The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-23
OIL AND GAS
DEVELOPMENT
OF TRI-STATE
Latest Reports of Operations In
West Virginia, PennSN-
vania and Ohio.


In the deep sand territory In south
eastern Ohio, located in the Union
Furnace district, Starr township,
Hooking county, the Haydenvllle Oil
Company, q subsidiary OF the Ma
tIonal Fireproohng Company, has
completed and shot It's No. on the
National FireproOfing Company's
property. Tho ensuing twenty-fouT
hours after the explosive was dis
charged the well produced eighty
barrels. The location is 600 feet
northeast OF No. and il is the best
producer this company has completed
since 1t began development work in
lis property. From the showing It
made after 1t was shot 1t will be good
for forty or fifty barrels day. There
are two other wells owned by the
Preston Oil Company, drilling in the
sand, and several more will be due
within a week
Shallow Sand Compilations.
Light bumpers are the best the
shallow sand districts are Offering ut
this time. In the Rease Run dis
trlce, Independence township, Wash
ington county, O., J. II. Higgins and
Company drilled their No. on the
Scott Riggs farm into the top OF the
Big In1un sand and 1t Is showing for
ten-harrel pumper. In the same
district the Walter Brown heirs conf
pleted No. 8 on their own farm and
developed light show OF oil in both
the MaXOn and Big Injun sands. In
the same township Dyer and Gillespie
have started to drill No. 3 on the l..
Thomas farm,
Near Stockport, Penn township,
Morgan county, Ellis and Humph
rey's No. / on the T. /. Mercer farm
Is dry in the Cow Run sand. Tour
ney and Company had the same kind
OF luck at their test on the A. Hoop
er farm. In Malta township the NAL
ia Petroleum Company's No. on the
Agnes Y0ukln farm is a light pump
er In the Cow Run sand. 1t will not
be good for more than three barrels
a
In the Woodsffeld district, Center
township, Monroe county, Cooper and
Young drilled No. 3 on the Joseph
McFadden farm through the Big
Lime and 1t is a four barrel pumper
from that level. In Mead township,
Belmont county, the Natural Gas
Company OF West Virginia COM
pleted test on the Ella Stoneburner
farm and has gasser with a capac-
ity Of 100000 cubic feet day in
the Maxon sand.
West Virginia.
In Jefferson district, Peasants
county, W. Va, the Hope Natural
Gas Company made a deep test Of
its we'll on the ]. H. Ralston farm.
When nothing was found in the shall
low sands 1t was drilled through the
fifth to a depth OF $500 feet and
found nothing. 1t has been abandon
ed. The test Of the lower sands was
OF some interest, as it was the first
we'll in that locality to be drilled
through all formations. In McKim
district the Adella Oil Company
drilled a test on the D. D. McCul-
Tough farm through the Big Injun
sand. 1t Is good for ten barrels q
day and, is located 1000 feet north
of production.
On Bonds creek, Clay district.
Richie county, the Stock Oil Com
pany drilled its test on the L. Smith
farm through the Big In1un sand and
has duster. The location Is 1000
feet north Of production on the John
Keith farm. On Adds run. Grant
district. the Unknown Oil Company
completed test on the George Cation
farm and it is showing for very
light pumper in the Big Injun sand.
Dnddriigc County Competitions.
In Central district, Doddridge
county, the Hope Natural Gas Com
pany has completed No. on the
Tobias Moore farm. 1t Is located
500 feet north of No. on the same
farm and is duster. In the same
district the same company has put
its second test on the H. H. Hiley
farm to pumping from the Big Injun
sand and tits producing sever barrels
a day.
On Halls run. Union district, Har-
rison county, the South Penn OIL
Company drilled No. 5 on the San
ford Nuzum farm into the Maxon
sand and 1t is good for ten barrels a
day. On Sugar Tree Fork, Union
district, Lincoln county. the Ohio
Fuel Company completed No. II on
the Mary f. Mason farm. 1t is a
Ave barrel amber oil producer in the
Berea grit. The same company has
the rig complied for No. on the
Neri Kennedy farm, located 500 feet
south OF No. on the same farm.
Unduley Excited.
There is no occasion for excite
ment on account of the Peoples Ma
tural Gas Company's No. 8 on the
Mckee farm in North Versailles
township, Allegheny county, Pa. The