The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-02-09
OIL AND GAS
DEVELOPMENT
OF TR|-STATE
Latest Reports Of Operations in
West Virginia, Pennsy-
vania and Chic.

Development work In Roane coun-
ty has for many months furnished
only light bumpers but now has an
exception. At the headwaters OF Nc
Keowns Creek the United Fuel Gas
Company has drilled its test on the
G. w. Walker farm into the Big Lime
and it started 10 flow at the rate OF
800 barrels day. The size OF this
we'll is as large as any found in
Roane county during the early days
of Its development. The rig at the
Walker farm we'll caught nre soon
after the we'll was drilled In and was
consumed. One OF the men at work
on the we'll was severely burned.
On Porters Fork, Duval district,
Lincoln county, the South Penn OIL
Company has started to drill No. AZ
on the Horse Creek tract. On Ad-
dis Run. Grant district. Ritichie
county, the Unknown OIL Company
hts started to drill test on the
George Cation farm.
On Sancho Creek, Centerville dis
trict, Tyler county, the Carnegie Nat
ural Gas Company drilled test on
the J. B. Riggs farm through the Big
1njun sand and has gasser. On
Buffalo Creek, Warrington district,
Marion county, the same company's
test on the Hamilton-Gump farm is a
buster In all sands.
The Manufacturers Light and Heat
Company has drilled test on the
Snyder heirs farm, on Indian Creek
Grant district, Monongalia county,
into the CAM sand and It shows for
a ten-barrel pumper.
Drilling md Starting Tests.
There is some test work starting in
widely distributed districts. On Lit
tie Creek, Green district, Wetzel
county, c. E. Kite and Company are
drilling q test on the John A. Steele
farm. On Fishing Creek, in the same
district, G. T. Eagan and Company
are drilling test on the 7. H. King
farm. In the same district, on the
same stream. the DOMAIN Oil Com
pany is due In the sand at test on
the Aaron Morgan farm.
On Indian Creek, Centerville, dis
trict, Tyler county, Mcintyre Bros.
are due in the sand at test on the
Benjamin Mcintyre farm. On Bing-
anon Creek, Clay district, Harrison
county, the Carnegie Natural Gas
Company has the rig completed for a
test on the A. Stiles farm. On Lam
berts Run, Eagle district, the Simp-
son Oil and Gas Company has made
the location for test. on the F. A.
Robinson farm.
Southeastern Ohio.
In the deep sand territory in
Southeastern Ohio two fairly good
producers have been completed. The
first is in the Junction City district,
Jackson township, Perry county,
and owned by Murrin, Derry and
Company. located on the j. P. Smith
farm and good for fifty barrels day
in the Clinton sand In the same dis
trlct the Carter Oil Company COM
pleted and shot No. 8 on the John
F Klinger farm and has a fifty-bar-
rel producer in the same formation.
In the Union Furnace district, in
the northwest quarter of section ten,
Starr township, Hooking county, the
Union Furnace Oil Company drilled
No. on the State lands into the
Clinton sand at depth of 1921 feet,
and has a show for a light pumper.
1t will be given a shot. In the
northwest quarter Of section 90, Salt
Lick township. Perry county, the
Agnes OIL Company, completed and
shot No. 6 on the Sunday Greek Coal
Company's property and 1t is show
ing for a forty-barrel pumper.
In the shallow territory, Lowell
Run district, Salem township, Wash
Iington county. W. G. Patterson and
Company drilled No. 20 on the ]. r.