The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-07-12
OIL AND GAS
DEVELOPMENT
OF TRI-STATE
Latest reports Of Operations In
West Virginia, PennSyI-
vanIa and Ohio.

Operators in the eastern fields are
doing their best TO secure an increase
In production but are not meeting with
appreclable success, An occasional
good well and many small bumpers, TO
cay nothing Of dry holes and gas
wells, do not go far in helping in
crease new production The late re-
ports from the Mid-Continent fields
tell different story, with the pro-
duction rapidly advancing and the
discovery Of extensions TO old fields
an dan occasional new one, There
are those who are OF the opinion that
the present advance in production can
not last much longer without having
an impression on the market In some
sections the pipe line companies are
forced into position where they are
no longer able to handle all Of the
crude offered.
In the east the Irvine field in Estill
county, Ky, is the only section that
looks promising for any considerable
increase in new production. Recent
extension to that field show its pro-
ducing area TO be much larger than
was anticipated. Should it continue
to increase at the same rate as in the
past few months it will be necessary
for the Cumberland Pipe Line Com
pany, the transportation company
there. to increase its facilities for
handling the oil
BntSOn Farm Well Increases.
On Dents Run, Warrington district,
Marion county, W. Va. the r. w. Bart
lett well on the z. Il. Batson farm
averaged eleven barrels an hour for
the twenty-four hours ending at Z
o'clock yesterday morning. This is a
little better than the previous twenty
four hours. 1t has not been drilled
any deeper, but is expected to in
crease its production when drilled a
little further into the pay On Camp
bells Run, in the same district, the
Chalmers Oil Company has now drilled
its test on the Simon Moore farm
through the fifth sand and found that
and all upper sands barren. The hole
will be abandoned.
New Work in Richie County.
Richie county us completing and
starting more new work than any Of
the other shallow sand districts On
Lick Run, Murphy district, the Wood
row Oil Company's No. on the Mar
tina Smith farm is through the salt
sand and shows for a ten-barrel pump
err On Dutchmans Run, Murphy dis
trict, the South Penn Oil Company has
the rig completed for test on the j..
Z. UT farm. On the same stream and
in the Same district Cochran & Funk
have the rig completed for No. II on
the McGrogor heirs farm, In the
same vicinity the Laird OIL Company
has moved a drilling machine to its
No. location on the A. D. Dulaney
farm.
Writ County Has New Work.
Writ county has quite a little new
work starting. On Ash Lick Run,
Burning Springs district, the Richter
OIL Company completed No. II on the
NJ. Richter farm and It is showing for
a six or elght-barrel pumper in theh
salt sand. On Straight Creek in the
same district the South Penn OIL Com
pany IS drilling at 500 feet at No 8
on the n w. Taught farm. On the
same stream the same company has
rigs completed for NO. 10 on the same
farm and No. on the Z. NJ Wilson
farm. On Laurel Run, Murphy dis
trict, Richie county, the Hope Nat
ural Gas Company has started to drill
test on the Charles LivIngs farm. On
the same stream and I nthc same dis
trlct the South Penn Oil Company has
the rig completed for second test on
the ]. r. Craft farm.
Rinehart, Gore & Co drilled No. 3 on
the Stella V. and c. B. Owens farm
through the Big Injun sand and 1t is
dry. This well is located on McKim
Creek, McKim district. Peasants coun-
ty, and 400 feet north of No. 2 on the
same farm. The Hope Natural Gas
Company is due in the sand at test
on the Isaac Cokley farm. Diffen-
baugh, Barnhart & Moore are drilling
n test on the G. NJ Blackburn farm.
Better Than Indicated.
The Samples Oil Company's No. 3
on tho Harvey Samples farm, located
In Union district, Clay county, Is bet
ter pumpcr than 1t showed for when
drilled through tho Big Injun sand
Ioet ,vnck Tho first tWcnty-fOur hours