The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-06-08
OIL AND GAS
Development
OF TRI-STATE
Latest Reports OF Operations b
West Virginia, PennSY-
Vanla and Ohio.

The completion OF n good well In
the eastern fields does not fail TO at
tract attention. There are not many
Of them but inspire hope and stimu-
late operations Most compilations are
light bumpers and for the most part
located In old territory. AS q gen
crnl thing there is not room for any
considerable new work in the vicin-
ltv Of q strike better thun the aver
age. Operators in the eastern fields
were never so hard pressed for new
producing territory. In recent years
much territory has been tested and
no nov fields discovered. Kentucky
has probably been making better
showing than Pennsylvania. West
Virginia or southCa stern Ohio, during
the expired portion OF the current
One or the best shallow sand com
plctIons Of recent date Is IN" Equity
OIL Company's No. 10 on IN" r. A.
Graham farm, located In the Chester
Hill district. Wesley township, Wash
ingtou county. o. The first twenty
four hours after the well was drilled
Into tho sand II produced seventy bar
rolls. and the second twonty-fOur
hours. eighty barrels. Drilling deep
or brought tie Increase In production.
II is characteristic Of the shallow
sand wells TO decline rapidly and It is
not expected that this will prove an
exception.
Deep Sand Producers.
IN the New Lexington district. Pike
township. Perry county. Ralph Bros.
drilled n test on the Allen Thompson
farm into the Clinton sand and II is
showing for the largest producer in
the district In tho same locality
Ralph Brothers are drilling a second
test on tho Frank Johnson farm and
u. y. Bennett & Company are drilling
tcst on the r. = Bennett farm.
Athens county has quito little
new work under way and starting. a
good deal Of II is OF the experimental
kind and tho recent competitions are
failures. Twelve miles north OF pro-
duction in Rome townFhir. LcoNcr &
Company drilled 'est on tho Alice
West farm through the Cow Run sand
and found nothing. In the old de-
rcloment in the same township. NAL
lorv Brothers Z Stewart drilled No
y or tho Noah T"drow fnrr0 through
tho same formation and had the same
kind Of luck. Cline q COmpany's test
on the 4. Tinstcrwall farm Is n
dustcr.
In the Cow Run district. Lawrence
township. Washington county. VII
liam Reader completed No. g on tho
Mary ]. Wallace farm and Il shows
for ten barrel pumpcr in the sec
. ,TN
Newport township. Lucy J. Hurncr q
Company have completed No. 10 on
tho Martin Hall farm and II shows for
twenty barrel producer IN tn" frst
Cow Run sand. In tho Corning field,
Monroe township. Perry county. L. J.
Edmonds & Company are drilling 4
tcst on the p. Ncwberry farm and No.
o on tho e II. McCrny farmH
Middleton & Company nre drilling
q test on tho George Wnhl farm, To-
cntcd in Center township. Monroe
county. In tho Graysvillc district,
Harley Hall Is drilling tcEt on the
Josiah Hall farm. At Jackson Ridge
Crawford Brothers are drilling q test
on the Henry Walton farm. on Trail
run. n. Tuell 4 Company arc start
ing tcst on the Elnnic TuCll farm
and the Carter Oil Company has the
rig completed for test on the II.
Rudolph farm. What is true of
these districts lr true OF nearly NIL Of
tho old districts Scarcely any with
out one or more test wells drilling
or starting.
West Virginia.
Holders Of leases in the vicinity
Of the HiGElnhotham farm. on which
gusher was drilled in last week. are
rushing new work. Fifteen new To-
cations have been made. J. J. Allen
and Company have the locations FOR
Nos. > and : on the Higginbotham
farm and are getting rig material.
Tho Dclmar oil Company has made
four locations on the Hays farm and
Il starting two. The Clayton Oil
Company has made two locations on
the Straight farm. The gusher IL