The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-07-07
OIL AND GAS
DEVELOPMENT
OF TR|-STATE
Latest Reports of Operations In
West Virginia, PennSyI-
vania and Ohio.

For the first time in number OF
years operators in the eastern helus
are finding trouble in securing eX-
perlenced drlllers and tool dressers'
The western fields have drawn on the
east for men until the number has
been so greatly reduced as to prove
handicap to starting new work in
number Of sections. In some parts
of the West Virginia fields, rigs have
been completed and the contract for
drilling let but the contractor is hav-
ing trouble in assembling crew
Then it is difficult matter to get cas-
ing and this has caused the shutting
down of good many drilling wells.
Operators are not completing any
large wells
In the Keener sand development on
Rock Run, Burning Springs district
Writ county, w. Va, the Walnut Greek
Oil Company drilled its No. 20 on the
Harvey G. Sayer farm through the
sand and will not have better than a
very light pumper. In the same dis
triCt, c. P. Gordon G. Sons are drilling
test on the c. f. Miller farm. Rob
erts Bros. have started to drill No 81
on the Rathbone oil tract and the Red
River Oil and Gas Company is drilling
No. IL on the Depue-McClung farm'
Shallow Sand Territory
In the shallow sand territory I'M
Burning Springs district, Patterson
Bros. are drilling in the sand at No. q
on the Camden oil tract W. f. Hick-
man is drilling a test on the Frank
Badger farm and Wilson & King have
spudded in at a test on the D. r.
and s. p. Lewis farm. C. A. Gartlan
& Co. have drilled test on the Sarah
Lewis farm to a depth of $50 feet and
shut down. The South Penn Oil Com
pany has rigs completed for No 4, b.
NJ. Wilson; No Q, N. W. Taught, and
No 9, w. NJ. Dawson farms.
On Dents Run, Warrington district,
Marion county, the Anchor Oil Com
pany has now drilled its test on the
]. +. Crouser farm, dry in the thirty
foot sand, into the fourth sand and 1t
is small gasser in that formation.
This location is north Of the gusher
on tho Higglnbotham farm and was
expected to be producer in the thtr-
ty-foot sand. In the same district, the
South Penn Oil Company Is due in the
sand at a test on the Howard Batson
farm. The Carnegie Natural Gas Com
pany is drilling In the thirty-foot sand
on the 2. Batson farm
Southeastern Ohio.
The shallow sand territory furnished
all of the late compilations in the south
eastern Ohio fields. In the Roseyille
district, Brush Creek township, Mus
kingum county, the Blue Rock oil and
Gas Company's No, Is on the L. H.
Swlngle farm Is q very light pumper
in the Berea grit, In Clay township,
tho Thompson Farm Oil Company
drilled No. on the B. F, Thompson
farm through the same formation and
got the same kind of a producer,
Near Knoxville, Knox township, JEFF
ferson county, Burns & Burns drilled
No. 3 on the Stmilda Watt farm
through the Borea grit and it is show
ing very light. The location is FOOL
feet north Of No. 2 on the same farm.
In Island Creek township, Furman &
Company have a rig up for test on
the Thompson farm. Meag & Engle
are due on the B. W. Lewis farm.
Owens G Co. are drilling tests on the
Hall and Dobbins heirs farms. Cast
Ter Bros, are drilling test on the
James Gracey farm. The Dean Oil
Company is drilling on the John John
son farm and unknown parties are
drilling on the j. T. Lee farm.
In the Sclo district, Harrison coun-
ty, the Butterfeld Oil Company COM
pleted test on the John Butterheld
farm and got light gasser. Reece
& Ferrel's test on the F. G. Heidy |
farm is duster. Near Mlllers Sta
ton, the Chicago-Ferndale OIL Com
pany, after five years OF inactivity, has
come back and is drilling No. 13 on
the |. T. Ramsberg farm.
The OIL Markets.
The prices paid for oil o. various
grades by the purchasing agents are: