The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-27

wells have been completed without
having one or more fishing Jobs.
Should the United Fuel Gas Com
pany's test prove a producer It will
open a long extension to the north
east OF the Columbus Producing
,Compant's Development. The Imper-
lal Coal Company's holdings conf
pany comprise a very large tract.
Completing Gassers.
Gassers are conspicuous In the list
Of late competitions In the West Vir-
ginia fields. On Ten Mile creek. Ten
Mile district, Harrison county, the
Hope Natural Gas Company got n
Fifth sand gasser at Its test on the
Susan Jarvis farm. On Elk creek.
Clark district, the Clarksburg Light
and Heat Company. one OF the same
kind on the Clarksburg Improvement
Company's property.
On Sycamore Lick Run, Hackers
Creek district, Lewis county, the
West Virginia Central Gas Company
drilled a second test on the f. 7.
Jackson farm through the Fifth sand
and developed a fair gas we'll. On
the same stream and in the same dis
trict. the same company has the rig
completed for a second test on the
Porter Maxwell farm. On John Hack
crs run. the same company Is drilling
a test on the Edward Swlsher farm.
Starting and Drilling Tests.
Harrison county has as much test
work under way and starting as any
of the old districts. On Elk Creek.
Clark district, the Clarksburg Light
and Heat Company is drilling on the
D. F. and n. A. Shuttleworth farm.
On West Fork river, Union district.
the same company has the rig up for
n test on the C. Y. Davlsson farm.
On Katy Lick run. Sardls district,
the Peerless Carbon Company Is
starting a second test on the Ward.
Post farm. On Rock Camp run. j.
D. Carter and Company have the road
completed to a location on the L. l..
Stewart farm. On the same stream.
huffmyer and Deagan have the tim
bers on the ground for rig on the
Della Rogers farm.
Church and Grant districts. Wet
eel county, have a large amount o.
new work starting and under way.
In these two districts. the Carnegie
Natural Gas Company'is drilling to-
wells, the Hope Natural Gas Com
pany eleven and the Philadelphia
company seven. On Tanners creek,
Troy district, Marshall county. the
Loudenville OIL and Gas Company
and the Laurel Run OIL Company ara
drilling tests on the p. L. Parsons
and II. G. Fair farms. In Meade dis
trict, the Tarrlner Gas Company has
the rig completed for test on the
]. F. Grove farm.
In the shallow sand districts there
is considerable test work starting. In
the Sistersvllle district, Sutton
Brothers and Edmonds are drilling
test on the Sarah Mccoy farm. In
Murphy district, Richie county, l..
W. Cunningham and Company are
drilling on the A. NJ. Scott farm and
the Hope Natural Gas Company is
drilling on the d. NJ. Miller estate.
Robinson and Oats have the rig COM
pleted for test on the 7. C. Parka
farm. In Grant district. the Cairo
OIL Company Is starting on the I. B
Markey farm and the Ward Oil Com
pany has started to drill on part OF
the same farm.
On Miracle run, Monongalia coun-
ty. the South Pen Oil Company has
shot and cleaned out its old well on
the Fox heirs farm and Increased Its
production from seven to fifteen bar
rels a day. On the head waters OF
Rock Camp run, Spring Hill township
Green county, Pa, the Carnegie Nat
ural Gas Company drilled Its test on
the G. W. Plants farm through the
Fifth sand and developed a gasser.
Southeastern Ohio.
The shallow sand territory In
southeastern Ohio presented nothing
letter than light bumpers at the
close of the week. In the Reas Run
district, Independence township.
Washington county, Waterson and
Brown drilled a test on tho John
Snyder form through the Picker sand
and found very little oil. Near
Stockport, Penn township, Morgan
county, the Malta Petroleum Com
pany completed No. Z on the Agnes
Younkin farm and got light pumper
in the Cow Run sand.
In Cow Run district. Lawrence
township. Washington county,
Charles Wariield is drilling test OH
the A. H. Prunty farm. On Sugar
run, in the same district, ]. E. Neids
is drilling No. 6 on the Lucretia Dye
farm. In the New Matamoras dis
trlct, Washington county. Taylor and
Company drilled second test on the
August Hilly farm through the Keen
err sand and has three-barrel pump
err. In the same district, Bisset
Brothers got the same kind Of n pro-
Queer on the Lundy heirs farm. FL
mer Thornily and Company's test on
the Sarah Ward farm is buster In
the Keener sand. The Dowdell Real
ty Company is due in the sand at a
test on the,Nathan Pryor farm.