The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-09-30
OIL AND GAS
DEVELOPMENT
OF TRI-STATE
Latest Reports of Operations In
West Virginia. PennsyI-
yania and Ohio.

tdIlld anu UIll0s
The new pool on Dents run, Man
nlngton district, Marion county, w.
Va, is now the leading attraction in
the eastern fields. The Delmar Oil
Company's No "a on the John L.
Hays farm Is fine producer. For
the twenty-fouT hours ending at I
o'clock yesterday morning the well
produced $40 barrels. Huffman and
Hickman's No. on the Alfred Ken
dali farm produced 757 barrels dur
ing the same period. w. +. Bartletts
No. ] on the y. e. Batson farm has
increased its production to 400 bar
rels day, The South Penn Oil
Company's No. 8 on the Hoard-Bat-
son farm produced 100 barrels the
first nineteen hours after 1t was
drilled into the pay. 1t Is expected
to increase Its production when
drilled deeper. At the present time
the pool has production Of 2.260
barrels day.
On Morgan run in the smithfield
district, Wetzel county, the South
Penn oil Company drilled No, 81 on
the Blacksire-Wells farm into the
Big Injun sand and will shoot and
test 1t In that formation. Unless it
proves profitable producer they
Will drill to the Gordon formation.
In the Big lnjun sand development
on Fishing creek, Green district, the
Wildwood Oil Company is due in
the sand at No. 3 on the s. L. Nor
gan farm.
In the same district the DOMAIN
OIL Company has started to drill
test on the 2. NJ. Cochran farm ana
Dixon and Pyles are drilling a test
on the George Cross farm. The
Pennsylvania and West Virginia Gas
Company is drilling n test on tho
Nancy Barr farm and the Manufac-
turers Light and Heat Company is
drilling test on the ]. w. Taught
farm. In the northern end OF the
field Samuel Morgan Is due in the
sand Mt test on the Thomas Carroll
farm. The Silver Hill Oil Company
has started to drill second test on
the c. S. Headley farm. In Green
brier district, Doddridge county, the
Carter Oil Company Is drilling in
the sand at test on the b. w. Foo
ley farm, and b. c. Mcintyre and
Company are due in the Big Injun
at test on the b. w. G. C. Shrader
farm. The Philadelphia Company's
test on the Garner farm is a light
Easser, in the MaXon sand.
Southeastern Ohio.
Neither the shallow sand nor the
deep sand territory in southeastern
Ohio is supplying better than light
producers. In the deep sand terri
tory there is experimental work
starting and the prospects for new
production are quite favorable. In
the extreme northern end OF the
field the Logan Natural Gas Com
pany drilled test on the Henry Ben
ham farm located two and one-haif
miles north of production in Pike
township, Coshocton county, through
in that formation. In the same town.
ship the 0hio-Rochester Oil and Gas
Company is due in the sand at a
test on the Mary E. Mckee farm. Tho
same company is drilling a second
test on the Isaac Morris farm.
In the northeast corner of the
state in Ashtabula county, located
one mile north OF Saybrook, the
Commercial Oil and Gas Company
! has completed a well on the Walker
lfarm and got a gasser with capac-
ity Of I,250,0OO cubic feet a day.
4 This Ia the only well drilling in that
section at this time.
Shallow Territory.
In the Reas Run district, indie
pendence township. Washington
county, Sophia Higgins completed
4 No. on the c. r. Mchlahan farm
and 1t is buster in the Big Injun
sand. In South Uhrichsville, Tus-
carawa county. local company has
drilled a test on the Uhrich heirs
farm through the Berea grit and 1t
shows for light pumper. This To-
cation Is one-half mile south Of the
recent completion, a light pumper,
on the Parish heirs farm. Since
the completion of the last named
excitement and leasing in the vicin-
ity OF Uhrichsville has been very ac-
tive.
Southwest Pennsylvania.
On Kuhn run, Spring Hill town
ship, Greene county, Pa, the Car
negie Natural Gas Company drilled
a test on tho S. b Keffer farm
through the Gordon sand and has
a fair gasser. IN the same district
the Little Four oil Company Is
down 1876 feet at a test on the
Sarah Roach farm and fishing.
The OH Market.
The prices paid for oil OF various
grades by the purchasing agencies
are:
Pennsylvania ........... $40
Mercer black ............... 100
New Castle ................ 100
Corning Observation-Disclosures. 100
Cabeu Observation-Disclosures. 1872
Somerset ................ 1.75
Ragland ............... 80
North Lima ....... 1.4S