The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-20
OIL. AND GAS
DEVELOPMENT
OF TR|-STA7E

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Latest Reports Of Operations 10
West Virginia, PennsN-
yania and Ohio.
/. The weekend of development work
In the eastern fields differed very lit
tie from that at the close of the pre-
ceeding week. Fewer wells were COM
pleted and average size was uncom-
fortably small. Those who were ex-
pecting an advance in the credit bal
ance market were disappointed for 1t
remained at $2.35, notwithstanding
the market for middle West crude
was advanced ten cents \ Darrell Pro-
ducers and operators are hopeful and
insist that the field conditions are oil
in favor of an advance. Operations
are increasing. but the territory Is OF
such nature that the amount OF new
production must necessarily be small.
There will have to be decided I'M
proyement in field work to come any
way near supplying enough high
grade crude to meet the demand. OPP
orators are as much In the dark as
to where 1t is to come from as at any
time in the last four years.
There Is about as much interest
centercd in the test wells now drill
ing and starting as in the late com.
pletions. The latter are all located
in old territory and generally small
bumpers In Central district. podd-
ridge county, West Virginia, the Hope
Natural Gas Company has now com
pleted Its No. on the ]. !. Hiley
farm and it is good for twenty bar
rels day in the Big lnjun sand. The
average size of the wells In Dodd-
ridge county is a little larger tnan
in any other county.
Buster in Lewis County.
The Philadelphia Company's test
on A. II. emper farm on Freemans
the A. H. Kemper farm on Freemans
creek, Freemans creek district, Lewis
county, has been drilled through all
sands and is duster. On Sycamore
Lick run, Hackers Greek district. the
West Virginia Central Gas Company
has completed second test on the
p. T. Jackson farm and 1t is gasser.
On the same stream and in the same
district, the same company has the
rig completed for a second test on
the Porter Maxwell farm.
In Ten Mile district Harrison coun-
ty. 7. H. Williams and Company have
completed and shot their No. 3 on
the D. ]. Drake farm In the Gordon
sand and 1t is not good for more than
1--WE barrels a day. Operations IN
Harrison county are increasing and
n good part of 1t is testing TERRITORY
In the vicinity Of some Of the old de-
yelopments.
Drilling and Starting Tests.
There Is quite good deal Of ex'
detrimental work starting in various
districts. 1t is not strictly Of the
wildcat kind, but 1t is in advance Of
production and in the nature OF ex-
tensions 10 some of the old fields
Harrison county has as much or more
work of this kind than any other. On
Raccoon creek, Ten Mile district
Carter, Sheets and Company have
started to drill on the NJ. X. Davissor
farm. On Turkey run In the same
district, T. o. Sullivan and Company
are due in the Fifth sand on the
James T. Randolph farm. On Rock
Camp run, Sardis district, D. j. Car
ter and Company are getting ready tc
start on the L. L. Stewart farm. Or
the same stream and in the same To-
cality. Huifmyer and Deagan arc
building a road to location on the
Della Rogers farm. On Stuttler's
Fork, Union district the Hope Natura
Gas Company is down 500 feet at
test on the T. Curry farm and de
layed with crooked. hole. On Ter
Mile creek, Sardls district, the same
company has started to drill on the
C. L. Griffin farm.
Roane County.
Operations in Roane county are In
creasing in the face of nothing more
promising than light wells. On Trip
lett run, Spencer district, G. L. Cabo
has the rig completed for q test OF
the A. ]. Runion farm. Mr.. Cabot II
due in the sand on the NJ. ]. Sim
mons farm. On the same stream, thu
Spencer Creek Oil and Gas Company
is building a rig on the G. NJ. Sergen'
farm. On Frozen Camp run, the
United Fuel Gas Company is drilling
on the Stewart McCrady farm. Or
John Hackers creek. Hackers creel
district, Lewis county. the West Vir
ginia Central Gas Company is drill
ing on the Edward Swisher farm.
Development work In Marshal
county Is again starting and prom
ises to increase. On Fish creek, Lib
erty district, the Loudenville Ga
Company Is down 100 feet at ties
on the P. L, Parsons farm. On thu
same stream and in the same district
the Laurel Run Oil and Gas Com
pany has drilled a test on the H. G
Fair farm to a depth of 1870 fee
and has suspended operations. On thu
same stream in Meade district, thu
Lorimer OIL and Gas Company ha'
the rig completed for a test on tn,
/ J. F. Grove farm.
The southeastern Ohio fields report
allow the placing of another Of tn
cast iron rings OF which the perma
nent tube is being formed, when tn
= "a a.