 feet west of the initial test well
drilled on the Sayres- farm.
Near Twiggs, In Union district,
Development Com pany has comp leted
its No. on the J. b. Smith farm
through the Maxon, sand and has 20
barrel per day producer. In the Mac
farlan poo, on the waters of Indian
Creek, In Murphy. district, Roanel
county, Epence, Smith and Company
have completed their No. 10 we'll on
Iteh Maxwell heirs properly. and have
q fve-barrel per day pumper from tho
salt sand lorna ton
"A Dry Hole.
In. Washington district, peasants
county. the Watterson OIL Company
has completed its third test well on
the F. w. and Myra Il. farm through
the Cow Run sand and it Is q dry
hole. On Arnold Creek, In. Centraa
district, Doddrfdge county. the Hops
Natural Gas Company has completed
its seond test well on the Tobias
fifteen-barrel per day. producer from
the Big InJun sand. This well is lo-
Gated 800 feet northwest of the same
company's initial test well on the
Elias Thomas farm. In the old Blue
Creek field, In Elk district, Kanawha
county, the Ohio Fuel OIL Company
shot its No. 10 well on the G. T.
Woods farm and 1t responded by IN
creasing the output from two barrels
to forty barrels In the ensuing tWen-
tyfour hours.
The will drilled by unknown par
ties as a test near Rosedale in Tia
ton county is completed and dry IN
all sands In the field district. Roane
county, the Ohio Fuel on COMPANY
has rig up 70 rfts second test wesi
on the .. II. Daugherty farm. This
location is 500 feet southwest OF the
same company's test well on the y. y.
NJ Cox farm.
starts No. a.
IN Washington district. Lincoln
county. the Carter on Company has
started to drill its No. z well on the
Ioseph Moore farm. The location u
q 90 sfagt southeast OF the same CONS
-nany,s initial test well on the Joseph
a Allen farm In Duval district.
same county, the South Penn OIL
Company has a rig completed for It's
No. 2s we'll ON the Horse Creek tract.
500 feet southwest of It's No. ~ we;e
on this tract. The Fisher OIL Com
..nany has started building rig Tor It's
third test well on the J. *. knight
farm on Laurel Creek. Spencer dis
trfct, 'Roane county.
In the town lot development at
Evans City. Pa, y. D. Fowler ana
Company are fourteen feet in the
sand at their well on the Sarah a.
Knox lot an dino showing Of oil SO tar.
No first pay whatever was FOUND IN
this we'll. This location Is across the
road and to the north of the Pierce
lot we'll
The tRushvilie Drilling Company is
in the sand with fts,wen. but not deer
enough yet for a show.
The OIL Market.
Pennsylvania, $1.35; Mercer, black
81; New Castle. SO; Corning, 50; Ca
bell, 81; North Lima. 8S: South Lima, |
az: Princeton. "a; Wooster, $1.O5;
indiana, 7s.: Somerset, 30; Raglano. |
83: Illinois, "a: Kansas. 80; Okla |
I1oma. SIS: Corsicana, light. 155; Cor
sicana. heavy, 40; Electra, 65; Heald-t
Ton. so: Henrietta, 55; Caddo, 38 de-
rrees. so; Caddo, 30 degrees, 80;
Caddo. 32fdegrees, As: Caddo, crude,
.35; Canada, LBS.