The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-09
OIL AND GAS
DEVELOPMENT
OF TR|-sTATE
latest Reports Of Operations b
West Virginia, Pennsy.-
vaf1la and Ohio.

Il 0ssstsSt
vaf1ta and Ohio.
Development work at the close OF
tho week furnished few competitions
In the eastern fields and light pump
ers were tho rule. In all sections OPP
erations show steady increase, but
the work Is for the most part located
in defined territory. New territory
territory. New producing territory
Ia greatly desired at this time and
operators are moro inclined to 60 In
search Of It than for any period with
Ing the last two years. During the
depression operators In the eastern
fleldH decided to discontinue the
seach for new territory, but are again
becoming aggressive. West Virginia
no wstarting will claim tho most at
tention.
In McClelland district. poddridge
county. the Hope Natural Gas Com
pany drilled No. on the A. ]. AL
len farm through the Big Injun sand.
It shows for a ten-barrel pumper, On
Indian creek, Murphy district. Richie
county. l.. w. Cunningham and Com
pany's test on the A. M. Scott farm
is through the same formation and
a light pumper. The Imperial OIL
and Gas Products Company's No. 2
on the W. u. Keith farm, shot dur
ing the early part Of the week, Is
holding up at 125 barrels day.
Near Twigg's postofiice. Union dis
trict. Peasants county. the Big Three
Oil Company's second tcst on the
o. d. Wells farm, dry In the Keener
sand. has no wbeen drilled through
the Big Injun sand and found to be
barren. To make the test complete
they will drill through the Souaw
sand,
Good Producer In Harrison.
On West Fork river, Union district,
Harrison county, the Hope Natural
Gas Company drilled test on the
D. @. Lowther farm deeper into the
Gordon sand and got . second pay.
The well produced 1875 barrels the
first twenty hours. On Binganon
creek Eagle district, the same COM
pany's test on the Robert Borgess.
farm is Gordon sand gasser
On Ten Mile creek. Sardis district,
q. e.. Treat has completed No. 9 on
the M. p. Dye farm. A light show
Of oil was developed In the Gordon
sand, but It will not make a paying
producer. On Ten Mile creek in the
same district, the Hope Natural Gas
Company's test ON the Caroline
Chandler farm Is q light gasser In
the Fifth sand.
lDuster In Lincoln County.
On FALL creek. Jefferson district,
Lincoln county, the w. s. Edwards
OIL Company drilled its wildcat on
the T, f. Bowman farm through the
Berea grit. The location Is In ad-
vance OF production and the well Is
dry. On Valley Fork. Duval district,
the South Penn OIL Company has
started to drill test on the w. w,
vanderlinde farm. le
In the Weir sand development, Elk
district, Kanawha county, the South
Penn Oil Company completed test
on the NJ. vickers farm. It got It's
production In the Weir sand and II
is not good for more than Ave barrels
day. In smithfield district, Roane
county, the same company's No.
on the R. A. McClain farm 10 q ten-
barrel pumper In the Big In1un sand.
In the same district, the Ohio Fuel
OH Company is past due In the sand
at No. 8 on the F. N, Summers farm.
but has been delayed with Q hshing
job.
In Courthouse district, Lewis coun-
ty. the South Penn OIL Company has
drilled No. a on the McDonneh-Mur-
ray farm, through the Gordon sand
and has fair gasser. In the same
district, the same company is drill
ing No. s on the L. w. McNair farm.
q. L. Schroeder Is down 1900 feet
at test on the 9. N, snodgrass
farm.
Near Bearsville, Centerville dis
trict. Tyler county. the Norford OIL
Company drilled its test on the j. M.
yillers farm through the Keener
sand and developed a good gas pres
sure. Drilling has been suspended
and the we'll will be offered to one
OF the gas companies. The owners
will realize enough to pay for drilling
the we'll.
Drilling and Starting Tests.
In a number OF districts there Is Q
good deal OF test work under way and
starting. There Is always more or.
less Importance attached to test wells
as there is possibility Of leading up
to the discovery OF a new pool or an
extension to some Of the old fields.
ON Lick run, New Hilton district.
Doddridge county, Frederick Eng
strum and others have made the lo-
cation for a test on the w. ]. Doug
| lass farm, On Rock run. Sardis dis
| trict. Harrison county. D. J. Carter
and Company are due nthe Big In
| Jun sand at a test on the Della ".
Rodgers farm. On the same stream,
4 Huffman and Deegan have the RIG
| completed for a test on the Z. l..
Stewart farm.
On Halls run, Tenuile district, Car
4 ter, Sheets and Jarvis have Just start
ed to drill a second test on the William
Jarvis farm, On the West Fork river,
Union district. the Clarksburg Light
and Heat Company Is drilling on the
\ @. 3. Dayisson farm. In Church and
Grant districts, wetzei county, the
Carnegie Natural Gas Company IL
drilling and starting eight wells. In
\ the same districts. the Hope Natural
Gas Company Is drilling and starting
the same number.
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