The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-23
OIL AND GAS I.
DEVELOPMENT
OF TR|-STATE
latest Reports Of Operations b
West Virginia.. PennsW-
van!a and Ohio.

failed TO present anything better than
light producers. The deep sand ter
ritory, In southeastern Ohio. is max
ing creditable strides in supplying
new production. In the southwest
quarter Of section No. 1S. Green
Hooking county. the Fish.
er OIL Company has drilled Its test
on the Laura A. Leslie farm through
the Clinton sand and the hole has
filled up 500 feet with luld. They
found twenty feet Of good sand In
this test and, after shot. should make
q good producer. The location IL
some distance from production, being
located 3 100 feet, northwest of No.
2 on the William Lemon fnrfh and
about 5000 feet southwest OF No. 2
on the Lewis w. Price farm. In tho
southeast quarter OF section IL. In
tho same township, Elkins Brothers
have completed n test on the Anthony
Sweexy farm and II shows for Ave-
barrel pumper In the Clinton sand.
East OF Green In Ward township,
the Nyppen OIL and Gas Company
completed and shot It's test on the
Jacob Kiefer farm. II Is showing for
q fair producer. In the northern end
of the field, the Columbus OIL and
Fuel Company has drilled No. 8 on
the Samuel Frazier farm through the
Clinton sand and It 10 showing for
as good a producer az No. 2. better
than 100 barrels day. This location
lie in Licking township. Muskifgum
county. The Columbus OIL and Fuel
Company holds leases on large
acreage in Muskingum county and Is
increasing its production.
Shallow Sand Territory.
The shallow sand districts are COM
pleting more wells than the deep ter
ritory, but thereis a very great dif-'
ference in their size. In Washington
county, near the Athena county line.
r. w. Hannah and Company drilled
No. n on the A. A. Wetherell farm
the Cow Run sand. 1t Ia a
light pumper. John g. Norris got
one of tho same kind at.hfs No. on
his own farm. G. s.. Hosford drilled
his No. Q on the NJ. s. Wethercll
farm through the sand and It Is not
good for more than one barrel q day.
The Copeland Oil and Gas Company's
test on tho T. Copeland farm Is q
very light pumper in the Cow Run
sand. t-....l.all fD4
Taking Leases in Noble County.
From present Indications, Noble
county promises to become one OF
the most active In development work.
South of Batesville in the southwest
corner OF Somerset township. also In
Beaver township. a large acreage has
been leased. There Is some new work
starting an din a few weeks there VIII
be more than n dozen wells drilling
in that part OF the county. In Enoch
Headdleson and Company
test on the John II. Pryor
farm and have o duster.
Harrison county has some expert
work under way. South OF
Cadiz, section 90, the X. M. G. OIL
Company is drilling at TOO feet on
the L. A. Morefaed farm and Pitts
burg parties are down 1000 feet at
a test on the w. A Black farm, To-
Gated In section 2, Cadiz township.
In Lawrence township Washington
county. w. M. Hume and Company
have completed No. on the John
Lee Hall farm. It is q seven-barrcl
pumper. In the Marieet district the
dry holes outnumber the producers.
OF the latter kind, the Crescent Pro-
ducing Company's No. 30 on the Plu-
mer heirs farm is a very light pump
ers, aBtes and Company got one Of
and J. o. Racer farms are both dust.
ers. aE3tes and Company got one OF
the same kind at q test on the Hart
farm. Dry holes are no bar to start
ing new work in this district. M. N.
Is drilling test on the
William Bratten farm and Berry ana
Company are drilling on the q. J.
farm,
In the Jackson Ridge district,
Monroe county, Troutman and Com.
many have completed a five-barrel
bumper on the A. Brownfeld farm.
In Jefferson county, Peters and Com
pany got one Of the same KIND at
No. 3 on the David H. Scott farm. In
Carroll county, the W. G. Kennedy
Company's Nos. 10 and -, on the
q. %. Roof farm are good for fiye
and two barrels, respectively. No. 10
on the same farm Is drilling.
Columbiana County.
Operations in Columbiana county
are Increasing. The Victoria OH
Company Is the most active. This
Nos. 10 and IA, on the
Thesis farm are both light
not good for more than one
barrel each. The same companys
test on the Mrs. D. Kinney farm is a
i,rht gasser4 and Wheaton and Com
pany had no better luck atatheir. test
on the Mountz farm.
Producing Property Sold.
The largest sale Of producing prop
critics in West Virginia ofrecent date,
e reported from Clay county. The
purchasing company is the United
Fuel Gas Company. the operating end
81 the Columbia Gas and Electric
Company. The properties sold are
N the Davenport Oil and Gas Com
panyS holdings in Union district,
CLAY county, and comprise aalarge|
number OF small wells with an az
rregate production ofs100 barrels q
day. The price paid for the produc-
ION and a large undeveloped acreage
d said to be $230,000. It Is Big In
iun sand territory and the wells have
4 settled production. The Davenport
on and Gas Company was one OF the
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