The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-06-27
OIL AND GAS
DEVELOPMENT
OF TRESTATE
Latest Reports Of Operations in
West Virginia, PennsyI-
Vania and Ohio.

Busters and light bumpers were
tho first OF the week Offering in east
crn fields. They are pretty we'll dis
tributed through southwest Pennsyl-
vania, West Virginia and southeast
crn Ohio. In the Burning Springs dis
trict. Writ county. W Va. Roberts
Brothers completed and shot No. 81
on the Rathbone tract and secured a
light pumper in the first Cow Run
sand. In the same district tho South
Penn OIL Company drilled test on
the A. J. Petit farm through the
Keencr sand and found It barren.
In the Big lnjun sand development
on Fishing creek. Green district.
Wet1el county. the Wildwood OIL
COmpany's No. 6 on the 8. l.. Nor
gan farm Is light pumper in the
Big Injun sand. Tho Morgan Oil and
Gas Company's second test on the
Leonard Morgan farm is very light.
In the same district tho Silver Hill
Oil Company has drilled second
test on the l.. p. KoCher farm
through the Gordon sand and scored
buster in all sands. c. Mccormick
and Company completed n test on
the SnodEraSs farm and 1t iE a dus-
ter in the Gordon sand.
Richie County Compilations.
In the Hughes river pool. Clay dis
trict, Richie county. Difenhaugh.
Barnhart and Moore drilled test on
their own farm through the Big In
Jun sand and IL is showing for Il fif-
teen or twenty-barrei producer. On
Indian creek, Murphy district, Par
IRISH and Grove have a ten barrel salt
sand producer at No. on the A. W.
Smith farm. In the same district. Il.
L. L. Fry'mier got Big Injun sand
gasser at his second test on the c.
4. Wilson farm.
On Big run, McElroy district, Tyler
county. the Manufacturers Light and
Heat Company's second test on tho
L. z. Mayheld farm 10 fair gasseT
in the Gordon sand. On Big Flint
crock, Grant district, Doddridgc
county, tho Hops Natural Gas COM
pany's test on the Mcmillan farm is
EaEssr in tho same formation. On
Cabin crock. Central district. the
Carnegie Natural Gas Company
drilled second test on tho Ross
heirs farm through the BereA grit
Fair Producer in Harrison County.
On the West Fork river. Union dis
trIct Harrison county, the PhilRdel-
phia Company drilled its No. 4 on
the Mary l., Young farm into tho
Gordon sand and II is showing for II
forty or nifty barEsI producer. This
is the best showing made by any OF
the late compilations in this district.
On BiTcn run, Birch district. BraX-
ton county, Ira @. Saysr completed
test on the II, b. Mace farm and
found nothing, On Devil Hole run.
Grant district, Richie county, Il. G.
GillRsDIe's No. II on the n. d. Cow
an farm is a light pumper in the Big
Injun sand, on Stout's run. Union
district, Peasants county. Snyder
and Company gave their test on the
belong farm a second shot. but II
failed to respond and has boon aban-
donsd.
The Sloppy OIL Company's No. II
on the n. s. MOweFy farm. located
on StilIveII creek, Union district,
Wood county, is very light In the sec
eond Gov Run sand. on th0 same
stream and IN the same district,
George Rasels No. 5 on the II. S.
Dye farm Is q Six-baFTel pumpcr in
the same formation. WattOrSon and
Brown drilled their tsst on the Eliza
Sweeney farm, located In Clay dis
trict, through the second Cow Run
sand and found Il barren.
on Miracle run, BattellO district,