The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-01-25
OIL AND GAS
DEVELOPMENT
Of TR|-STATE
Latest Reports Of Operations h
West Virginia, PennsN-
n. vanIa and Ohio.

In the Dorseyviiie field in Alleghe-
ny county, Pa, Alexander Valley
drilled his well on the McCorkle farm
a little deeper into the lower pay last
Saturday afternoon and increased
It's production from Is to rs barrels
an hour. The first twenty hours at
ter drilling 1t deeper the well placed
400 barrels to It's credit.
In the northern end OF the devel-
opment the National. Oil and Gas
Company Is drilling at thirty-one feet
In the thirty-foot sand at No. 2 on
the Stevenson farm and expects to
get the pay at thirty-four feet. The
same company's No. on the Robin
son farm IL due to get the sand the
latter part OF this week, The Rush
vile Drilling Company is due IN the
Third sand at its No. 3 on the Seibert
farm. tisA
Near Whipple station, Beaver
county, G. L. Black and Company
have completed o test on the Ruhy
farm and it is a buster. In the Tay-
lorstown district, Washington county,
the Washington OIL Company mas
drilled In No. 6 on the McManus farm
and 1t Is producing ten barrels day.
West Virginia.
On Big run OF Sycamore creek,
Smithfield district, Roane county, w.
Va. the South Penn OIL Company
has now drilled its No, 10 on the 3.
W. Sergeant farm through the Big
rn1un sand and 1t Is q light pumper.
on Laurel creek, Spencer district,
the same company's No. 3 on the G..
and C. Short farm Is good for five
barrels a day from the Big lnjun
sand.
On Bartholomew run, Warrington
district, Marion county, the Hope
Natural Gas Company has drilled d
test on the ]. NJ. Campbell farm
into the Big Injun and the hole has
filled up 400 feet with fluid. ON
Hushers run, Clay district. Richie
county, Lambert Brothers drilled
their test on the Dodds farm through
the Suuaw sand and found nothing.
A fair gas pressure was developed IN
the Big injun sand. =.
The Reno Oil Company drilled us
test on the j. 7. Hugus farm, located
ON Middle island creek, Union DIS
trict. Tyler county, through the salt
sand and has q duster. On Worth
ington creek Clay district. Wood
county, A. i. Hoopengarner's test on
the Elmer Brown farm came In q
ddster and has been abandoned. on
Indian creek, Murphy's district.
Richie county, the Wycoff OIL Com
pany has drilled a test on the w. D..
Martin farm to a depth Of 1,150 feet
and has shut down. Nothing had
been found up to the time drilling
was suspended.
ON Tackett run, Union district,
Pleasants county, the Peasants
County Oil Company Is drilling test
on the NJ. =. Kidder farm. In Fish
ing creek in the Big Injun sand de-
yelopment In Green district. Wetzel
county. the Wildwood OIL Company
IA due in the Big fnjun sand at Its
test on the B. Midcap farm. ON BIZ
run, McElroy district. Tyler county,
fine American OIL Development Com
pany has made the location for q test
on the Marion Spencer farm. In the
Weir sand development on Blue
creek, Elk district, Kanawha county,
the South Penn Oil Company gave
lis No. 6 on the w. A. MacCorkle
farm q shot and increased its pro-
ducing from fifteen to sixty barrels
the ensuing twenty-four hours.
southeastern Ohio.
ON the Ohio side In the deep sand
territory IN the Junction City dis
trict. Jackson township, Perry cour-
". the Lupher Oil Company has a
iaIr puinper at its No. 4 on the II.
ana O. b. Ryan farm. The first
Itwenty-four hours after It was drilled
through the Clinton sand y pro-
duced thirty-hve barrels. This To-
cation Is 1000 feet east Of produc-
ton.
the Chester Hill district, Wesley
township. Washington county, ]. T..
Dillon and Company drilled No. 4
on the Charles L. Norman farm
through Che Payne sand and Il is 9
thirty barrels producer. The size Of
this well Is many tines larger than
the average In that locality. In