The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-05-21
OIL AND GAS
DEVELOPMENT
OF TR|-sTATE
Latest Reports Of Operations b
West Virginia, PemsH-
van!a and Ohio.

The week end OF development work
In the eastern fields brought no better
results than was recorded during the
early part. There were fewer com.
pletions In all districts than the pre-
ceding week and the average size be-
low that OF the corresponding periods.
Ncnrly all districts show an increase
In development work and operators
are leaving nothing undone to secure
new production. So far their efforts
IN that direction have not been fruitful
IN anything more than a very little in
crease In new production and the dis
covery OF no new producing territory.
The explorations for new pools failed
to bring the desired answer and the
wlldcatter is at as much Of loss to
know where to turn as at any time
since the revival OF operations.
In the Weir sand development on
Blue creek, Elk district. Kanawha
county. w. Va. the South Penn Oil
Company drilled No. II ON the Anna
q. Skinner farm through the Weir
sand and the well placed sixty barrels
to Its credit the first twenty-four
hours. On the same stream and in the
same district, the Ohio Fuel OIL Com
pany completed and shot Its test on
the P. r. Jeffers farm and had close
call to getting duster. The location
Is 600 feet northwest OF the South Penn
OIL Company's No. on the J. v. r.
Skinner farm and a one or two barrel
pumper will be Its speed.
One OF the best producers complet-
| an In thA 1niIflwnut ne a
trict, located on Indian creek, Is the
William s. Edwards Oil Company's No,
4 on the George C. AGREE farm. 1t is
located 600 feet southwest OF No. 2
and showing for twenty barrels day.
The average for the well In that dis
trict do not exceed ten barrels.
Lincoln County,.
A gasser and a light pumper are the
offerings in Lincoln county. The first
named Is the Ohio Fuel Oil Company's
second test on the Mole Lumber Com
pany's tract, located on Ivy Branch
Of Coal river. Washington district. It
shows capacity of one-fourth million
cubic feet a day from the ,Berea grit
formation. On Porter Fork, Duval
district. the South Penn Oil Company
completed No. 81 on the Horse Creek
tract and secured five barrel pumper
in the same formation.
New Work In Cabell County.
After many months Of inactivity.
Cabell county has some new work
starting. 1t is located in defined terri
tory and simply emphasizes the fact
that operators are going back to the
old fields and trying for new produce
ton. The new work starting is the
Harshbarger Oil and Gas Company's
No. on the Z. W. Beckett farm, To-
Gated on Charley creek. Grant district.
and No. 6 on the r. c. Kilgore farm.
The first named is an old we'll, former
ly producer in the Big Lime and
now drilling down to the Berea grit
On OIL Rock run. Clay district. Writ
county. Cox and Lockhart completed
a second test on the Burton Robinson
farm. It is showing for FIVE barrel
pumper in the first Cow Run sand.
Parrish and Grove have now drilled
their escond test on the W. E. Allen
farm. through all sands and have a
duster. On Big Root run, Center dis
} trict. Calhoun county. G. l.. Cabot
completed his test on the William Fer
reel farm and has a buster in the Be-
rea grit.
Drilling and Starting Tests.
Starting tests in umbr of dis
tricts are something of feature IN
the West Virginia fields. On Fish
creek. Meade district, Marshall county,
the Larrimer Oil and Gas Company
is due to get the sand at test on the
]. F. Crows farm. R. G.. Gillespie is
starting test on the Britton-Hurs-
man farm. located on Tanners creek,
Troy district. Writ county. On Lick
run, New Milton district, Doddridge
county, Engston and Company are
building rig on the NJ. J. Douglass
farm. Huffman and Deegan drilled
their test on the L. f. Stewart farm
through all sands and found nothing
but a light show in the Gordon. II
was plugged below and shot in that
formation but failed to respond. On
Tcnmile creek, the Pittsburg and West
Virginia Gas Company is drilling Its
test on the S. T. Bartlett farm from
the Gordon to the lower sands.
On Johnson's Fork. Spencer dis
. tAASN' iaoaiit touuly. TIC Leu OLI VII
Company is due in the sand on the J. A.
Harris thirty-three acres. His test
on the A. ]. Runnion farm, located
on Triplett run, is drilling at 1000
feet. On Bull river. Sherman dis
trict, Calhoun county. G. l.. Cabot has
: rig completed on the Yoak heirs
farm. On Steer creek, the Hope Nat
nral Gas Company Is drilling on the
William I. Stewart farm. On Flat
Fork. Harper District Roene county.
Charles Sims has drilled his test on
the Solvanus Morrison farm to depth
OF 1850 feet and shut down. On Spring
creek, Spencer district. the Spring
Creek Oil and Gas Company has start
ed to drill on the G. NJ. Sergent farm.
In Troy district, Marion county, the
Hope Natural Ges COMPANY has start
ed to drill wildcat on the Mary f
Purkey farm. In Church and Grant
districts, Wetzel county. the Carnegie
Natural Gas Company Is drilling tests
on the John Jobes heirs. W. E. Hig-
ginbotham. Grant Thomas, Mary A.
vanhorn farms md rigs completed
on the Abram Polling and 7. Soles
farms.
Southeastern Ohio.
In the deep sand territory IN the
Junction City district, Jackson town.
shin parrx, county n thn n~r& r>Ir