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-
vania and Ohio.

Il ne new pun Du 1JGul , EuIlf ahhAA-
nfngton district, Marion county. w.
Va. is now the leading attraction In
the eastern fields. The Delmar oil
Company's No. "a on the John Il.
Hays farm Is fine producer. For
the twenty-four hours ending at Z
o'clock yesterday morning the we'll
produced $40 barrels. Huffman and
Hicknan's No. 3 on the Alfred Ken
dali farm produced 757 barrels dur
ing the same period. w. f. Bartlett's
No. i on the 2. r. Batson farm has
increased its production to 400 bar
rels day. The South Penn OIL
Company's No. 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 whom
drilled deeper, At the present time
the pool has production Of 1880
barrels a 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 II
proves profitable producer they
Will drill to the Gordon formation.
In tho Big lnjun sand development
on Fishing creek, Green district, the
Wildwood Oil Company is due in
tho sand at No. 3 on the s. L. Nor
gan farm.
In the same district the DOMAIN
Oil Company has started to drill a
test on the q. y. Cochran farm and
Dixon and Pyles are drilling a test
on the George Cross farm. The
Pennsylvania and West Virginia Gas
Company is drilling test on the
Nancy Barr farm and the Manufac-
turers Light and Heat Company Is
drilling test on the j. w. Taught
farm. In the northern end of the
field Samuel Morgan is due in the
sand at test on the Thomas Carroll
farm. The Silver Hill Oil Company
has started to drill second test on
the G. S. Headley farm. In Green
brier district, Doddridge county, the
Carter OIL Company Is drilling in
the sand at a test on the d. w. Foo
ley farm, and B. C. Mcintyre and
Company are due in the Big Injun
at test on the D. w. G. c. Shrader
farm. The Philadelphia Company's
test on the Garner farm is a light
gasser 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-half
miles north Of production in Pike
township, Coshocton county, through
the Clinton sand and found nothing
in that formation. In the same town
ship the Ohio-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
farm and got gasser with capac-
ity of 1,250,000 cubic feet day.
This Is 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
No. 5 on the G. r. McMahan farm
and 1t is buster in the Big Injun
sand. In South Uhrichsville, Tus-
carawa county, local company has
drilled test on the Uhrich heirs
farm through the Berea grit and 1t
shows for a light pumper. This To-
cation is one-half mile south Of the
recent completion, a light pumper,
on tine Parish heirs farm. Since
the completion, of the last named
we'll there has been good deal of
excitement and leasing in the vlcin-
ity of Uhrlchsville 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 the S. B. Keffer farm
through the Gordon sand and has
fair gasser. In the same district
the Little Four OIL Company is
down 1875 feet at a test on the
Sarah Roach farm and fishing.
The Oil Market.
The prices paid for oil Of various
grades by the purchasing agencies
are:
Pennsylvania ............ $40
Mercer black ............... 100
New Castle observation-disclosures. 100
Corning ................. 100
CabeH observation-disclosures. 1872
Somerset .......*...... Its
Ragland ...... 80
North Lima ............,.... I.4e-