The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-06-24
OIL AND GAS
DEVELOPMENT
OF TRI-STATE
Latest Reports Of Operations in
West Virginia, PennsyI-
Vania and Ohio.


Should the late reports received
from Warrington. W. Va. relative to
the completion OF wells in the vicinity
OF the gisher on the HigglnbOtham
farm on Dents run. Warrington dis
trict, Marion county. prove founded on
facts. tho chances for extending the
producing limits to south and west Of
the gushcr have been diminished. One
half mile south OF the big we'll, the
Dclmar oil Company Is reported
through the 'hirty-foOt sand at 80. 90
on the A. ] Hays farm and dry. The
same distance to the west Of the gush-
cr. the Anchor Oil Company, Aiken
and Cross. are reported through the
same formation and have duster
The Dclmar Company has rigs com
pletcd for Nos. 81 and % and is drill
Ing No. % on the a. j. Hays farm
Hickman and Huffman have started
to drill second test on the Alfred
Kendall farm, In the same district,
the Carnegie Natural Gas Company is
drilling tests on the Louis Gump and
H. BatsOn farms. The Chalmers Oil
Company will be due to get the sand
next week Mt test on the Simon Moore
farm.
In Warrington district the South
Penn Oil Company drilled its test on
the Nancy l.. Murray farm into the
MaXon sand and It Is showing for a
producer from that level. In Elk dis.
trict. Kanawha county the same COM
pany has completed No 80 on the Blue
creek tract and it is ten barrel
pumpcr in the Weir sand.
Light jumpers In Lincoln.
on Buckeye Fork Of Cobb's creek.
Washington district. Lincoln county.
James Potter and Company drilled No
Q on the Standard Fuel Company's
property through the Berea grit. II Is
an amber oil producer not good for
more than i've barrels day. The
South Penn OIL Company drilled No.
IS on the Horse Creek tract, located
on Portcr's Fork. Duval district.
through the Berca grit and has five
barrel pumper
The size Of the late compilations in
Roane county Is no better than those
Of Lincoln county. on Laurel creek,
Spencer district, the Fisher O!! CnIr-
panys No. on the ". w. Short farm
is five barrel pumpcr in the Big In
Jun sand. On Bogg's Fork the South
Penn oil Company has started to drill
n test on the Peter Nicely farm. located
l 900 feet east OF the same Company's
test on the II. r. Rogers farm. In
Sherman district. Calhoun county. the
Hope Natural Gas Company's we'll on
the W. +. Barnes farm produced four
teen barrels Friday.
On the south fork Of Hughes river.
Murphy district. Richie county, Grove
and Parrish drilled No. 3 on the A. W.
Smith farm through the salt sand and
have five barrel pumper. In the
same district. the Hope Natural Gas
Company has rigs completed for tests
on the a. W. Elder and Harvey F.
Smith farms Tho South Penn Oil Com
pany also has the rig completed for a
second test on the Anna NJ Wilson
farm. The Universal Oil and Gas
Company has recently acquired leases
Of promising oil territory in Richie
county. between two producing oil
pools in which some very large wells
have been drilled. The property was
taken over on the geological data oh
tanned from Prof. I. c. Whites geo.
logical study Of the district. A test
well is being drilled upon this prop
erty. The company announces that It
has purchased the Greenwood Oil and
Gas Company. located in Forest coun-
~, Pa. consisting Of .236 acres with
twcnty-onc wells and q present gas
production of 100000 cubic feet daily
The company has ordered the location
n large number Of new wells. con-
tInuing its policy Of activity in re-
Spouse 10 the exceptionally favorable
conditions prevailing in the market for
both oil and gas Some Of these wells
are TO he located in Ohio. all OF them
being drilled for oil. and two Of them
on the companv's pronertv in Clarion
county. Pa. which will he gas wells
Southeastern ohio.
Tho shallow sand districts in south
eastern Ohio are furnishing many com
nlctions and none better than light
jumpers In the Cow Run district.
Lawrence township. Washington cnun-
~. !. n. Braden and Company's No. 4
m tho II. G. Kidd farm is light
numpor in tho second Cow run sand.
7. P. Needs and ] F. Patterson COM
/ ple'ed No, IN the Lncretia nve farm
md have n dustcr Tn tho first Cow run
sand, s. p Edwards and Company's
7 test on tho Frank Wines,ock farm IA
light bumper in the frst Cow run
sand, Calvin 4. PcRvy and Company
are drilling No. 80 on the former oil
C0muRny's farm
Busters In Chester MN District.
In tho Chester Hin district. Wesley
township. Washington county, all Of
the late compilations have come IN
busters, Savage and Company test