The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-02-04
OIL AND GAS
DEVELOPMENT
Of TR|-STATE
Latest Reports Of Operations Ia
West Virginia, PennsI-
vania and Ohio.

Operators in the eastern fields are
giving more attention to the devel-
opment of shallow sand territory
than any other, and at the same time
staring experimental work. Compile
ton of single good producer in the
shallow sand districts call out new
work in the vicinity and frequently
result is dry hole or very light
producer. Richie county leads In
the amount Of work under way and
starting. The Imperial OIL and Gas
Products Company has Just drilled
No. 8 on the W. S. Keith farm into
the Big Injun sand and 1t is the best
producer that has been completed In
Richie county in several months.
Soon after the we'll was drilled into
the top OF the Big Injun sand n pay
was encountered and the first twenty
four hours thereafter 1t placed 100
barrels to its credit. The location is
$50 feet east Of No. l.
In Washington district, peasants
county, the Orchard Oil Company
drilled its test on the Gale heirs
farm to the Keener sand, and It is
good for twenty or move barrels a
day. :.
On Laurel Fork OF Horse Creek,
Duval district, Lincoln county, the
Wayland Oil and Gas Company drill
ed its test on the A. c. Hilbert farm
through the Berea grit and develop
ed a gasser, with capacity OF 1907
900 cubic feet a day. In Butler dis
trict, Lawrence county. bordering on
Kentucky, the South Penn OIL Com
pany has drilled No. on the A. w.
Lycans farm through the Berea grit
and has very light show Of oil.
In the Big Injun sand develop
ment on Fishing Creek, Green dis
trict, Wetzel county, /. G. Kingsley
and Company completed a second
test on the Stephen Morgan farm
and got pumper good for less than
five barrels day. The Morgan OIL
and Gas Company has the rig COM
pleted for a second test on the Leon
ard Morgan farm, located on the west
side. The DOMAIN OH Company has
the rig completed for a test on the
E. Morgan farm.
In Grant district, Wetel county, the
Mills Tract Oil Company has started
to drill a test on the John Mills tract.
In Greenbrier district, Doddridge
county, the Carnegie Natural Gas
Company drilled its test on the Lloyd
Mcintyre farm through all sands and
found all formations barren.
The shallow sand territory in No
bic county, o., is completing q good
many wells, all light bumpers or dust
ers. In the Caldwell district. Salem
township, George Keil drilled his test
ON the Henry Murphy farm through
the Berca grit and has duster. The
location is 1900 feet northwest Of
production on the Laughlin heirs
farm. IN Noble township, ]. o. Nc
Kee and Company completed No. 3 on
the A.. ]. Every farm and got . fiye
or six barrel pumper in the 700-foot
sand. In Enoch township, the Cres-
cent oil and Gas Company drilled NO.
ia on the /. Ruppel farm through the
Buell. Run sand and got q very light
pumper. In Olive township Cooper
and Young have the rig completed
for a test on the Fullerton Caldwell
farm.
Light wells are still the rule in the
deep sand territory. The latest COM
pletion is A. G. Sprinkler and Com
pany's test on the George Drake farm
in the Nashport district, Fallsbury
township, Licking county. The show
OF oil found in the Clinton sand was
SO light that 1t will scarcely pay to