The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-20
OIL and GAS
DEVELOP NENT
OF TRI=STATE
Latest Reports Of Operations h
Nest Virginia, PennsyL-
vania and Ohio.

The Carnefgie Natural Gas Com
panv's gusher On the George Isimtn-6l
ger farm in Springfield township,
Greene county, Pa, continues to
maintain q creditable production. For
the twenty-four hours ending at
O'Clock yesterday morning the well
placed 200 barrels to It's credit. IN II
face Of the fact that ii has not been
drilled any deeper it is q very GOOD j
record. No. 2 on the same farm Is /
still holding up 1T cighty-fiye barrels
4 day. Holders or territory In that
locality are losing no time in getting
new work started.
on Long Bottom run, Cabin Greek
district. Kanawha county. w. Va,
the Columbus Producing Company
run Of good luck on the Williams
Coal Company tract continues ne
late competitions are not large put
very satisfactory producers. nos;
AZ and SO have both been completed
and shot and are good for sixty and
fifty barrels. respectively. This COM
pany will have rounded out the year
with Il larger increase in new pToduc
tfon than any other company opera
ting in West Virginia.
on Afford Branch. Duyal district.
Lincoln county. the Wayland Oil and
Gas Company drilled No. on the La
6ayette Afford farm through the Be-
rea grit and 1t shows for an eight
barrel pumper. In Elk district, ka-
nawha county, the South Penn OIL
Company, shot no. 113 on the Ban
Mister heirs farm, increasing its pro-
duction from one to nine barrels. IN
the same district the Ohio Fuel COM
pany shot No. on the G. w. White
farm and increased It's production
from two to nine barrels. Both are
old Squaw sand produces, drilled
during the early days Of the Blue
creek excitement.
Light Producer in Writ County.
on Oil run. Clay district, Writ
county, Cox and LoclShart drilled
their No on the Burton Robinson
farm through the second Cow Run
sand. 1T SHOWS for II ten-barrcl pump
err On Nutter Fork, West Union dis
trict. Doddrilge county, the Carnegie
Oil Company drilled its No. 5 on the
f.. L. Chalfant farm into the Big In
jun sand. 1t is#a very light pumper.
On the same stream and in The same
district the same company's test on
the Amanda Freeman farm is
through the Big Injun sand and has
only a light show Of oil It is nov
drilling to the Gordon sand.
Option on Bartlett Property.
It is reported that the Victoria Oil
Company has secured an option on
the f. w. Bartlett property in the
Dents Tun pool, Marion county. The
property consists OF a sixty-acre lease
in the q. e. Batson farm. on which
five wells have been completed The
average production as shown by the
last reported gauge is about 400 bar.
rels day. The prospective pur-aI
chasers are now gauging the property
IL -, iF,y1E fr11
the lease and wells is $550,000. In
the same pool the South Penn Oil
Company has drilled No. 3 on the
Hoard-Batson farm into the Thirty
foot sand and it shows for a very
light pumper.
Southeastern Ohio.
The northern end of the deep sand
territory in southeastern Ohio has
presented another good producer. It.
is located in the Junction City dis
trict, Pike township. Perry county,
and is the Ohio Cities Gas Company's
No. 3 on the D.. j. Skinner farm. The
first twenty-four hours after 1t was.
completed and shot it produced
elghty-Hve barrels. There is quite q
good deal of working starting in the
extreme northern end of the field. IN
Licking township, Muskingum coun-
ty. the Edward H. Everett Company
is drilling No. on the Q. and 7. 8.
O'Bannon farm. In the same town
ship the Ohio Cities Gas Company
| has started to drllla second test on
the Lucinda Montgomery farm. In
Pike township, Coschocton county.
the same company has started No. s.
on the w. II. Ashcraft farm. In Jack
son township the same company has
started q second test on the Robert
IAshcraft farm
Shallow Tcrr'itoy.
In the shallow territory in the
Caldwell district, Seneca township,
Noble county, Barry. Rich and Com
pany drilled second test on the
4 Barry Rich farm through the Berea
grit and it shows for small pumper.
The location IS 1900 feet east Of
production. In the New AIatamoras
i district, Washington county, Roll
stein and Company's second test on
the Catherine Yester farm is light
i punper in the Kcener sand In the
t.same district Watterson and Brown s
Il test on the Lewis TIce farm Is show
ing for q ten7barrel pumper in the
Maxon sand.