The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-11-13
OIL l AND | I | GAS
DEVELOPMENT
Of ! I|RlEsIA1'|'i|E|.
Latest I 7 Reports Of Operations ii
West Virginia, PennsyI-
,.;Is yailia and Ohio.

The Dofseyyiile field in Indiana
! 1lsoMnshtp. Allegheny county, Pa, Is
I 20 the front with another gusher,
I making the fourth that has been com
spieted In the thirty-foot sand devel-
Aopment The new gusher is the
american Natural Gas Company,s
\ second test on the j.. Haas farm and
when drilled into the lower pay
started to- flow at the rate OF twenty
I'VE barrels an hour. The lower and
\ pest pay ~ this we'll like the FIRST.
was found at q little more than
thirfy feet in the thirty-foot sand.
Z the alton Is 5 90 feet west Of NO.
4 and shows the possibility Of one or.
more good locat tons on the west side.s
" is reported that one Of the large
operating companies has secured an.
option on the American Natural Gas,
Company I. product ion in the Dorsey
vile field. The option was secured;
before the No. - was drilled in and
the price is said to have been at the
rate OF 81 900 and the prospective
purchasing company to pay for the
drilling Of the No. O well. Prior TO
drilling in the gusher on the Haas
arm the American Natural Gas Com
pany had q production Ii the .fiald 81.
about. fifty barrels a. day and IL the
deal is consiimmat ted It will call for
an Investment OF about sS5. 900.
the American Natural Gas Company
holds leases on consid erable acreage
in them and cont guousg to the deyel-;
opment, and q part at least is favor
ably located. So far al development
work has been carried forward il,e5
/ American Natural Gas COMPANY The
s = ~ OIL and Gas Company and.
sAllexand der Valley hold leases on the
choicest OF the territory. With the.
exception Of one well, the Rushville
Drilltng Company's test ON the Set
pert farm, the two companies and
Alexander Valley are back Of all the
work under way. and starting in the
new pool. n a - - n -
The Rushville Drilling Company's
testson the Seibert farm Is drilling in
the top OF the sand. but will not be
completed before the first Of the
coming week. This Is one Of the Inn
portant wells in the pool and 4. WIN
DO closely watched. Alexander wal
ley Will be due in t.; get the sand in a
few days at his test on the McFar-
land heirs ten acres. & "a
West Virginia.
AT irregular intervals the Big IN
Jun sand territory in Greenbrier dis
trtct, oddridg county, w. va.
comes to the front with a good pro-
Queer: The latter Is the Hope Ma
tural Gas Company's No. 6 on the
Edgar DAVIDSON farm, located 81 ON
Beech Lick run. The first twentv-
four hours after the well was drilled
4 into the Big 1njun sand It produced
!O0. barrels. On the same stream ana
IN the same district, the South Penn
giN Company drilled No. q on the r.
w. Golden farm through the Big IN
Jun sand and found itSbarren. 1t is
now drilling to the Cord on sand. d 8,
Light Producer In Harrison Comfy:
IN Tenrni1e district, Harrison coui1 !
ty,s the Universal Oil Company drilled
Its test on the Belle Rand olpt, farm
through the Gordon sand and 1T
shows for fifteen-barrel hummer
/ from that formation. on Cabin
creek. Cabin Creek district, Kanawha
county, the Guyan Oil Company has
now drilled It's test on the w. o.
Caddle farm through the Berea grit
and found no trace Of oil. The .loca-
ton Is two and one-haaf miles east
Iof the Columbus Producing Com
pany's production on the Williams
Coal Company's tract. Thirty feet of
Itest. &. IN h ~