The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-09-01
OIL AND GAS
DEVELOPMENT
OF TRI-STATE
Latest Reports Of Operations In
West Virginia, Pennsyl-
vania and Ohio.

west virginia ana SDutheaSlcFh OnlO
fields show nothing better than light
wells in all late competitions, while dry
| holes are quite numerous.
In the Cabin creek development in
I Cabin creek district. Kanawha county,
/ the South Penn Oil Company has COM
I pctcd and shot its second test we'll on
/ the Coalburg Colliery Company's tract
I and has a fifteen barrel day producer
\ from the Weir sand.
/ In the Hurst pool, in Troy district.
/ Gilmcr county the Philadelphia Gas
I Company has completed It's initial test
well on the II. II. Patton farm in the
| Gantz sand and tho hole filed up 1900
feet with oil in the ensuing twenty
four hours.
GasSer In Tyler County.
In McElroy district. Tyler county,
two and one-half miles west OF Shir-
| ley the Hope Natural Gas Company
has completed its initial test well on
the y. y. Furbec and brother farm
through the Big Injun sand and has
| good gasser in that formation.
On Jakes run, In Clay district,
Monongalia county, the Pentriss Gas
Company has completed its second test
well on the Price heirs farm through
the Bayard sand and it is ten barrel
day producer.
In the same district the gas com
panies have been drilling number OF
wells and fair gassers have resulted in /
most instances.
on the A. l. Tenant farm, in the
same district, the Carnegie Natural
Gas Company has completed Its initial
test well and has fair gasser from
the Bayard. sand
In the same locality. the Hope Nat
ural Gas Company has completed its
third test on the Occie NJ Tenant
farm and has gas well in the Bayard
sand. The same companys No. l on
the A. !. Tenant farm in the same
district is completed and is fair gas
well in the Bayard sand.
The PIttsburg and West Virginia
Gas Company has completed its initial
test well on the j. K. Moore farm, in
Clay district, Monongalia county, and
has a good gasser in the Bayard sand
In the Martin pool, in Tyler county,
lnghram and Company have completed
| their initial test well on the j. U. La
GEAR farm through the Keener and
lnJun sands and 1t is buster.
Southeastern Ohio.
On the Ohio side. in Brush Creek
township, Muskingum county, the Clay
Oil and Gas Company has completed
its No. n well on the Moses Notes.-The
farm and has ten barrel day pump
er in the Bcrea grit sand. This loca-
| ton is $50 feet south of the same COM
| pany's No. 16 on this farm.
In Penn township, Morgan county,
T. w. Pitts has completed his third
test well on the George B. Dugan farm
and has n five barrel n day pumper in
! the Peeker sand.
In the Willis Creek development, in
Island Creek township, Jefferson
county, Elliott brothers have com,
pleted their initial test we'll on the II. !
Mathers farm in the Berea sand and it
is dry. This location is 700 feet south
of the Dean Oil Company's test on tho
j. A. TenEyck farm.
In jackson township Muskingum
| county, the Columbus Oil and Fuel
Company has completed its initial test
on the A. ]. Drum farm and has a
five barrel a day pumper from the
\ Clinton sand The well is located 1000
4 feet southeast Of the same company's
initial test on the Jacob Ashcroft
\ farm.
Near Stockport, in Penn township,
Morgan county, II. p. Bode and others
have completed their well on the Addie
Harper farm and have a three barrel
\ day Pccker sand producer.
The Oil Market
\ The prices paid for oil of yorIous