The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-06-04
OIL AND GAS
Development
OF TRI-GTATE
Latest Reports OF Operations 10
West Virginia, PennSN-
Vania and Chic.

Important discoveries in the eastern
fields came with the close OF tho week.
During the early part OF the week
nothing happened in any Of the fields
to attract attention When J. j, Allen
end Company drilled in their test on
the Lewis HigEinbotham farm. located
on Dents run, Warrington district,
Marion county. W Va. they were sur
prised with the best producer found
In any part OF the eastern fields in q
number Of years. The oil was devol
Upcd IN the thirty-fOot sand and II
started 10 flow AT the rate OF twcntf
barrels an hour Drilling was aus-
pended TO make connection to the well.
hut II would not he denied and in
creased It's production 10 seventy bar
rels an hour and produced 1000 bar
rcls the first twcnty-four hours. For
the second twenty-four hours endlnE
at o'clock Saturday morning II placed
l.500 barrels TO its credit and looks
like n slayer.
Next in Importance is the prospects
for pool. II Is the general belief
that the well shows an extension to
the old P1tzcr pool. located a mile 10
the southwest and developed abou;
twelve years ago. There are several
farms in the vicinity Of the Higgin-
botham farm that have not been test
cd and there is room for considerable
development work II the territory
proves productive. II may be stated
however that all NJ the territory in
that locality is now under lease and
a number Of new locations have been
made, 1t is surprising that the terri
tory was 80 long overlooked by the
larger companies. Tho owners Of the
Higgiubotham farm are residents Of
Warrington and this is their first ven
turc In the big game for oil produc-
ton. There are other spots in West
Virginia that have not been tested so
thoroughly as this territory hut many
dry holes will be encountered before
they are discovered
On Beech Lick run. Greenbrier dis
trlct, Doddridge county. the Hope Nat
ural Gas Company's old No. Z on the
Edgar Dnvisson firm was shot in Big
Iriun sand and brought It's production
up 10 100 barrels a day. No. Q on this
farm was completed a short time ago
and is a gasser in tho Gordon sand.
In the same district, the Philadelphia
Company Is due in the sand At test on
the ". s. Cox farm but has been de-
layed with n fishing joh.
LiRht Pumper IN CAN'T Sand.
On Roberts Fork. New Milton dis
trict, DoddridEe county, the South
Penn OIL Company drilled It's test on
the ]. n. Nicholson farm from the Big
Tnjun sand TO the Gantz sand and II
Is showing for FIVE barrel pumper
from that formation. On the same
stream and in the same district, the
South Penn OIL Company has ahan-
coned its two tests on the Henry Gum
farm. Both wells were drilled into the
Gantz sand some months ago and got a
large dose or salt water. They were
put to pumping but the flow OF salt
water could not be diminished.
In Central district. Doddridge coun-
~, the Hope Natural Gas Company
completed It's test on the George Plsott
farm and secured n good gaSser In the
Big Intun sand. In the same dis
triet, the Naughton Drilling Company
q due IN the Band az a test on tho
~. Tower farm. The Chalmers OIL