The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-10-31
OIL AND GAS
DEVELOPMENT
OF TRI-STATE
Latest Reports Of Operations In
West Virginia, PenDsyl-
Vania and Ohio.

The lGtcst gusher on Dents Run.
Warrington district. Marion county.
is not only holding up but increasing
It's production. For the twcntyfuur
hours ending n : o'clock Sunday
morning, the No. 9 on the z. r. Bat
son farm showing production OF p
600 barrels. and for thc tweuty-f0ur
hours ending NJ the same hour veg
tcrday morning II produced 200 bar
rels. ~ shown by the Inst gauge.
the present market value OF the pro
ductiun OF this one we'll Tor twenty
four hours 81 si.22G. Tho gusher is
located 500 feet from the flrat we'll
on 'hc farm and Is no doubt getting
some Of it's production. The last
gauge Of No was 1O5 barrels, the
FIRST time II has been below 200 bar
rcls since It was drilled deeper The
0thar wells tn the pool ERE declining.
and are as fuilowa Hickman and
Huffman No 3. Alfred Randall, 225
barrels; Doimar OIL Company No "a.
lnhn l.. Hrys. goo bnrrels: South
Penn OIL Company No .. Hoard
Uais1n, l15 bprrnle. and clayton OIL
Company No, /. ". z. HAYS S. bar
rcls With the production Of several
Night wells included tho OUTPUT or tho
nool is now above 1000 barrels
day
In all other districts IN West vir-
rlnia the best wells are not above
the average for all sections. on
Miracle Run Bnttauc district, Mo
nougalia county. the Hope Natural
Ga8 Company drilled its tcst on tho
y. Parks farm through the big Injun
sand and devolved gasHcr. In Cen
trial district. Doddrldge county, v. n.
Darby completed No. 3 on the r. NJ.
BrItton farm. and 1t iB producing
twenty barrels day from the Big
Iuinn.
Company Gets Good Gnsscr.
on Middle Run Of Arnold Crock.
Central district. poddr'drn county.
tho Philadelphia Company drilled It's
test on the Edward Smith farm
through the Big Inlun sand. The we'll
shows a capacity Of 100000 cubic
feet OF gas n day This is far above
the average size Of the gas wells now
found in West Virginia.
In Grant district. Richie county.
W II. Jonas completed and shot his
No. % on the Wood County Petrole-
UNI tract. and It shows for a Ave
barrel pumpcr IN the salt sand. In
gton district, Pleasants coun.
ty. TAFT Brothers and Company COM
pleted and shot in the Cow Run sand.
No. "a on the W. H. Dye farm. II ia
very light pumper, good for less
than Ave barrels.
busters In Tyler County.
On Elk Fork, Ellsworth district,
Tyler county, the Hope Natural Gas
Company drilled tests on the a. Lew
is and MehafFey hoIrs' farms through
the Big Iniun sand and both arc dry.
On Beeson Run, Clay district, Richie
county. the Philadelphia Company
has completed second test on the
H. J. Knight firm. II ia light
Easser in the Big Iniun sand. On the
South Fork of Hughes river. Clay
district. Writ county II. G.. Gillespie
drilled his test on the Thomas DON
avian farm through tho Big Intun
sand and found II barren.
on the river front In Lubbock dis
trict. Wood county. Stout Brothers
drilled their test on the Emily c.
Meldahs farm into the salt snnd and
II has developed n strong flow Of salt
water on Pond Run. Parkersburg
district. the Cinch OF and Gas Com
pany's test on the II +. Saver farm
is a duster IN the second Cow Run
sand
Shot and Inpr0yrd.