The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-01-06
OIL AND GAS
development
Of TR|-STATE
Latest Reports Of Operations 10
West Virginia, Pennsy.
vanla and Ohio.

any OIL inc large operating GULL
panies. Purchasers OF leases are not
doing SO with view to starting new
work at once, but will begin during
the early spring months.
Some of the recently incorporated
companies in West Virginia propose
to test certain sections of Kanawha,
Wayne, Clay and Taylor counties. AT
the present time Braxton county has
some test work under way and there
is little doing in the Salt sand devel-
opment at .Rosedale, Birch district,
The principal part of the new work
is located in the old districts, where
there is more than an even chance for
getting a producer Of some kind.
In Union district, Wood county,
the Sloppy Oil Company has drilled
It's No. 13 on the U, s. Gilman farm
through the second Cow Run sand
and it shows for very light pumDer.
In Williams district, w. H. Nelson's
test on the Ella Robinson farm is a
light pumper in the Salt sand. In
the Same district, Smith Brothers
and Company are due in the sand at
a second test on the j. P. Sharp farm
and the Uhl Oil Company's No. 6 Oh
the o. H. Johnson farm is a buster
in the Cow Run sand.
Buster i'll Tyler County.
In McElroy district, Tyler county,
the Jefferson OIL Company has now
drilled Its No. on the John M. Smith
farm through the Big Injun sand and
found the upper formation barren
in the same district the American OIL
Development Company has started to
drill No. on the same farm and the
Sun Gas Company has the rig COM
pleted for q second test on the Cain
heirs farm. The Ozark Petroleum
Company is due to get the sand this
week at its test on the Z. l.. Duty
farm.
In Centerville district, Tyler coun-
ty, the Philadelphia Company is going
to make deep test Of its venture on
the ]. l.. Mccullough farm. This
well was drilled through all Of the up
per sands and found nothing. In
that locality none of the wells COM
pleted were drilled through the lower
sand and it will be Of some interest
to know II the Gordon sand is pro-
ducing for nation in that locality. In
Union district, the Thorn Oil Com
pany' No. on the ]. H. McElroy
farm is buster. Moorehead and
Jones got very light show for oil
at their No. il on the A. and j. Nc
Kay farm,
In Murphy district, Richie county,
v. R. Daley and Company got a very
light gasser at their test on the A.
NJ. Scott farm. In the same district
the Land Oil Company's No. son the
A. D. Dulaney farm is producing five
barrels from the Salt sand. In the
same district the South Penn OIL
Company has the rig completed for a
test on the elizabeth Kemp farm.
Putnam County Test Dry.
In Curry district, Putnam county,
the Wauland Oil and Gas Company
has drilled test on the q. T. Myers
farm through all sands and 1t is q
buster. Putnam county has no other
operations at this time.
The South Penn Oil Company has
drilled its No. on the Phoebe Pep
per farm, located in Burning Springs
district, Writ county, through the
Salt sand an has q show for ten
barrel-pumper. In the same district
the same company has started to drill
No. 9 on the ]. ]. Mills farm.
Southeastern Ohio.
On the Ohio side In the deep sand
territory, in the Junction City dis
trict. Jackson township, Perry coun-
ty, the Planet Oil Company drilled a
second test on the N. II. Palmer farm
through the Clinton sand and will
not have better than five-barrel
pumper. In the same district Ralph
Brothers are due in the sand at a
test on the Donahue farm.
Near Nashport, Perry township,
Licking county, L. G. Nicely and
Company have gone back to their old
well on the Leatherman farm, shut
down since last spring, and have
again put 1t to pumping and 1t is pro-
ducing four barrels day. In jack
son township, Muskingum county,
the Columbus Oil and Fuel Company's
test on the Lansing farm, reported
dry, has been shot an put to pumping
and is a very light producer.
Southwest Pennsylvania.
Few compilations are reported In
the southwest Pennsylvania fields In
the Dorseyville field in Allegheny
county, Alex Valley is drilling al
nineteen feet in the Sand at the well
on the cemetery lot. 1t should get the
lower pay tomorrow. In the same 10,
cality tho National Oil and Gas Com,
pany is due to get the sand in a few
DAYS at It's No. on the j. Haas
farm. The same company's test on
the Yonkers farm will be due to gel
the sand next week. 1t is the most
important we'll as to location drilling
in this field.
Between Cruclble and Carmichael