The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-07-28
OIL AND GAS
DEVELOPMENT
OF TRI-STATE
Latest Reports Of Operations in
West Virginia, PennSy-
yania and Ohio.


Development work in the eastern
fields shows no abatement In any
section The fact that most OF inc
work under way Is in districts that
are not expected to present anything
better than light bumpers Is no bar
to pushing 1t to completion ana
| starting more where there Is room
for additional wells. In the lower
southwest counties, DOddridge Is sup
plying al many above the average
in production as any other. On Nut
ter's Fork, West Union district, the
Carter Oil Company drilled No 4 on
the T. d and Il. Il. Swigcr farm into
the Big Injun sand and it produced
thirty barrels, natural. the first
twenty-four hours. The location IS
500 feet south Of No. | on the same
farm.
In Troy district, Gilmer county,
the Hope Natural Gas Company mas
now drilled its test on the s K. Ad-
ans farm through the Gordon sand
and found it barren. However, the
well Is not a total failure, as a falr
gas pressure was developed in the
Gantz sand. In the same district
the South Penn Oil Company is due
in the Gordon sand at No 3 on the
| Timothy Joyce farm. The Philadel-
phia Company has rigs completed FOR
I tests on the Harmon Patient and III
| c. Law farms. The Carnegie Natur-
al Gas Company is starting tests on
| the j S Davis and b. j. Rinehart
farms. In the same locality, Clarks-
bury parties have completed a rig
for test on the John LOhan farm.
Knnnwhn County Compilations.
In the Weir sand development on
Pinch creek. Elk district Kanawha |
county, the Ohio Fuel Oil Company
completed a second test on the Isa-
belle Myers farm located LOO feet
south Of No, !, and it is showing FOR
an oight-barrel pumper The United
Fuel Gas Company drilled No. 3 on
the Teltha J Gillespie farm through .
the same formation. 1t is not good .
for more than five barrels day
on Sand Branch, Duyal district 1
Lincoln county the Big Creek Devel-
opmcnt Company has the rig com
pleted for No. rs on the NJ, Spurock
farm. On Steer creek, Sherman dis
trict Calhoun county, the Hope Ma
tural Gas Company has about drilled
its test on the Huirman-Barnes farm I
through the Big Injun sand 1t is
new fifty feet in the sand and the
last twelve feet showed no improve
ment IN it's production and there is
quite little shale mixed in the sand.
The expected Improvement with
deeper drilling did not materIalizo
and It WI not make better than a |
light pumper,
Southwest Pennsylvania,
Near Dunn's station, Norris town |
ship, Washington county, Pa, the
Arco Oil Company drilled No 3 on
the j. $. Watcrson farm into the
CAN'T sand about four feet and
struck the pay The well flowed
sixty barrels the ensuing twenty-four
hours. The location is 100 feet
southeast of No on the same farm
and was about the same kind of a
producer when drilled into the sand.
About 1000 feet south of No. !
on the J. S. Watson farm, the Car
negie Natural Gas Company has
drilled a test on the ]. A. Lewis farm
through the fourth sand and it is a
light gasser There is quite little
new work under way and starting in
this district. The Freehold Oil and
Gas Company is due in the CAN'T
sand at test on the Albert Mont |
gomery farm. The Manufacturers
Light and Heat Company is drilling
test on the James Montgomery
farm and has a rig completed on the
G. X. Gray farm The Natural Cas-
Company of West Virginia has the
rig completed for a test on the Sam
ucl irwin farm. The Manufacturers
Light an1 Feat Company has rigs
completed for second tests on the d.
]. England and H. p and L. P, Dan
4 ley farms.
West of Washington, Tague and
Troutman's No, w NJ. Filby and
the Manufacturers Light and Heat
Companys No. on the L, and NJ,
. +. Ashbrook farms are both gassers.
South Of Washington, the ManuIac-
turcrs Light and Heat Company's No,
I on the S. Linn farm is a buster. In
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