The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-11-12
OIL AND GAS
DEVELOP NENT
OF TRI=S.TA|TE
Latest Reports Of Operations In
West Virginia, Pennsy!-
Vania and Ohio.
AT the close OF The week develop

Taken. as a whole the discoveries Of
the week attracted very little atten-
tion. The Dents Run pool in MINI
,ninEton district, Marion county, FUR /
nished a fair producer during the ear
~ part OF the week when the pelmar
Oil Company drilled in It's NO. p on
the John u Hays farm. The we'll
produced 400 barrels the first TWEEN y-
four hours and declined rapidly. In
supplying good producers the south
eastern Ohio deep sand fields went
ahend of West Virginia.
One anu one-half miles east OF the !
Dents Run pool, the Hope Natural
Gns Company completed a test on the
ella Kinsey farm and got a fifteen
barrel pumper inthe Thirty foot sand.
Had the we'll come in a buster ~,
would have been no great. surprise
since 1t is located between two dry
holes. The Delmar Oil Company shot
its Nos: "a and IS on the John 10. 4
Hays farm and increased the prodnc-
ton Of No. "a to $50 barrels and NO. 4
.25 to 400 barrels. The last twenty
four hours gauge Of the NO. on
the z. E. Batson farm was 995 bar
rels.
On indian creek, Elk district,
xanawha county. the South Penn OIL
Company shot No. I on the II. q
Morris farm and it shows for a.light
pumper. IN the same district, the
Ohio Fuel Oil Company drilled Its No.
HI on the John c. Shirley farm from
the Squaw to the Weir sand and gave.
it shot and it is n light pumper In
the lower formation.
Gessers in NVctZel County.
Gas we'll are the result Of late
compilations in Wetzel county. On
n {ufT
negie Natural Gas Company's test on
the IS. "a. Henderson farm is light
gasser in the fourth sand. On Fish
ing creek. Grant district, the Hope
Natural Gas Company got one Of the
same kind in the Maxon sand at
second test on the Mrs. r. M. Wiley
farm. On Long Drain run, Church
district, the Manufacturers Light and
Heat Company has a light gasser in
the Big Injun sand atits second test
on the NJ. "a. Teagarden farm.
on Big ELK creek, Sardis district.
Harrison county, ]. W. Agnew and
Company have drilled NOD on the a;
IA. Bennett farm through all sands and.
found nothing. On the Little Kan
awha river. Center district Calhoun
county, G. IL. Cabot's test4on the J. NJ.
Belts farm is a six barrel pumper in
the Salt sand. On Bull river, Sherman
district, G.. 4. Cabot shot his test on
the Louisa and Okey Ball farm and 1T
lis fair gasser in the Big lnjun sand.
Wildcat Buster.
On Elk Fork, Washington district,
Jackson county, the United Fuel Gas
Company drilled wildcat on the.
Warren Miller farm through the Berea
grit and found that and all upper for
nations barren. On the Little Kan
awha river, Sherman district, Calhoun
county the Hope Natural Gas Com
lpany drilled test on the Granville.
Rice farm to depth Of 3 ,45O feet and
found no sand formation below the
big Ipjun. It has been abandoned.
Drilling and Starting Tests.
Many test wells are drilling and
starting in1various districts. On Duck
run, Washington district. Lincoln
county, located four and one-half miles
southeast Of the production on the
Standard Fuel Gompany's farm, Je-
rome Pickins Is drilling a test on his
own farm! In the old districts IN Lin
coin county there is still a lot Of work
under way.
/ On States's Road Fork, Warrington
district, Marion county, Trench and
Allen are starting a second test on
1.-THE Anna j. KendAll farm. The same
parties are getting in rig material for
4 q test on the j. r.. Baker fnrn1. On
Dents run, the Clayton OIL Company
is due to get the sand this week at its
test on the Sarah Hays farm. In the
same district, the same company has
started to drill q second test on the
4 ~. u. Hays farm. on Bartholomew
,Irun, Ashcraft and Company are rig
Iging up test on the James Batson
farm On Middle run, Sardis district,
4 the Middle Run OIL Company is build
ling, a rig on the HARRIET Ta Arlington
farm I. y,
i on steer creek, Sherman district
Il Calhoun county, the Hope Natural Gas
il company has the rig compl eteds on the
4 III. w. Robinson FARM On Frozen Camp
run, Curtis district, Roane county, the
UNITED Fuel Gas Company is drilling
lon the g, e. Parrish farm. On FL ~
Fork, the same company has rig ur
on the David Ice farm. on Bogg's
Fork, Spencer district. Roane county
1.-THE United Fuel Gas Company Is due
lin the sandal a test or. the T. 3. Cas-;
Ito farm. sF
Southeast ern Ohio.
Few compilations are reported from
Il the south castern Ohio folds. In the
northern end of the deep sand ter
SIrttorys IN Licking township. Musking-
sum county. the Edward n. Everett
8iBOfl Company shot Its No. on thS
d Cynthia and r.: 81 Damon farm and
lit produced 125 barrels the ensuing
! ltwenty-fo nr4hou In the same dis:
y trict. the Columbus Oh and Fuel
u Company's No. g. on. the Madden
y farm, completed three weeks ago
q is holding up at sixty barrels q day
In the shallow sand territory II
Island Creek township Jeffersor
h county, thew VIII liam G: Kennedy Com.
n Ipany drilled q test on the Nv 1liam
q Randolph farm through the Beres
grit. The location j. 90 feet nortf
! LOT prodnctio ard It shows for q
Y VERY light purnper.
southwest PennsyI varia.
In the 1ngomar field, ALLEGHENY
4 count, Pa. the WILDWOOD DIX Com
n IIpany has now comp eted its test q