The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-23
OIL AND Gas

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Late competitions in the town lot
development at Evans City, Pa, are
not in the gusher class. Busters and
light bumpers are the latest contrdbu-
tions to the completed list. n. =.
Goe and Company's well on the BapT
fist church lot is a buster. Hon ana
HGoldsworth's well on the kaufman
lot is dry In the third sand. but Will III
make small pumpeF in the Snee
sand. Wahl and Son have completed
their test well on the Dunbar s4oI
and will not have better than i've
barrel pumper
Pftfsbureers I'm Hard Luck.
The well on the Rittsburg and
Harmony Traction Company's lott
owned by Pitteburg parties, which
came ia gushef last Tuesday even
ing. has the tool stuck in the hole
and is not producing anything at this
time. The we'll was still flowing az
the rate Of about ffteen barrels an
hour when the to61s were stuck,
They are trying to fish them out ana g
had hoped to succeed Before this
morning.
All Of the wells are declfhg and
none show the staying qualities. that
might be- resired. The South Penn
OH Company,s No. 1 <On the u. e..
White farm, which came In last Mon
day at the rate OF twenty-five barrels
an hour has declined rapidly anu
did not improve when drilled deeper:
Nos. 4 ana are flowing into one
tank and the two producing about
sixtaen barrels an hour lutte g;
number Of town lot wells are due to
get the sand within d week. It VIII VIII
be longer than that before any OF the
wells now drilling ON adjacent farms
will be due in the sand.
Dry Hole in Beaver County.
Near Georgetown, Greene town.
ship, Beaver county, Edward MeDon=
aid has drilled No. z on the ~: u:
Gliding farm through the sand
sand territory in the Bessemer field
81 Lawrence county, the LaINrencs
OH Company has completed No. on
the Martin heirs' farm, No. 8 on the
John Boyd farm, and No: 8 on the
Miller farm. and all are light pump
eTs. with an average OF less tn an TWO
two barrels q day.
West Virgins.
Light wells are the offering In the
Der run. Grant district, Wetzel cot1n-
~. the Philadelphia Company mas
drilled No. Is on the R0btnson-H0ge
farm through the Gordon sand ana
viii have q fifteen barrel pumpeT. At
Ravan Rock, Union district, Pleas
ants county, the Spring Run OIL
Company has drilled No. on the
Riggs Brothers, farm through tAs
;NIaxon sand and has very light
pnmper.
In F'reeman's Creek district, Lewis
county, the Hope Natural Gas Com
pany has drilled its test on the
White farm into the Big Injun sandl
and has a show for ffty-barTel pro-
Queer in that formation.
New Work In Lincoln County.
Development work In Lincoln coun-
.ty Is decreasing. In DuYal district,
the United Fuel Gas Comgeny mas
the rig completed for No. on tho
Horse Creek Coal and Land Com
pany's tract. In the same dlstrlcL,
the south Penn OIL Company has the
rigs completed for Nos. 80 and 81 On
the Horse Creek tract. In Burning
Springs district, Writ county. =. ". :.
Barnett has completed No. 3 on the
Charles Nutter farm and has 9 dus-t
ter. IN the same district 9. "A: Cart
Ian is due IN the sand at test on.
the Sarah Lewis farm.
In Pine Grove district, Wetzei
county, TIC. Kingsley and Companyss8
No. i on the ]. b. White farm sM0
well that was formerly gasser IA
the Big 1njun sand and was drilled
deeper and got a lower pay started to-
fiow at the rate of 500 barrels day,
causing quite a commotion in that
locality. has declined to $50 barrels
q day. The report sent out from SIS
tersYille and other points that this
well was the forerunner of q new
field and that Sistersyi1le would again
come back ON the OIL map, Is not we'll
founded. The well Is located In ter