The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-07-18

tory that can stand closer drilling
and It is in these districts that most
OF the work is under way and start
ing. The amount Of new production
derived from that kind Of work Is
small. The discovery Of new pool
or field Of apprcciable dimensions
would be highly appreciated at this
time.
The most encouraging Development
at this time Is the thirty foot terri
tory on Dents Run, Warrington, dis
trct, Marion county, West Virginia.
The way the well on the u. Il. Bat
son farm has been holding up makes
the outlook promising. II is still pro
ducing 800 barrels day The well
on the Hlginbotham farm the well
that first attracted attention to that
section, is down to forty barrels day
and Will be given shot.
Big Iniun Producers.
On Dents Run. Warrington dis
trict, the South Penn OIL Company
drilled It's No. on the NJ NJ. Kendall
farm into the Big Injun sand and IT
shows for a forty barrel producer
from that level. on the same stream
and in the same district, the South
Penn Company drilled a test on the
Ford BatsOn farm into the Big InJun
sand and it produced sixty barrels
the first eighteen hours. on Lewellyn
Run in the same district. the Carne-
gle Natural Gas ComDanys test on
the Louis Gump farm will not make
better than a five barrel pumper. 1t
had its production in the Big lnjun
formation.
Gusser and buster in DOddridgc.
In Grant district, Doddridge coun-
ty, the Hope Natural Gas Company
drilled a test on the A. N Nicely farm
into the Big Injun sand and got a
fair gasser. on Beech Lick Run IN
the same distric. the same company
drilled No on the NJ h. MCClain
farm through the Big lnjun sand and
found it barren In the same district
the Manufacturers Light and Heat
Company is due in the sand at a test
on the f. and c. d. Davis farm.
Average VOLS in ROanc County.
Roanc county is completing good
many light bumpers. On Millers Run,
Spencer district, the South Penn oil
Company completed and shot its sec
ond test on the W. S. Craig farm in
the Big Injun sand and had the mis-
fortune to collapse the casing. 1t is
showing for ten barrel pumper. In
the old development on Green Greek,
Walton district, the Louis f. Payne
Oil Company completed and shot No.
10 on the /. l.. Summers farm. The
location is 500 feet southwest Of No.
! and it Is showing for ten barrel
pumper in the Big Injun sand.
On Tanner Fork, Troy district. Gil
mcr county. K. G. Gillespie drilled his
test on the Britton-Hursman lot
through the Berea grit and found
nothing but a slight flow Of oil in the
CAN'T sand. 1t will probably make
five barrel pumpcr The Hope Ma
tural Gas Company's test on the J.
O. Wilcox farm, located on Franks
Run. Mcclellan district. Doddridgc
county. is dry in the Big lnjun sand.
Tyler County Competitions.
on Short Run, Conterville district,
Tyler county the Carnegie Natural
Gas Company's test on the John Ex-
line farm is a gasser in the Big In
jun sand. On Dry Run. Lincoln dis
trict, the Irwin Oil Company has a
seven barrel pumper in the Kcener
sand on the William HaddoX farm.
On Jakes Run, Clay district. Mono
gala county, the Hope Natural Gas
Company completed test on the Et-
Ia Core farm and has gasser in the
Big Injun sand.
On Horners Run, Boths Creek dis
trict. Taylor county, the Hope Ma
tural Gas Company has a fifty foot
gasser at its test on the W. S. Seese
farm. On Lost Run in the same dis
trict. the Pittsburg and West V'rr'n-
ia Gas Company drilled test Oh the
Belle S. Reynolds farm through the
nth and 1t is fair gasser.
Southeastern Ohio
The deep sand territory in south
eastern Ohio is falling below what is
expected Of it in the way Of good
producers. All Of the late compile
lions have been light producers. In
the southwest quar- - o" section 20,
Coal township, Perry county, Gates,
Davidson and Moran completed and
Fnot No. 6 on the Epson C"al and
lion Company tact and 1t Is show
in: for a light pp n7cr in the Clinton
Ind In H. southwest Gnartcr Of
section %, Falls Gore township,
Hooking county, the Hooking OIL
Company completed No. 5 on the
J. W. Slater farm and 1t shows for a
thirty barrel producer. In Green
township the CHARTERS OF! Company
has now completed and shot Its sec
ond test on the w. H. Sweezy farm
and it is not good for more than eight
or ten barrels a day
II. tic shallow sand territory in
Cow Run district, Lawrence township
ellington county, T. Z, knowlton
and Company completed test on the
, Geodge c. Dye farm and It Is light
pumper in the first Cow Run sand.
The OIL Market.
The prices paid for oil Of various
grade by the purchasing agencies are;
Pennsylvania observation-disclosures. $3.50
| Mercer black observation-disclosures. 10
New Castle NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 2.lO
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