The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-02-17

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fields alone were expected to furnish
a sufficient amount of crude to meet
the demands there would be nothing
to prevent an early advance.
The Dorseyvile field shows i'm
provement in the slbe OF late COM
pletions and which do not extend the
producing limits Of the field. The
National Oil and Gas Company has
drilled its No. 7 on the W. ]. Rob-
inson farm into the top Of the sec
ond pay and it started to flow at the
rate Of twenty-five barrels an hour.
No. on the same farm Is drilling
near the top Of the second pay and
will be drilled in today. The same
company is getting ready to start
Nos. 0 and 10 on the Robinson farm
and No. 3 on the Stephenson and No.
4 on the A. Haas farm.
Alexander Valleys No. on the
Jeanette McCorkle farm. south of
and an Offset to the Rushville Drill
ing Company's No. j on the seibert
farm, is flowing Mt the rate Of fifteen
barrels an hour. The best part of
the new development in the Dorsey
Vile field has been drilled over, but
there still remains a large amount
Of undeveloped territory in the older
part of the field, andsit is thought to
be capable of furnishing large
number Of small wells. All through
the spring and summer months there
will be more or less work in the old
districts. Both ten National Oil and
Gas Company and Alexander Valley
have considerable territory Of the
character named than can be devel-
oped.
West Virginia.
Development work in the West
Virginia fields differs little from
day to day. Without an exception
the best producers are light wells.
On Beech Lick Run, Greenbrier dis
trlct, Doddridge county, the Hope
Natural Gas Company drilled No. s
on the Edgar Davisson farm through
the Big 1njun sand and has light
pumper. In the same district the
South Penn OIL Company's No. s on
the r. w. Golden farm is gas well
in the Gordon sand.
In Duval district, Lincoln county.
the South Penn OIL Company drilled
Its No. 80 on the Horse Creek tract
through the Berea grit and secured a
fifteen barrel pumper. On the east side
tthe district the Tango Oil Company
Is drilling an important test on the
Nettie J. Harvey farm. Should this
well prove producer it will open con-
siderable territory to the east Of pres
ent production.
On the Guyan river, Sheridan dis
Itrlct, Lincoln county, the Columbia Gas
and Electric Company drilled No. 100
on the Guyandotte Land Association
Company's property through the Big
lnjun sand and has gasser with a
capacity of close to 100000 cubic feet
day. On Browns creek, Jefferson
district, Kanawha county, the Charles
ton-Dunbar Natural Gas Company is
drilling No. 81 on the George Russell
farm. On Indian creek, Elk district,
the Ohio Fuel oil Company has started
to drill No. 81 on the No. 2 lease on the
G. W. Morris farm.
Southwest Pennsylvania.
On Big Sewlckley creek, Beaver
county, Pa, HARRISON and Nook drilled
their test, on the Mrs. James Davis
farm through all sands and It is. a
buster. Back Of Baden j. G. Hoffman
and Company drilled their test on the
Dunn heirs farm into the 1OO-foot
sand and developed fair gasser. In
the Duff City field, Leidecker, Waiter
son and Company are drilling No. 4 on
the P. Shenet farm.
iPttsburg parties have taken up a
block OF leases near Princeton, Law
renee county, and will drill number
Of test wells during the spring and
summer. They have secured more than
1000 acres and claim that it has never
been tested. In the old MsDonald
field, Washington county, Butler oper-
ators have leased quite an acreage and
the numbe rof wells they drill are con-
tngent upon the result Of the first
competitions. In Canoe and West Ma
honing townships, Indiana county, the
T. w. Phillips Gas and OIL Company
has secured leases on very large
acreage and will do considerable work.
Recently this company has completed
line to Smicksburg and is now sup
plying the borough with gas for do
nestle purposes.
Southeastern Ohio.
In the deep sand territory in the
Union Furnace district, Hooking
county, O., the Preston Oil Company
shot its No. Q on the H. l.. Wood
ward farm, completed last week, and
It flowed forty barrels the first twen-
ty-four hours. The CHARTERS Oil
Company Is building the rig for q
test on the A. l.. O'Neil farm.
South of Saybrook, Asthbula coun-
ty, Beck and Company, Of Pittsvurs.
have drilled their test on the Squire5
farm to a depth OF 1900 feet and
have a hole full Of salt water, To
the south OF this well local parties
arc drilling two wells and both will ]
be due to get the sand this week, III
they get producers In the same for
nation as in the Dury farm test at
Saybrook, itwillbe at depth Of be-
tween 2, 400 and $500 feet.
The OH Market. 4
] The prices paid for oil Of various