The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-09-01
OIL AND GAS
DEVELOPMENT
OF TRI-STATE
Latest Reports of Operations In
West Virginia, PennsyI-
Vania and Ohio.

/ W est WI gina anu ouuIAttSt'i II phAJ
fields show nothing better than ligh,
wells in all late competitions, while dry
/ holes arc quite numerous.
/ In the Cabin creek Development in
1 Cabin creek district. Kanawha county.
( the South Penn oil Company has com.
/ plctcd and shot It's second test well on
( the Coalburg COllicry Company's tract
and has fifteen barrel day producer
1 from the Weir sand.
+ In the Hurst pool. in Troy district,
T Gilmcr county. the Philadelphia Gas
| Company has completed It's initial test
wen on the H. r., Patton farm in the
Gantz sand and the hole filled up l,5OG
feet with oil in the ensuing twenty
four hours.
Gasscr In Tyler County.
In McEIroy district. Tyler county,
two and one-half miles west of Shir-
ley. the Hope Natural Gas Company
has completed its initial test well on
the ., y F'urbcc and brother farm
through the Big Injun sand and has
good gasscr IN that formation.
on Jakc's run. In Clay district,
MonOngalia county, the Pentriss Gas
| Company has completed its second test
well on the Price heirs farm through
the Bayard sand and 1t is a ten barrel
a day producer.
In the same district the gas com
panies have been drilling n number Of
wells and fair gassers have resulted in
most instances
On the a. l. Tenant farm. in the
same district. the Carnegie Natural
Ia l,op E.,It
test well and has a fair gasser from
the Bayard sand.
In the same locality, the Hope Nat
ural Gas Company has completed It's
! third test on the Occie NJ Tenant
farm and has gas we'll in the Bayard
sand. The same company's No. on
the y. |. Tenant farm in the same
/ district IS completed and Is fair gas
well in the Bayard sand.
The Plttsburg and West Virginia
Gas Company has completed its initial
test we'll on the j. K. Moore farm, in
Clay district, Monongalia county, and
has good gasser in the Bayard sand
In the Martin pool, in Tyler county,
lnghram and Company have completed
their initial test well on the j. U. La
zear farm through the Keener and
iniun sands and II is a buster.
Southeastern Ohio.
On the Ohio side, In Brush Creek
| township, Muskingum county, the Clay
| Oil and Gas Company has completed
It's No. IL well on the Moses Notes.-The
| farm and has ten barrel day pump
or in the Berea grit sand. This loca-
4 ton Is $50 feet south OF the same COM
! pany's No. IL on this farm.
In Penn township. Morgan county,
L. w. Pitts has completed his third
test well on the George b. Dugan farm
and has five barrel day pumper in
the Peeker sand.
In the Willis Creek development, in
Island Creek township. Jefferson
county, Elliott brothers have COM
plcted their initial test well on the II.
Mathers farm in the Berea sand and 1t
is dry. This location is 700 feet south
Of the Dean oil Company's test on the
j. A. TenEyck farm.
In jackson township Muskingum
county, the Columbus Oil and Fuel
Company has completed its initial test
on the a. J. Drum farm and has
five barrel 4 day pumpcr from the
1 Clinton sand. The well is located ] 900
\ feet southeast of the same company's
i initial test on the Jacob Ashcroft
farm.
I Near Stockport, In Penn township,
\ Morgan county, II. r. Bode and others
4 have completed their well on the Addle
4 Harper farm and have three barrel
day Peeker sand producer.
The oil Market.