The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-06-11
OIL AND Gas
DEVELOPMENT
OF TRFSTATE
lafBSi 3spwtS Of Operations b
Nest Virginia, PenRSya-
Fa1ia and Ohio.

The end Of tho weeks development
wur& the cast0rn fields attracted
but tito attention. The guHher on
the Iiigginbornan farm In Manning
ton district, Marion county, conplot-
cd the previous weOk caused quito a
OOmmotion and tho csos0 Of the past
week operators were huHtiing to start
now work In that locality. Tho
rapldity with which tho gusher on tho
.HigginbOthRm farm han declined
1would seem TO indicate that II 10
drawing Its production from u large
area Of producing territory and some
disappointments are likely to be en-
countered when the wells now start
ling are completed The great trouble
has been when u discovery like tho
gusher In any locality there ia twice
as much new work started AZ war
lranted by the location and tho result
lin the end shows but few have profit
Cd by the discovery. What opera
tors in the eastern fields most desire
at this time Ia the discovery OF some
1gtriotly new producing territory. cap
able OF expansion into n field or pool
or appreciable Dimensions. In the
absence OF such discovery. operators
are devotinE their attention to dcvcl-
1oping old territory with no hope OF
Igetting anything better than light
bumpers.
The best completion OF the week
was the Hope Natural Gas CompRny's
Hest on the c. f. Nicholson farm. To-
Gated on Spring run, New Milton dis
|trict, Doddridge county. II WAS cred
|ited with a production OF 40 barrels
1 the FIRST twenty-four hours after It
was drilled into the Big Iniun pay.
while the well Is not located in
Istrictly new territory, It will call out
|some new work.
Light Pumper In Wood County
In Union district. Wood county the
South Penn OIL Company drilled No
|l6 on the P. O'Brien farm through
|the second Cow Run sand and has Il
Hight pumper In that formation. In
the same district tho Byers on Com
|pany drilled No. 4 on the C. +. & V.
IL. Elliott farm through the same for
'mation and got dustCr. In the same
district the South Penn Oil Company
rs drilling No. II on the J. B. Hendcr-
|shot farm. The Brown-Watterson
Ion Company has the rig completed
flor a test on the Jacob Sweeney
farm.
In the Weir sand development on
Indian creek. Elk district KRnRwha
county, the Ohio Fuel oil Company
drilled No. on the William II. Cav
lender farm through the sand and II
lis good for ten barrels day. In
the same district. the Empire Pctro-
|leum Company completed It's test on
tho William Jarvis farm. II is good
for twenty barrels day in the same
FORMATION. In Big Sandy district.
Company has q Ave-bRrrel pumpsr in
the Levi Del farm.
On Miller's run. Spencer district.
Rosne county. c. L. Cabot drilled a
a second test on the NJ. J. Summers
farm into the Berea grit and devel-
oped a fair gas pressure and tho well
Is spraying some oil. On Big Root
creek. Center district Calhoun
county. C. L. Cabot has fair gasscr
in tho Big InJun sand at his test on
the Jane Wilson farm. on the sam"
stream and In the same district he is
drilling test on the J. HOlbcrt
farm.
Lincoln County Compilations.
Compilations In Lincoln county are
arriving with a good deal OF regular
tty as to numbers and size. Very
few OF the wells have an initial pro
duction OF more than ten barrels.
but on the other hand very few are
busters. On Laurel Fork. Duynl dis
trict. the United Fuel Company No
g on the Horse Greek Coal and Land
CompHny's tract is m ciEht-barreI
amber oil producer in tho Bcroa grit.
On Porter's Fork in the same district
the South Penn Oh Company has n
fve-barrel pumpcT on the Horse