The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-03-05
OIL AND GAS
DEVELOPMENT
OF TR-STATE
Latest Reports OF Operations in
West Virginia, PennSY-
Vania and Ohio.

? The winding m of the weeks de-
.vclOpment work in the eastern fields
furnished no thrills and on the whole
the, entire week was Of as little interest
as any In n number of months. The
general run nf the compilations in all
fields was light producers and coniino ]
( exclusively TO the old districts. New
: producing territory Is the thing most
desired ut this time and operators are
only waiting for milder weather and
, they will again take up the search.
At the present market price 0f crude
! Operators will not hesitate IN drill
. for new production in sections that
! promise TO supply nothing better than
| light bumpers. Leasing up territory In
! the old districts as well as in sections
tlIat have not previously had any pro-
ductiOn is more aciiyc at this time
than ut any period in the past.
Light wells were reported from all
districts In which there were compile
tons. On Elk river in Fix district,
kanawna county. ". Va. the Ohio
Fuel OIL Company completed and shot
/ It's No. IL on The Elk River Coal Com
pany's property. located on Mill creek.
and ZOO feet south or No. > and got
nm eight barrel pumper in the Weir
sand. In Lafayette district. Peasants
county. located One-fOurth Of mile
southwest Of The test on the Oliver
Cornell farm. Nicely and Company
drilled their Test on The c. VI. Cross
! farm through tho kccncr sand and
found II barren.
CinSScr In Marshall County.
On Fish creek. Liberty district. Mar
shall county. the Laurel Run Oil and
Gas Company drilled It's test on the
H. G. Gain farm through the Gordon
sand and has light gasspr. On Fish
creek in The same district, the Louden-
vile Oil Company is drilling at loo
feet on the =. l.. Parsons farm. The
same company Is drilling lest on the
GOshorn tract The Manufacturers
Light and Heat Company Is due in the
Gordon sand nj test on the Nettie
Hicks farm. Marshall county has moro
work underway and starting than At
any time in good many years. The
chances for Gus are better thail~f0r
oil and the demand for the former is
greater at this time than the supply,
During the recent cold weather some
nf the gas companies supplying gas 10
mills and manufacturing plants have
had to discontinue the service on ac-
count OF tho inadeluacy of the supply
to meet the demand at industrial
plants and domestic consumers. Some
rF In t,t1n
line pumping stations have been shut
down and others arc again using coal
for fuel.
Light Pumper In WctzeI County.
In The Big lnjun sand development
on Fishing creek in Green township.
Wetzel county. located seven miles
west of Pine Grove. the Manufacturers
Light and Heat Company drilled its
test on tho Evan Morgan farm through
the sand and will not have better than
five barrel pumper Recently there
has been sale of producing property
in this district consumated. The prop
Grty thai changed hands is ihe New
Martinsyille Oil and Gas Compnny's
holdings consisting Of lease on the
S. L. Morgan farm, on which there are
eleven producing wells with conf
hined production of lis barrels day.
A part Of 1t is new production and the
price paid is reported to have been
| 100000. II the price ut which the
/ property was sold is correctly report
cd IL would be at the rate of $500 n
barrel and that Is going some for pro-
duction in that territory. This IS the
second reported sale Of producing
properties to eastern capitalists during
the last week.
Drilling and Starting Tests.
Harrison county Is leading in test
work under way and starting. On
Salem Fork. Tcmmile district. the Uni
versal OIL Company is building rig
for another test on the Belle i. Ran
dolph farm. On Raccoon run. Carter
Sheets and Company are drilling on
the Ida L. Davisson farm. On Halls
run, Carter. Sheets and Jarvis are
building a rig on the William Jarvis
farm. On Rock Camp run, Sardis dis.
trlct. the same parties arc putting In
the last string of casing ut test on
/ the NJ. X. Davisson farm. On the same
stream. Eluffmyer and Deegan arc
placing the timhers on the l.. L. Stew.
art farm. In the same locality, ID. J.
Carter and Company have the timbers
on the ground for n rig on the Della
Rogers farm. On Tcnmile creek, Par
IRISH and Grove have the road cOmplet-
ed to its location on the w. r. Allen
farm.
On SANDY crock Rovenswnnd die
trict. Jackson county, John Badly and
Company arc down 1000 feet at a
wildcat on the X. s. Nutter farm. They
are putting down this test with a drill
ing machine and whether 1t is a pro-
Queer or buster will do some more
testing in Ravcnswood district. Roane
county has some experimental work
On Spring creek. Spencer district. G.
L. Cabot is drilling at 1000 feet on
the NJ. ]. Summons farm and on Frozen
Camp run. the United States Fuel Gas
Company is drilling at 1900 feet on
the Stewart McCrady farm. On Big
Root run, Center district. Calhoun
county, G. i. Cabot is starting work
on the Jane Wilson farm.
southeastern Ohio.
The shallow sand districts in south
eastern Ohio are not improving In de-
velopment work or the size OF the
wells they are completing. In the
Graysville district. Washington town.
ship. Monroe county. C.. o. Black
drilled No. 6 on the WHITAKER heirs
farm through the squaw sand and has
a ten barrel pumper. In the Newport