The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-08-20
oil AND GAS
. DEVELOPMENT
OF TRI-STATE
latest Reports Of Operations In
West Virginia, PennSyI-
VanIa and Ohio.

! the same TBhSUH ID NAAA1AIS"'HH =,
operators are keeping a close watcn
on the market, In Analysing general
conditions, operators and producers
Nro Of the opinion that tho demand for
crude OF the Pennsylvania grade Is so
far in advance OF production that to
further reduce the market Will cause
partial suspension OF Development
work and cause a greater loss In pro-
duction. 1t Is the consensus OF opin-
ion that It would not be advisable 10
drill for light VOLS, such as the east
arm fields are furnishing, II the market
goes much lower. Eastern producers
are frank to admit that tho eastern
market has stood up remarkably well
IN the face Of tho various large reduc-
lions in the market price of mid-coti-
tInetn crude. within a month mid;
continent crude has been reduced
from $1.55 to nInety-Ave cents During
tho same period Pennsylvania CRUDE
Inns been reduced from $3.50 10 $3.50
Al the present time there is differ
ence of $1.35 n barrel between the Two
grades, in favor Of Pennsylvania crude
Field Developments
On Middle Island creek, Ellsworth
district. Tyler county, W. Va, Kelley
md Company completed second test
on the Haddox heirs farm and 1t
shows for a ten or fifteen barrel pump
or IN the Maxon sand. On Franks
run Mcclellan district, Doddridge
county, the Hope NATURAL Gas Com
many has now drilled It's test on the
/ O. Wilcox farm throug hall sands.
1t is a duBter In all formations ana
located three-fOhrths Of mile north
o1st Of the South Penn OIL Company's
No. ! on the AbSolam Ash farm.
The Philadelphia Company's test on
tho G. Coagray farm, located on long
Drain run. Church district, Wetzel
county. is a gasser in the Big lnjun
sand. On Dents run, Warrington dis
trIct. Marion county, f, W. Bartletts
we'll on the Q. II. Fatson farm pro-
duced 27S barrsl, as shown by the
gauge for the twentytfour hours end
Ing last evening at o'clock.
Harrison County COmplctOns.
On Pole Camp run. Union district,
Harrison county the Hope Natural
Gas Company drilled test on the D.
M Cofilndatfer farm through the Fifth
sand and developed a fair gaSSer. On
tho West Fork river in tho same dis
trlct. the vespor Gas Company's test
nm the George IoWther farm Is pro-
duting twenty-five barrels day from
tho Gordon sand. IN the same locality,
Charles Harris drilled HIS test on the
Mary A. Highland farm through the
Gordon and found It barren, 1t VIII
DO drilled to tho Fifth sand.
On Dents run, Warrington district,
Marion county, NcIsaac and Clayton's
No, 4 on the Henry n. Straight farm
dry in the Thirty-foot sand, has been
drilled to the Gordon and Is a fair
gasser. In the same district, the. Del
mar OIL Company is starting NO. "a
on the A. ]. Hays farm.
Fair Producer In KannWha County.
In the Weir sand development on
Blue creek, Elk district, Kanawha
county. the South Penn OIL Company
drilled No. II on the W. A Mac
Corkle farm through the sand and It
produced twenty-five barrels the hrst
twenty-four hours. In the Big 1njun
yand development in Union district,
Clay county, tho Chalmers OIL and Gas
Company completed No. 2 on the Con
neil heirs tract and It shows very little
oil,
Drilling and Starting Tests.
On Rock run, Freeman's Creek dis
trlct, Lewis county, the Philadelphia
Company has the rig completed for a
lost on the W. @. Allen farm, On the
same stream and in the same dlsrtict,
the Philadelphia Company has started
to drill test on the Shelton Minter
farm. On Columns creek. Tenmile
district, Harrison county, the Raccoon
oil and Gas Company. is due to get the
Filth sand al test on the G. M.
Thompson farm,
On Frozen Camp run, Curtis district,
! Roane county, the. United Fuel Gas
| Company is drilling tests on the War
rem Miller, Marcollus Hart and M W..
Hickman farms, In Clay district
Monongalla county, the PittBbprg and
West Virginia Gas Company has rigs
I'm ON tho Enos Warmer and Alfred
Henderson, farms. The Pentress Gas
Company is drilling on the Price heirs
and Hall-Thomas farms. Tho Carnegie
Natural Gas Company is drilling on
the A. l. Tenant and F. B. Wright
farms and has a rig completed on the
Hannah johnson farm.
Southeastern Ohio.
At the close,oi the week the deep
sand territory in southeastern Ohio
furnished the best producers, South
fNew straightsyille, Ward township,
l Hooking county, the Ohio Fuel Supply
Company completed and shot It's sec
ond test on the Quigley heirs farm
and 1t produced seventy-fVe barrels
the ensuing twenty-four hours In the
southeast quarter OF section 80. Green
township, Cowell. Cochran and Funk
have made the location for q test on
the r, S. Case farm. This will be q
GOOD test in advance Of the southwest
Extension. In the northwest quarter
Of section % the Universal Oil and
Gas Company will drill a test on the
Amanda Nutter farm.
In the onrthern end OF the held IN
Licking township, Muskingum county,
the Columbus oil and Fuel Company
drilled a second test on the L S. no,
mine farm through the Clinton SAND
and it shows for a fifteen barrel pump