The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-03-12
OIL AND GAS
DEVELOPMENT
OF TR+STATE
Latest Reports OF Operations In
West Virginia, Pennsy-
vania and Ohio.

I%oA BIlllaT GlHloJl
Vanla and Ohio.
Next To the tcn-cent advance in the
! crude market the feature OF most i'm
pOrtAnCc came near the close OF tho
week. when the United Fuel Gas Com
Pany drilled in wildcat on the I'm
perial COlIiery Company'B tract. To-
Gated on Cabin creek in Cabin Creek
district. Kanawhu county. Not until
IL has been shot will It's status As n
producer be known. \ good showing
Oi oil was developed in the B"rea grit
and twill make Il producer. The To-
CHtiOR IL about two miles northeast
Ot the Columbus Prod ucing Com
pany's production on the Williams
Coal COmpany's tract II In thought
the new well shows an extension to
that development and If the theory
proves correct il will show that the
producing formation extends for Il
distance of more than three and one
half miles OIL Il northeast and south
west line. In all of the previous eli
forts made To find an extension to
Z the Berea grit development on the
Williams coal tract. outside Of the ra-
dius of the Columbus Producing Com
pany's holdings, the United Fuel Gas
COmpHny's venture on the Imperial
Collnry COmnany's property is the
first To get oil in paying quantities.
Within the last six years. Eanawhn
county has furnished more new pro-
durton than any other county In the
state. The best discovery was the
SQuaw sand field in FIX district. To-
Gated on Blue creek. This was fol-
lowed by the Weir sand development
in the same district and located on
The same stream. At the present
time The Cabin Creek districts looks
the most promising for new produC
lion. There arc other lower cOun
ties which have not been fully tested
and before the close Of the year may
tested
Lligm Wells in Old Districts.
On the south fork Of Hughes river.
Murphy district. Richie county. S.
NJ. Whan drilled his No G OH the
Observation-Disclosures ghZthe
salt sand and ii is good for five bar
rels a day from that=level. light.
gas pressure was developed In the
keener sand. Near BearsviIle, Cen
terviIle district. Tyler county. the
Carnegie Natural Gas Company has
at last put lis test on the j. Is. Riggs
farm to pumping from the Big Injun
sand and IT is good for seven or eight
barrels Il day There is little new
work under way and starting In the
vicinity.
On Browns run. Clay district. Wet
eel county. the Manufacturers Light
and Heat Company is starting test
on the Sarah a. Saxton farm. On
Long Drain run. in the same district.
the Philadelphia Company drilled
second test on the Mary Earnshaw
farm through the Big Iniun sand and
secured light gasser. There ia
quite q little new work starting in
the district. On the same stream, the
Carnegie Natural Gas Company ia
starting second test OH the W. f.
Higgtnbotham farm.
On Knob Fork in Clay district. the
Hope Natural Gas Company has the
material on the ground at location
on the James StrosnIder form. On
Sugar run. Center district the same
company is building the rig for n sec
nnd test on the Christie Br0Okover
farm On Long Rain run, the same
company has made location on the
G.. l.. Merriner farm. On Fishing
creek the Manufacturers Light and
Heat Company is starting a test on
the S. Potts farm.
Drilling in New Territory.
In the trend of developments ex-
tending on II southwest line, Clay
county is one Of the mosthfavorable
located. The Big Injun sand devel-
opment in Union district shows in
creased operations and a part OF 1t
of the experimental kind. On Elk rfv-
or in Union district. $500 feet south
east OF the Samples Oil Companv's
test on the Harvey Samples farm. the
Chalmers Oil and Gas Company has
the rig completed for n test on the
Cornell heirs farm.
In the Weir sand development on
Blue Creek. Elk district. Kanawha
county. the South Penn Oil Company
shot No. Z OH the j, v. II. skinner
farm and increased its production
from fifteen TO seventy-tivc barrels
day. no. 12 on the same farm. was
also given a shot. hut failed to re-
spond. The South Penn Oil Company
and the Ohio Fuel oil Company are
starting little new work in this dis
trlct. The last named company has
rigs completed for tests on the ]. a.
Cross, l. Myers and Henry Simpson
farm and OH the Three Mile Fork
Land Company's tract. On Indian
creek in the same district. operators
are developing some light Weir sand
territory.
Roane county has some experiment
tai work starting. On Spring creek.
Spencer district. the Spring Creek
Oil and Gas Company has made To-
cation on the I. Morris Perot farm.
On Big Roose run. Center district,
Calhoun county. G. l.. Cabot has start
ed to drill on the Jane Wilson farm.
Richie county. shows an increase
In development work and will be one
of the most active when conditions
for field work are more favorable
In Murphy district. the Ward OIL
Company llnE started to drill test
On the I. B. Markey farm. The Cairo
Oil Company has the rig completed
for test on another part of the farm.
The South Penn Oil Compnny's test
on the Mary S. Jackson farm, COM
pleted early in the week and which
was showing for good producer,
is not better than light pumper.
Southeastern Ohio.
In the southeastern Ohio fields the
week OF DEVELOPMENT work was or