The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-11-26
oil and GAS
Development
OF TRI=STATE
Latest Reports Of Operations Ii
West Virginia, PennsyI.
Nania and Ohio.

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The weekend Of development work
in the eastern neIdS was no more i'm.
portant than for any time during the
earlier part of the week. Aside from
the completion of several fair produc-
ers in the deep sand territory in the
Union Furnace district in Hooking
county, o., and an increase In produc-
ton as q result of shooting some Of
the wells in the Dents Run district
IN Marion county, ". Va, there was
little at any time to attract attention.
Weather conditions continue favora-
BILE for a continuance Of active field
operations and operators arc taking
advantage Of it to complete all the.
work possible. Up to the present
time. except for q scarcity of water.
in some districts, operators have had
q most favorable season for develop
ment work. In q great many dis
trtcts operators are in q position to-
continue through the winter and In
other localities where there Will be
little doing before spring, operators
are taking advantage of good roads
and getting in material for an early
resumption in the spring.
The close Of the week presented.
nothing better than light bumpers. On
the south fork of Hughes river, Muir
ply. district. Ritchie county, the
Southern Oil Company. the producing
| end Of the Pittsburg Oil and Gas Com
pany drilled No.,6 on the g. Az. Bra
| den farm through the Salt sand and
! 1t is good for ten barrels a day. On
1NicFarlin creek in the same district,
the South Penn Oil Company drilled
i No. 8 on the Anna N. Wilson farm
Through the Berea grit and found
nothing IN that or any OF the upper
A formations.
On Big Island run. Murphy dis
I.trict, Richie county, the Nutter OIL
II Company drilled a second test on the
Il G.. w. Nutter farm through the Stray
II sand and lit shows for a ten barrel
punlper in that formation. On
II Laurel run. Sardis district, Harrison
/ county, the South Penn Oil Company
l=drilled It's test on the John l.. Swfger
n farm through the Gordon sand and it
shows for very light pumper. The
same company has the rig completed
for No. on the w. S. Craig farm,
sE3located on Little creek Spencer dis
A trict. Roane county.
Il Gnsscr In harrison County.
Il Gassers are prominent in the list of
Hate comDl etions. On Kinchloe creek,
BiJnIon district. Harrison county, the
4 tReserve Gas Company drilled its test
4 on the Croker Hall farm through
the fifth sand and has a fa1r gasser
in that Formation. on Laurel creek,
Sherman district, Calhoun county, the
Hope Natural Gas Company's test on
N the Abraham Whtpkey farm Is a gas
ser IN Maxon sand. On the Little
TkKanawha river, Sherman district, the
same company has drilled test to a
depth OF 1850 feet on the Granville
Rice farm. No sand formation was
Hound after passing through the
Il IKeener sand and when last heard
from the we'll was drilling IN slate,
This test has now reached a greater
depth than any other previously
drilled In Calhoun county.
On Rock creek. Walton district,
> iRoane county. the Louis r. Payne
81 Ion Company has drilled No. i 9 ON the
i "a. w. Summers farm through the
4 FBIg InJun sand. Il shows for e. I'VE:
barrel 3punper. In the same district
8 1.-THE Ohio Fuel On Company has the
eIriE completed Tor another test sor
ID. and g.. ID. RucheF farm m
"a srnff ttleld a Y. f1zster or