The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-22

NS I'LL EAI5E u AAGAbS
ongalIa county. J. H. McDermott has
completed initial wells on the Price
heirs and Ocie NJ. Tenant farms.
The first is a gasser in the Big In
jun snnd and the second is gasser
In the Fifth sand. In the same dis
lrlct the Carnegie Natural Gas Com
Company's test on the y. A. Fox farm
is gasser in the Big lnjun and No.
on the S. J. Johnson farm In the
Fifth sand. The same company's No,
5 on the Grant Tenant farm is five
barrel pumper in the Big Injun sand.
Two miles east of MOffet, Union
district, Harrison county. the South
Penn Oil Company drilled test on
the Charles Ahodes farm through the
fifth sand and 1t Is a gasser. In the
same locality the Reserve Gas Com
panl's No. 3 on the /. S. Pauh farm
Is n gnsser in the same formation.
Shallow Sand Wells.
In Union district, Wood county. the
Slack Oil Company drilled a test on
the M. Litzinger farm through the
second Cow Run sand and It's a
light pumper. In the same district
the Red Hill Oil Company completed
test on the Michael Dare farm and
1t Is very light. Brown Waterson and
Company have the rig completed for
a test on the NJ. Ross farm. In the
Spring Creek district, Roane county,
G. l.. Cabot has started to drill a sec
ond test on the l.. 8. Sickle farm.
Southeastern Ohio
In the deep sand territory in the
Union Furnace district, Hooking
county, o.. the Haydenville Oil Com
pany has drilled No. on the Nation
al Fire Proofing Companies property
through the Clinton sand. The only
information obtainable as to the size
of the we'll is that 1t is showing for
a better producer than any this COM
many has on the same tract. Its stat
us as a producer will not be known
until after 1t has been shot and clean
ed out. In the same locality the Pres
ton Oil Company Is drilling in the
Clinton sand at No. 4 on the w. E.
and NJ. f. Shaw farm and test on
the oliver P. Duffy farm. Before the
close OF the week the same company
should get the sand at No. on the
Eliza Stiers farm. Next week the
Ohio Fuel Supply Company should
get the sand at It's test on the e.
STEERS farm. The Union Furnace Oil
Company will be due about the same
time at No. 0 on the state school
lands.
In the northern end of the deep
snnd Territory there ia more test work
starting. In the Nasport district,
Licking township, Muskingum coun-
ty, the Columbus OIL and Fuel COM
pany has started to drill test on the
Fred Stittes farm located LOO feet
east OF the same company's test on
the L. S. Romine farm. In Perry
township, Licking county, the same
company is drilling n test on the
Spencer Lake farm, located 500 feet
north Of the test on the F. p. Leath-
erman farm.
In the Lowell district, Salem town
ship, Washington county. w. G. Pat
terson and Company's No. 80 on the
j. r. Jackson farm Is completed and
a very light pumper In the Macksburg
j00-foot sand. In the Marietta dis
trict E. NJ. Booth drilled No. on
the Braun heirs farm through the
Berea grit and 1t is three-barrel
pumper. w. H. Eddy and Company's
test on the NJ. Eddy farm Is very
light pumper in the first Cow Run
sand.
Deep Test in Lawrence County.
The deep well drilled by Eastern
parties located three-fourths OF a
mile northeast of Lowellville. Law
renee county. Pa. was put down to
depth OF 1915 feet and Mt that
depth found nothing but light show
of oil in the boulder at depth OF
! .040 feet and was plugged below
that formation and shot. II shows
little oil. but will scarcely make u
profitable producer. Operators in the
Bessemer field arc getting ready to do
z lot OF development work us soon as
the roads are in better condition.
The Reported Kentucky Strike.
The reported strike OF seventy
barrel well by The Federal oil and
Gas Company, located near Inez. Mar
tin county. KY. could not be confirm
ed. IT 1t Is a producer 1t is not like
~ that II Is as large as reported. 1t
is located in section in which the
old Triple State Gas Company did
considerable work some years ago,
Martin county is on the border and
lies south OF Tug Fork OF Big Sandy
River. 1t lies on a fairly good line
southwest OF the Berea grit field in
Lincoln county.
The Oil Market.
The prices paid for oil OF various
grades By the purchasing agencies are:
Pennsylvania Observation-Disclosures $3.50
Mercer black Observation-Disclosures. 2.10
New Castle Observation-Disclosures. 2.1O
Corning Observation-Disclosures. 2.1O
Cabeil ................... 2.l0
North Iima. 1.T3
South Linn 70