The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-04-19


ten days. The Same parties have q
lease on the Thomas johnson farm
and the location made for test Due
north OF the Bell lot producer. Elmer
Laughtner and Company have leased
the ]. Willis farm. The location for
test on the southern end OF the farm
has been made. South OF the producer
400 feet. the Williamsburg OIL and Gas
Company has made q location on the P.
Quintet farm.
At Dorseyville. Schrader and SOM
pasy drilled a well on the Strohm
lot into the third sand and found a
little gas. but no oil. One mile due
east OF Dorseyvillc, the American Nat
ural Gas Company is drilling ut 1000
feet on the Mrs. NJ. Collier form.
Southwest Of the Dorseyville pool, the
same company Is drilling test on the
T. DIETRICH farm. One and one-hait
miles north OF the Dorseyvillc pool,
the Henderson Oil and Gas Company
Is down 1000 feet at a test on the
Peter Sauers farm.
Three miles southwest of Dorsey
willie and east OF tho old Light pool the
State Mutual OIL Company (Schlagel
and Freid) is drilling test on the
g. A. Meister farm. Northeast OF the
light pool Shafter and Hensel arc
drilling No. 8 on the walvogel farm.
Two miles southeast Of the light pool
IN OHara township the Squaw Run
OIL and Gas Company is drilling
test on the Josephine Sleigh farm.
Near the Indiana township line Walter
Brown Is drilling a test on his own
farm. John Messner is drilling q test
on his own farm. He Is now in the
thirty-foot sand and found Il barren
at twenty-five feet. II will be drilled
through the lower sands II Il proves
a failure in tho thirty-fcot formation.
The Dorseyyflle Pool.
In the Dorseyville pool proper there
Is some work under way and starting.
The National Oil and Gas Company Is
drilling Nos. S and 6 on the ]. B. No
Corkle farm. Nos. 4 and S on the A.
Haas farm, No. 3 Stephenson, No. 4. J.
W. Robinson and No. 1 Nancy Duncan,
the latter located northeast Of develop.
ments. The same company gave It's No.
z on the ]. w. Robinson farm a light
shot IN the thirty-foot sand and II re-
sponded with production Of eighty
hve barrels the ensuing three hours.
Alexander VALLEY. Is drilling al
twenty-five feet in the sand at his No.
3 on the jeanette McCorkle farm and
has started to drill No. s on the Mrs.
Mason farm. by the close Of the month
II Is expected that there will be not
fewer than twenty-five wells drilling
and starting in Indiana township.
West Virginia COMPETITIONS.
On Porter's Fork. Duval district,
Lincoln county, W. Va, the Ohio Fuel
OIL Company completed and shot No.
3 on the A. c. ana W. Z. Hilbert farm
and the South Penn OH Company COM
pleted and shot 40. 2 on the r. c. Nc
Callister farm. and both are very light
bumpers in the Berea grit. In the
same district the Carter OIL Company
is drilling No. on the Joseph A. Alley
farm and the South Penn on Company
is drilling No. as on the Horse Creek
tract.
On Indian creek, Elk district. Kan
awha county. the Ohio Fuel Oil Com
pany Is drilling No. 16 on the w. q,
Morris farm. In Big Sandy district the
South Penn Oil Company gave No. 81
on the Katherine huffman farm
shot In the Squaw sand and Increased
Its production from two to six barrels
day.
On Mud Lick run, sardis ristrict.
Harrison county, the South Penn on
Company drilled No. on the o. 8. |
Ritter farm through the Gordon sand. |
" Is showing for very light pumper.
The Columbia Oil Company Of west |
Virginia has the rig completed for No.
10 on the ]. s. Brannon farm, located |
on Spring creek, Smithield district, |
Roane county.
Fair Producer In D0ddridge County.
In Grant district, Doddridge county. !
the Carter OIL Company has completed
q very fair producer on the Hamilton
Doak farm, located on Nuttcr,s fory,
The FIRST twehty-four hours after the
we'll was drilled into the Big Intun pay
II placed 126 barrels to its credit. On
Blue creek, Elk district. Kanawha
county. the South Penn OIL Company
drilled No. is on the Anna G. Skinner
farm through the Weir sand. It Ia al
fifteen barrel pumper in that forma-
ton.
On the Ohio side, in the shallow sand
territory, Noble county Is coming to the
front with a good many competitions,
but all light bumpers. In the Caldwell |
district Olive township. White, Nc
Kelyey and Company have a light
pumper in the Berea grit at their test |
on the William Courtney farm. In
Noble township. Mccormick and
Blakeslee completed No. on the II.
L. Treadway farm and scored a dnster
in the Macksburg 700-foot sand.
Near Stockport, Malta township.
Morgan county. the Malta Petroleum
Company's No. 8 on the Agnes Younkin
farm Is a very. light pumper;in the Cow