The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-09
OIL AND GAS
DEVELOPMENT
OF TR|-STATE
Latest Reports Of Operations 10
West Virginia, Pennsyl.
vania and Ohio.


work in the fields attracted attention.
The fact that the market was not ad-
.yanced gives rise. to the. opinion that
future advances will be less frequent
than in the past few months. SO far
as results apply to development work
in the eastern fields there is nothing
to menace further advance in the
market. The week just closed reveal
ed nothing Of a menacing nature in
the way of new discoveries. With one
or two exceptions the compilations
were not better than very light pump
ers and confined to districts that have
been long Under development. FL
busters are frequent occurrences
in all districts. On Hardman fork OF
Rowells run, Lee district, Calhoun
county, Godfrey L.sCabot drilled his
test on the S. l.. Sickle farm through
the Berea grit and found 1t barren.
The'location is 500 feet Of his produce
ton on the Lynn heirs tract.
Made 1t a Deep Test.
On Millers run, Spencer district,
Roane county, the United Fuel Gas
Company after drilling its test on the
j. A. Miller farm and through Berea
grit decided to make 1t deep test
and drilled down and through the Cor
don sand but failed to change the
result. On Ten Mile creek, Sardis
district, Harrison county, Parrish &
Grove are due in the Big lnjun sand
at test on the Gilmore Allen farm.
On Bingamon creek, Eagle district,
Harrison county, the Philadelphia
Company's test on the A. A. Borgess.
farm has been drilled through all
sands and is dry. On Knob Fork,
Church district, Wetzel county, the
Hope Natural Gas Company drilled
a test on the ]. S. Toothman farm to
a depth of 1856 feet and found all
sands barren. On Fish creek, the
Manufacturers Light & Heat Company
drilled its test on the Z. b. Oliver
farm into the Dukard sand and devel-
.oped fair gasser. On Long Drain
run, the Philadelphia Company's test
on the Amos Glover farm is gasser in
the Big Injun sand. a
Light Producer in Kanawha.
The Ohio Fuel Company drilled its
No. ~ on the Elk river Coal Com
pany's property, located on Elk river,
Elk district, Kanawha county,
through the Weir sand and will not
have better than ten-barrel pumper.
In the same district, the United Fuel
Company drilled No. Is on the Hunt
farm throughthe same formation and
got the same kind of a producer. The
same company drilled No. 10 into the
Squaw sand and developed a gasser.
On Buckeye Fork of Cobbs creek,
Washington county, the South Penn
Oil Company's No! "a on the Horse
Creek tract has been completed to
the Berea grit and is tlve-barrel
pumper from the level. No. AZ on the
same tract Is drilling and the rig for
No. A on Kentuck creek, Sheridan
district, the Four Mile Oil Company
is drilling No. on the Guyandotte
Land Associations property. De-
spite the fact that Lincoln county is
not furnishing anything better than
light bumpers, development work is
increasing. Owing to the regularity
of the producing formation very few
dry holes are encountered.
Drilling and Starting Tests.
On Bartholomew run, Church dis
trict, Wetzel county, the Hope Natur-
al Gas Company is due in the Fifth
sand at Its test on the G. 7. Ham
ilton farm. On Long Drain run, in
the same district, the same company
is drilling at $3.50 feet at its test
on the ]. B. Snlder farm. On Big
run, Warrington district, Marion
county, Funk and Glover are due in
the Gordon sand on the Ash heirs
farm.
In Union district, Harrison county.
the Hope Natural Gas Company drill
ed a second test on the Iva B. Camp
bell farm into the Gordon stray and
developed a show Of oil. 1t will be
drilled deeper and II nothing Is
found 1t will be tested in the stray. In
Sardis district, the same company has
started to drill test on the Lydia
Griffin farm and has started to drill
its test on the L. D. Shaw farm to
the lower sands. In Tenmile district
the Sylvan Oil Company has started
to drill test on the Savilla Cum
ningham farm. On Big Flint creek,
Doddridge county, the Carnegie Ma
tural Gas Company is due in the
sand on the z. II. Stewart farm.
Southeastern Ohio.
In the shallow sand territory in the
Macksburg district. Elk township,
Noble county, o., ]. w. Bernier and
Company completed second test on
the Phillip Ullman farm and has a
very light pumper. In Jefferson town.
ship, G. E. Hammond and Company
got one of the same kind when they
drilled No. 16 on the Leo Crum farm
through the Buel Run sand. On the
coal lands in Aurelius township, 2.
w. Clines' No. 8 is avery light pump
er in the Berea grit.
In Colerain township, Belmont
county, Hardesty and Son completed
and shot No. on the Mary NJ. Hard
esty farm, in the Berea grit, and has
a show for a fiye-barrel pumper. The
location is 1000 feet southeast OF
No. /. In Knox township, Jefferson
county, O'Day Brothers second test
on the Jonathan Hook farm Is a light
pumper in the Berea grit. In the
same district. Mayer and Engle have
the rig completed for q test on the
Oliver heirs farm.
Columbiana County.
In the Wellsville district. Colum-