The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-12
OIL AND GAS
DEVELOPMENT
OF TRESTATE
Latest Reports Of Operations in
West Virginia, PennSyI'
vania and Ohio.

West Virginia, PennSyI'
vania and Ohio.
Few competitions have been report
ed from any of the fields under de-
yelopment. The best is located 10
the southwest Pennsylvania field and
is Cochran and Funk's test on the
John Riggs farm in Alcppo township,
Greene county. Pa. The first twenty
-four hours the well placed ll5 bar
rcls to It's credit. The well is Wild
cat and some distance from produc-
ton. There is room for expansion In
that locality and the showing this
well has made will be the incentive
for starting some new work, 1t has
been many months since Greene
county has supplied a well OF this
size.
Near Dunn's station, Morris town
shin. Washington county, Pa, the
Arco OH Compnny'B No. 3 on the j.
S. Watson farm is holding up at
sixty-five barrels day. There IS
some new work starting In that dis
trict In the Fifth sand deeylop-
ment. east of DorseyvIlle, Indiana
township, Allegheny county, there
are two test wells due in the sand
West Virginia.
In salt Lick district BroIton
county the South Penn Oil Company
drilled no on the l.. w. McNar
farm through the Thlrty-foot sand
and found it barren. 1t is located
500 feet southwest Of No. 3 and will
be drilled through the lower sands.
In Jefferson district Peasants cOun-
Is. Browse, Proper and Campbell
drilled No, G on the James Shcylin
farm through the Salt sand and 1t is
for a tiftecn-barrel pnmper.
in Union district Wood county. G. &.
Quick and Company are drilling a
test on the CREDIBLE heirs farm,
Gnsser in Kannwha County
In the Weir sand development on
Blue creek, Elk district. Kanawha
county, the South Penn Oil Company
has completed No Is on the W A,
MacCorklc farm. 1t is a fair gasser
in the Weir sand This location Is
] 900 feet south Of No 2 on the
same farm. In the same district, the
Ohio Fuel Company drilled It's sec
ond lest on the NJ J. Abbott farm
through the Weir sand and it is
showing for twenty-b barrel pro-
Queer.
Drilling and Starting Tests.
There is still little test work
in some districts, On the
West Fork river, Clay district, HAIR
rison county. Charles VALLEY has
started to drill test on the \, J..
Nay farm on Owens Fork. Booths
Greek district, Taylor county, the
Comet Oil and Gas Company is drill
ing on the G. W Reynolds farm
In Ellsworth district, Tyler county
located on Point Pleasant creek, Lea
suhre and Barton have started to
drill on the J. w. Lcasure farm. On
Elk Fork in the same district, the
Hope Natural Gas Company IS build
ing a rig on the Alfred Lewis farm.
on Days run Clay district, Monon-
gala county, the CHARTERS Oil Com
pany is starting test on the Helen
Wilson farm. On Sancho creek,
Meade district, Tyler county. Alex
ander Jamison and Company are due
in the Maxon sand on the D. c.
Smith farm. On Ben's run, Union
district, the a. W. johnson Oil Com
pany has moved in the machine for a
test on the J. II. Wells farm.
Southeastern Ohio.
In southeastern Ohio the deep sand
territory is furnishing a good many
compilations. In Pike township, Per-
ry county, the Reno OIL Company has
completed and shot its test on the
Sisters of St Francis property and
1t Is showing for a ten-barrel pump
er. In Jackson township, Murphy
and Murrn's second test on the 2.
J Smith farm is down to thirty bar
rels.
In Reading township, Perry Coun-
ty, in the southwest quarter OF sec
ton So. Preston and Lupher COM
pleted test on the John Folk farm
and il is not good for more than ten
barrels day. In the lower end or
the field in the southwest quarter Of
section 1G, Starr township, Hooking
county, the Preston OIL Company
completed a test on the E. r. Cook
farm to depth OF 1882 feet. 1t is
a buster.