The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-11-22
OIL and GAS
development
OF TRI=STATE.
Latest Reports of Operations III
West Virginia, Pennsyl.
Yania and Ohio.

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q good deal Ut time to discussing tho
| oil market. From the trend OF CONVEX
| sation It would seem that an advance
IL expected When pressed for an OK
plantation Of why an advance Is que ht
this time athe answer is not speclhtcc
further than topOint out that with al
of tie work under way and the great
number Of competitions the volume o1
new production is very slnal l.s 81. ~
the late wells are light bumpers and
located in old territory. hey TURNER e
point TO the TACT chat neither ttle 5 i3lla-
6le West nor the mid-continentis bring
inr new and prolific producing fields
+n@tfle front Those familiar Wit con
ditions In the West say that wildcat
ting was never before SO mnch 81 4
feature in that country.
Since the old wells in the Dent . r sui
pool III Marion county, w va. snow
.sllrh rapid decline. and no new ones
coming iii. tie Berea grit development
All Long Bottom run, Cabin Creek Gus
trict, KanaWl1a county, stands along III
supplying better than average pEodnc-A
ers. In this development the ColuL . Dhs
Producing Company has com aIlo
shot Nos 81 and 45 on the llllams
&I,oa1 T,omDany,s tract and each is good
far fifty barrels a day. NO. q WAS
long Since due. bit was delayed with
a fishing Job.
many wells as. any other district Sn
Sugar Tree fork, Union district, the
big Greek # Development Company
drilled No. On the Eliza Curnes farm N
through the Berea grit and IT. SHOWS
for 4 four barrel pumper. On the same
stream and in the same district me ne
Ohio Fuel OIL Company has started
Mari Kenney farm On Straight Fork
Duynl district, the Big Greek Develop
1nent4 Company has started TO drill No
Y. III. M. Miller, and NO. " on the Alfred
White farm.
In The same district the South Penn.
Oil Company has completed No. 50 on.
the Horse Creek tract It is ten.
barrel pumpcr in the Berea grit on
Indian creek Elk district hana~ VA
county, the. South Penn Oil Company
drilled No. ; on the Louisa Woody
farm through the Weir sand and IT.
shows for q twenty barre producer.
Roane Comfy COMPETITIONS.
Leasel1oldGrs iii Roane county are
Enushins developments work with an1ollt
\ IN much energy as il something better
I8than. light bumpers were expected. On
lfiller's run. Spencer district. Godfrey
I III, Cabot has drilled his no. 8 on4the All.
| &. Mowrey farm through the Berea
\ grit and it is aS firc barrel bumper On
Y Scaffold run. in The same district. A "A
Cabot has started to drill q second
I test On the III III. Burgess farm. On
little creek, Spencer district. the. South
Penn OIL Company has the rig com
Melted for NO. 4 on the w S. Craig
farm an the Carter Oil Company has
4 rig lIp for test on the q. u Bartlett
farm. #s
on Beverlin Fork, located about one
mile southeast df the South Penn Oli
Company's production on The LoWndes-
I EIart ss;r1n, in Mcclellan district, Dodd-
ridge county. the Philadelphia Com
many has light Gordon sand gasser
q Ill test On the Nancy Fleming farm
linz Cove district the Hope Natural Gas
\ Company has a buster in all sands at
its test on the G. Sturgeon farm.
InFTroy district, Gillner county the
South Penn oil. Conn any's No. 3 on@the
I IA. GTI. Ryrner farm Is al fine gasser in
1 the Big Injun sand In Ellsworth dis
ftrEct. Tyler county. the manufacturers
Light and Heat Company completed its
ltcst on the L. I4 Richmond farm. 4
II is "a gasscr iii the Gordon sand. IN
1.-The same district the Hope Natural
II Gas Company drilled a test on the Me
.I3hasse heirs farm through tile same
VI OTnatiOn with the same result
Dry In Big Injnn.
In the Dents rim pool. NIanningtor
4 district. Marion county. IA. w Bartlett
has drilled No. on The 2. r. Bats0I
tlafarm through the Big Iniun SAM ans
&Ifound. II. barren. I'VE iBH now drill lint
q TO tile Thirty-foot sand, the formation
sIthat furnishes the gushers in that dis
. trict. 30. on the same farm com
#Ep1eted last snring, is now far the frs
time below 100 barrels q day. NO. 3 j
& EholdinE up at 430 barrels. When frs
drilled this Well had a production 9
E 200 BARRELS The Delmar OIL Com
@ pany's Nos. "a and rs. I'm y. Hay:
are producing ninety and ITO barrel
respectively.
Southeastern Ohio.
Light wells are the best5the shallo7
sand districts IN southeastern OH
have to offer. IN the GrayayilIe dis
" trict, Franklin township Monroe couY
Sty. f.. j.. Grim drilled No. 5 on the 4
GiYens farm through the Berea 81
d and III shows for three barrel punnpe
y n NE%S1a