The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-05-23
THE cLARKsBURG TELEGRAM TUESDAY, Ma g. 1916

Grst Is good for ten barrels aud tho
last three barrels e day. On Elm
run. Grant district. the Standard
Fuel OIL Company completed No.
% on the J. T. Layheld farm and has
light pumper In the Big 1niun sand.
r. E. L. Frymier drilled test on
the 1. N. Cokley farm, located on
Third run. Union district, through
The Squaw sand and II shows for a
Ave barrel pumper. On Sugar creek.
Fayette district, Peasants county.
Albert Nelly G Company's second tesc
on the Smiley Wagner farm is a ten
barrel pumper in the Keener sand.
On McKim creep, Meade district.
Tyler county, Warren Smith T. Com
pany drilled through the Big Injun
sand at their test on the Anna NJ.
Smith farm and gave 1t shot. 1t
is showing little oil. On Elk Fork,
McElroy district, the Hope Natural
Gas Company's test on the Samuel
Morgan farm is gasser in the Big
Tnjun sand. On Bens Run, Union
district. the Cole Run Oil Company
completed test on the M. Neusch-
wander farm and It shows for a AZ
teen barrel pumper In the Big .Injun
sand.
Fair Pumper in Wetzel County.
On Fishing Greek, Green district,
Wetzel county, the Egan Oil and Gas
Company has completed second test
on the J. II. King farm. 1t Is good
for twenty barrels a day In the Big
1njun sand. In Washington district,
Peasants county, Zanhiser and Com
pany completed No. on the ].
Bills farm and have light pumper.
On Little Bingamon creek, Lincoln
district, Marion county, the Hope
Natural Gas Company's test on the
w. E. Terrick farm is a gasser In the
Fifty-foot sand.
Gasser Spraying on.
Near Chapmanvllle, logan county.
local gas company has drilled
wildcat into the Big Lime formation
and developed 5000, 000-foot gas
ser. 1t Is also spraying oil at the rate
OF five barrels day. The fact that
well is spraying oil possibly indicates
that pool of oil can be had in some
direction from the gasser. There
will be more tests drilled in that To-
cality.
In Harper district, Roane county,
the Sidney OIL and Gas Company,
Successors to the Pocatalico OH
Company is drilling a test on the
w. B. Hunt farm and rigging up at
tests on the Thomas Ashby and s. J.
Ray farms. On Laurel Creek, Spen-
Ger district. the Fisher Oil Company
has started to drill No. 3 on the
w. w. Short farm. On Little Trace
rum otter district. Braxton county,
Carter, Sheets G Jarvis have the rig
completed for test on the David
Shock heirs farm. On Barn run,
Birch district. Ira G.Snyder is rigging
up at test on the Bishop Mace farm
On Little creek, Glen district. Wetzel
county. c. E. Kite and Company are
building the rig for test on the
Wetzel county poor farm.
Southeastern Ohio.
Light bumpers and busters are the
result of the development work in the
Marietta field, Washington county.
o. Out Of thirteen competitions five
are ldry, holes and four very light
bumpers. The combined production
Of the four wells in the producing
list amounts to but six barrels. The
result of operations in this district
does not differ greatly from work in
other shallow sand territory.
Southeast of the old Scio field in
North township, Harrison county,
u, Reece and Terrell have started to
drill test on the C. F. Heidy farm.
In the same district, Callahan and
Company's test on the N. Amos farm
Is a duster in the Berea grit. Tho
Butterfeld Oil Company is drilling a
test on the John Butteraeld farm.
Southwest Pennsylvania,
Near Dunn Station. Morris town.
ship, Washington county, Pa, Gard
and McBride's No. 3 on the Dunn
heirs farm has been completed and
shows for n ten-barrel pumper. The
location Is 1000 feet east of the Arco
OIL Company's test on the ]. s, Wat
son farm. West Of Washington the
Manufacturers Light and Heat Com
pany has drilled No. 8 on the DR.. ].
W. stockton farm into the sand and
II shows for a twenty-barrel pro-
Queer.
Back Of Baden. Allegheny county.
the Fair Gas Company completed
second test on the Dunn heirs farm
and scored buster. In the Imperial
district, ]. T. Kelley and Company
have drilled test on the John Scott
heirs farm into the 100-foot sand
and 1t shows for a god producer.
New Chs Company Incorporated.
The Clarksburg Manufacturers
Gas Company has been granted
certificate of Incorporation under the