The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-30
OIL AND GAS
DEVELOPMENT
OF TR|STATE
Reports Of Operations In.
West Virginia, Pennsyl-
vania and Ohio.

The kind of wells the deep sand ter
ritory in southeastern Ohio is COM
pleting need cause no fear of another
reduction in tho credit balance mar
ket. The same is true of all districts
in the eastern fields, Pittsburg oper-
ators and producers are again won
dering If the last five cent cut in the
m%id-continent crude market will force
the eastern grade to a lower level
In the eastern fields there has been
practically no increase in production
for a number of months. Failure to
secure an increase is not due to a lack
Of effort on the part Of operators. The
current month has been fairly active
and only a little below the most active
Of the year.
In the deep sand territory in the
Junction City district, Jackson town
ship, Perry county, o., the Carter OIL
Company drilled its test on the VIII
liam Crossan farm through the Gin
ton sand. The first twenty-four hours
after It was shot the we'll produced
sixty barrels. In the same locality,
Murphy, Murrin and Company's No. 2
on the P. J.. Smith farm is proving a
good producer. 1t is almost a month
old, started at 1870 barrels a day and
is still holding up at better than sixty
barrels a day. In the same district,
T. L. Riddle and Company are due in
the sand at No. 3 on the James Brin-
gardner farm. ]. T. Pyle and Com
pany are down 1900 feet at a test on
the NJ. and ]. B%ringardner farm.
Deep Sand buster.
In the northeast quarter of section
81. Salt Lick township, Perry county,
the New York Coal Company has com
pleted a second test on its No. 2 farm.
This location is 1000 feet east Of No,
5 on No. i farm and is a buster in the
Clinton sand. In the same district, the
Clay-Craft Brick Company is down
$500 feet at a test on its own property,
In Coal township, the Jones Coal Com
pany is drilling another test on Its
own property.
Shallow Sand Territory.
In the Lowell district, AurelllR
township, Washington county, ]. A..
Dutton and Company's test on the
Emily Dixon farm is a buster in the
Macksburg 5O0-foot sand. In the same
district, Wooster and Metcalf are fish
ing at a test on the Leo Wetz farm
and the Whariff Farm OIL Company
has the rig completed for a second test
on the Louis Whariff farm. In the
Reas run district, Willard Thornily
and Company's No. 8 on the Deuchor-
Bliss farm is holding up at ftty-fVe
barrels a day. In the Macksburg dis
trict, E. Headleson and Company COM
pleted Noe. 2 and 3 on the John H.
Pryor farm. The first Is a light pump
er and the last a duster.
Gasser in CO1umbiana County.
In Smith township, Columbiana
county, Anderson and Company drill
ed their test on the Charles Israel farm
through the Berea grit and found moth
ing but a light gas pressure. They
have started to drill a second test on
the same farm, located 500 feet north
east Of the buster. In the same local
ity, the Summit Oil and Gas Company
is drilling a test on the Joseph Heidet
farm. In the old Homework district,
Knox township. the Renner and Dei0el
Oil and Gas Company is drilling a sec
ong test on the ]. Yaggl farm.
Few Compilations In West Virginia.
Reports from the West Virginia
fields show very few competitions and
none of any importance, Holders OF
territory in the vicinity Of the good
producer on the Batson farm in Man
nington district, Marion county, are
taking a lively interest in the wells
now drilling near the sand. Should
this district fail to present other good
producers the one best prospect will
be a great disappointment. There is
no other section under development
that indicates 1t is capable Of doing so
well as the Dents run pool.
On Coon run, Mcclellan district,
Doddridge county, the Carnegie Natu-
raj Gas Company drilled a second test
on the Jane Davis farm through the
Big Injun sand and 1t shows for a ten
or fifteen barrel pumper. In the same
district, Trainer Brothers are drill
ing in the sand at a test on the John
A. Davis farm and the. Carter OIL Cons
papy Is due IN the Big Gni1n sapd at q