The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-13
oil AND GAS
DEVELOP MENT
Of TR|-STATE
Latest Reports OF Operations in
West Virginia, PennSN-
vania and Ohio.

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Roane county, the best of the compile
tions are not better than light produc-
ers. There Is a scarcity Of new ter
ritory and operators are nj a loss
to know where to look for new acre.
ape. When eastern operators heard
of the big gusher strike in the 'Cush-
ing field they all agreed that the hope
for another advance in the market
at an early date had been disslpateo.
The Cushing field in Oklahoma was
largely responsible for the depres-
sion Of more than year ago and II
has only recently recovered from tile
great food OF oil. After the produc-
ton of that field had dropped from
around close to 900. 900 barrels day
to $4,000 barrels 1t was no longer
regarded as a menace. With the
drilling in OF a single well the pro-
duction WIS boosted to 100,OVO bar
rels day. A.
At the close OF the week the deep
sand territory in southeastern Ohio.
made the best showing in the way OF
competitions. In the Union furnace
district, Starr township, Hooking
county, the Haydenville OIL Company,
the oil operating branch OF the Ma
tIonal Fire PROBING Company, drill
ed its No. 6 on Its own property
through the Clinton sand and has
show for a twenty-barrel producer.
This location Is in the northwest
quarter of section IS and 500 feet
east of No. 5 on the same property
which is about the same KIND OF a
producer. 1t will be given shot
and may show improvement.
The Haydenville Company has
started No. Z on the same property.
located 500 feet north and little
east of No. 6. The Preston OIL Com
pany is drilling an important test on
the u. N. and +. Gordon farm. In
old territory in the northeast quarter
Of section II, in the Gore district
Green township, the Fisher oll Com
pany has show for a good producer
at its second test on the william Lem
on farm. The we'll has been drilled
into the Clinton sand and is spray
ing oil at the rate OF Z barrels an
hour. The location Is 1900 feet
northwest of the first test on this
farm. which came in strong gasser.
In the same district, the Griffin Pro-
ducing Company is due in the SAND
at No. Z on the ]. W. Williams farm
and has the rig completed for test
on the NJ. e. Lltten farm. The Fish
er Oil Company is building the rig
for a test on the Laura A. Leslie
farm.
Light Well to the North.
In the northern end Of the deep
sand field In Hopewell township.
Muskingum county. the Columbus
on and Fuel Company has completed
and shot No. on the A. l.. Akrum
farm and it is a very light pumper:
From three to FIVE barrels q day will
be its speed. For the twenty-four
hours ending at O'Clock yesterday
morning the Carter Oil Company's
No. 3 on the John F. Klinger farm,
in the junction City district, Pleas
ants county, produced tifty-hve bar
rels.
The best wells in the shallow sand
territory are not better than light
bumpers. In the Chester Hill dis
trict, Wesley township. Washington
county. Curtin B. Fleming and Com
many drilled No. 5 on the Elizabeth
Becker farm through the Cow Run
sand and it will make a fve-barrel
bumper. In the northwest quarter
OF section .. Fairfield township Co
lumbiana county, the Victoria Oil
Company completed Nos. and 6 on
the ]. H. Henry farm and both are
very light bumpers. Both wells have
been drilled through the Big lnjun
sand. The Victoria Company is get
ting ready for an active drilling cam
paign on it's holdings in Columbiana
county.
In the southwest quarter OF sec
ton 10, Knox township, kuhns and
Company have drilled test on the
Isaac Aesch farm through the Eerea
grit and found nothing but light
gas pressure. Recently leasing has
been active in Columbiana county aud
number of test wells will be drilled
in the spring. South of Negley, near
the dividing line between Columbana
county and Lawrence county. Pa,
there is a shallow sand development
that will receive some attention.
Noble County Compilations,
Noble county is completing good
many wells and development work
is setadily increasing. Light wells
are the rule, but 1t Is shallow terri
tory and not expensive drilling. In
the Caldwell district, Center town
shin. and two miles north and In adj
vance OF production. ]. NJ. Burns and
Company have drilled a test on the
Charles Nellyer farm through the 700
foot sand and found all sands bar
rem. In the same township, the Lowe
OIL Company drilled No. Z on the
william T. Parry farm through the
Buell. Run sand and had the same
kind Of luck. In Enoch township, f.
L. Hutchinson and Company drilled
a test on the Theodore Boyd farm
through the 500 foot sand and scored
a failure. This location is two miles
southeast of production. In Olive
township, Cooper, Young and Com
pany are drilling test on the Full
lerto Caldwell farm.
West Virginia.
In Salt Lick district, BraSton
county, the Philadelphia Company
drilled test on the John Abram
farm through all sands and found
nothing. The hole has been aban-
doned. In the same district, the same
company is drilling tests ON the Mar
ion and Allie Posey farms, M. L. Rif-
Ike. Peter Sweeney. Thomas Cauley
and M. T. Tulley farms. Except for
the little Salt sand development at
Roseyville. Bravton county has not
yet gained a position IN the produc-