The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-10-08
OIL AND GAS
DEVELOPMENT
OF TRI-STATE
Latest Reports Of Operations In
West Virginia, Pennsyl-
vanla and Ohio.


niBhed nothing out of the ordinary.
Operators and producers were moro
Interested In the expected advance in
the market than in new field discov-
cries, The fact that the advance did
not occur has not dlsparaged those
who expected It. Each succeeding
week shows improved conditions and
there are few eastern operators who
do not expect another advance in the
near future. It is reported from re-
! liable sources that refners in the
mid-continents fields are paying a
premium for some grades OF crude
far In advance of the market quota
ton
In the astorn fields the reRners
are not paying premium but are
taking all Of the oil they can get OF
the Pennsylvania grade. With win
ter approaching, field work and pro-
ductlon will decline and II the con-
sumption continues at the present
rate the margin between production
and consumption will be smaller. The
only section that promises to show
any considerable increase is located
on Dents run, Warrington district,
Marion county, w. Va. In addition
I othe wells completed there are
twelve under way and starting. All
but one are located in the vicinity OF
the producers. The gauges of the
largest wells for the twenty-four
hours ending at Z o'clock yesterday
morning were as follows: Hickman
and Humans No. 3 Alfred Kendall,
sos barrels; Delmare OIL Company
No. "a John L. Hays, 700 barrels;
W. F. Bartlett No. l z. z. Batson,
$50 barrels; South Penn OIL Company
No. 2, Hoard-Batson. $50 barrels, and
Clayton Oil Company No. /, w. u.
Hays, 100 barrels.
Light Bumpers.
In McKim district, Peasants coun-
ty. S. Y. Ramage complied No. 40 on
the Sol Pethel farm and 1t shows for
n four or five-barrel pumper In the
Cow Run sand. On Dutchman run,
Murphy district, Richie county,
Cochran and Funk drilled No. 10 on
the McGregor heirs farm through
the Salt sand and have a fifteen-bar-
rel pumper.
On Rock Camp run, sardis dis
trict, Harrison county, the Victoria
Oil Company drilled its second test
on the Charles DAVIDSON farm
through all the sands and got dus-
ter. On Fink creek, Freeman dis
trlct, Lewis county, the Rock Point
Gas Company's No. on the Susan
Snyder farm is a light gasser in the
Gordon sand.
Gassers in all Districts.
In the list of late competitions there
a F-n hup
On Scaffold run, Spencer district,
Roane county, G. l.. Cabot complet-
ed test on the j. II. Burgess farm
and 1t is Ia gasser in the Berea grit.
The rig for second test on the same
farm has been completed. On the
Little Kanawha river, Center district,
Calhoun county, G. L. Cabot's second
test on the j. S. Silcott farm is
million-foot gasser in the salt sand.
On Frozar Camp run, Curtis district,
Roane county. the United Fuel Gas
Company got one of the same size at
It's test on the Marcellus Hart farm.
On Browns Fork, Freeman's Greek
district, Lewis county, and on the
1 NJ. Riley farm on Rock run are both
gassers in the Fifth sand. On Hog
Camp run. the Reserve Gas Com
pany's test on the w. 7. Highland
farm is fair gnsser in the same for
nation. The Hope Natural Gas Com
! pany got a light show of oil In the
Gordon sand at its test on the Stella
Nicholson farm, located on Spring
run, New Milton district, Doddridge
county.
Shooting Helps.
On Indian creek, Elk district. IA
nawha county, the Ohio Fuel Oil Com
pany shot its No. on the Monter-
Vile YanCamp farm, in the Weir sand
and increased its production from
thirty-ive to sixty barrels day. On
Pinch creek in the same district, the
South Penn OIL Company has the rig
completed for No. 3 on the Louisa
Woody farm. In the same district.
the Ohio Fuel Company has started to
drill No. on the 1. Myers farm.
On Alum Fork, Freemans Greek
district, Lewis county. the Hope Nat
ural Gas Company has a gasser at
| its test on the Charles Stark farm.
On JoS. Aon fork, Greenbrier district,
Doddridge county, the Philadelph'a
Company got fair Gordon sand gas
ser at test on the D. E. Cox farm.
On Porters fork, Duval district, Lin
coin county, the South Penn OIL
Company's No. 80 on the Horse Creek
tract is fifteen-barrel pumper in
the Berea grit
Drilling and Starting Tests.
In the West Virginia fields there is
quite little test work starting. On
Middle run. sardis district, Harrison
county, the Middle Run Oil Company
is starting a test on the Harriet Talk
ington farm. On Jones run in the
same district, the Carnegie Natural Gas
Company is starting To drill on the
B. F. Heldreth farm. On Fink creek
Freeman Creek district, Lewis county
the Clarksburg Light and Heat Com
pany is drilling on the Bergett Rine-
hart farm. On Leading creek in the
same district, the same company is
starting tests on the j. b. Roher farm
On Dry Fork. the Reserve Gas Com
pany is drilling nthe Vandervort lot
and the William Wimans farm.
In Curtis, Spencer and Harper dis
tricts. Roane county, the United Fue'
Gas Company is drilling and starting
tests on the C. H. Parrish, David A
Ice. N, NJ. Hickman, Custer, Z. B.
Nicholson and NJ. NJ. Cox farms. On