The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-06-07

Ou INC WVhl Slut vi lIlc buTH't NlllV
hcld the National oil and Gas Com
pRny In drilling in the thirty-tOot
sand Ht No. ON the Haas farm and
the hole has filled up 1900 feet with
fluid They expect to get the lower
pay today. Southwest Of DOrsoyVillN
In O'HarR township. the SQuNw Run
OF Company IL drilling NJ twenty
feet Ia the tOO-toot sand on the 10
sGphine Sleight farm. llRnscll and
SKATER shot No. 3 on the a. WoltoEle
farm and collapsed the casing.
buster In Washington County,
Near Dunns station, Morris town
ship, Washington county. the CRrno-
gle Natural Gas Company completed
test on the Orin Cunklin farm, lo-
Gated south OF West Union and three.
fOuths Of mile south Of the Aroo
OIL COmpany's producer on the ]. s.
Watson farm. II IL a dustcr aud adds
another to the number OF recent dis
appointments encountered In that de.
velOpmCut. In the same district the
Philadelphia Company Is due In the
sand at n test on the FOnnOrR sisters
farm. The Manufacturers Light and
Heat Company will be due to GET the
sand this week at Il tCst on the Sarah
Grey farm. In the Brush Creek field
tho Warrendnlc OF and Gas OCmpauy
IL due In the sand at u test on tho
J, d. Fowler farm. VALLEY and
Parks are due to get tho sand about
the same time at test ON tho @. Il.
Weiman farm and the High Ridge
OIL Company will be duo In few
days at a test ON the e. n. Weller
farm. valley and Parks and Mellon
and Company have riga completed
for tcstR on the Dale Shrlvcr aud Lee
Grubbs farms
West Virginia.
On Dents Run, Warrington district,
Marion county. w Va, tho Allen
and Company well on tho Higgln
hotham farm is holding up at $50
barrels n day. Some of the old line
, companies that have been operating
for yearB In that locality are Just n
little ''peeved" that nOviceR In the
business should go into a section that
( had long been regarded as worthless
and get II guBh0r A number Of
locations have boon made In tho vi
cinity fthe HlEginbOthem farm and
II 10 reported that J, j. Allen and
Company will start two more wells on
the HigginbOtham farm within the
next two weeks. Would-he loasers
have heOn attracted to the new
strike only to discover that OVOry acre
In that locality was under lease be-
toro the HiGglnbotham farm test wax
drilled in.
Light Pumper In RnRnC County.
on BoEGs Fork ~ sand Craar.
Spencer district ROauc county tho
Lee OFT OIL Company drilled lie test
on the j. a. Harris farm through tho
Big lntun sand and will not have bet
ter than flve-bRrrcl pumper. In the
same district the Fisher on Com
pany has rigs completed for No. 3 on
the ]. X. Knight and Nos. 2 and 3 on
the ". w Short farm. In SmithHeld
district the Carter oil Company's test
on the r. NJ. Perot farm Is due in the
sand.
Good Shallow Sand Well.
In the shallow sand territory in tho
Chester Hill district. Wesley township.
Washington county. o.. the Equity oil
and Gas Company drilled No 10 on the
II. A. Graham farm into the stray sand
at depth Of 1870 feet and tho we'll pro-
duced seventy barrels the first twenty
four hours. This Ia the largest we'll
that district has presented during tho
current year. In the same township
J. r Dillon's No. 2 on the II. S. Nc
p""'' farm Is n buster in the Payne
sand.
Tho OIL MnrSsets.
The prices paid for oil OF various
grades by the purchasing agonts are: