The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-09-16

started to drill second test on the
kebcCca and Cnaries Arthur farm. In
big Sandy district. Kanawha county,
The South Penn oil Company com
pleted No. 2 on the j. N. Huffman
farm and 1t shows for n five barrel
pumper IN the Weir sand. In Elk dis
trict the same company completed No.
3 on the j. Il. Boggs farm and has a
thirty five barrel produced in the
Weir sand.
in Dural district, Lincoln county,
the South Penn Oil Company drilled
no. ~ on the Horse Creek tract
through the Berea grit. 1t is a ten
barrel pumper in that formation. In
New Milton district, DoddrIdge coun-
ty, the same cOmpany's test on the L.
NJ. Dennison farm is gasser in the
Gordon sand, IN the Burning Springs
district, v county. the South Penn
Company has completed No. 10 on the
y. w .Haught farm and 1t is ten
barrel pumper in the sale sand.
Buster in GIlmcr County.
In Trow district, Gilmer county,
the Philadelphia Company drilled its
test OF the +. G. Law farm through
all sands and it is dry. In Freeman's
Creek district, Lewis county, the
Clarksburg Light and Heat Company
drilled test on the John Logan farm
through all sands and found nothing
but light show of oil in the Big
Injun sand.
On Wiley fork. branch of Rich
wood run, Grant district, Wetzel
county, the Redwood Oil Company
drilled No. 3 on the John Mills farm
/ through the fourth sand and found
morn. in that formation. They then
plut d the hole below the Gordon
/ sand and gave it shot in that for
nation and 1t is showing for five
or ten-barrel pumper.
On SCOTS run. Battelle district,
Monougalia county. the Hope Natural
gas Company drilled its test on the
Wesley futile farm through the Big
Injun sand and it shows for a five
barrel pumper. On the same run and
in the same district, the same COM
pany has completed test on the j. r.
Robinson farm and has fair gasser
in the Big Injun sand.
Light Wells in Richie County
All late competitions in Richie
county are very light bumpers. On
Steel run, Grant district, G. n. Crows
No "A on the West Virginia tract is
very light. In the same district the
4 South Penn OIL Company's No. 81
on the Hitchie mines tract is a FIVE
| barrel pumfer in tie salt sand. on
| White Oak creek, Walker district,
| Wood county, w. II. Jones drilled
his No. % on the Wood county petrol
cum tract through the Salt sand and
it is not good for more than two bar
rels day.
: The result of late compilations in
Tyler county is no better than in
Richie. Near Bearsville, Union dis
trict, the Pure Oil Producing Com
\ pany drilled No. on the G. a. Riggs
/ farm and has ten-barrel pumper in
I the same district, Eddy and Cunning
have have completed No. 4 on the
I Selmon ellis farm and 1t shows very
I little oil. The Berry Oil Company's
test on the David Wells farm is drill
ing in the Big Injun sand and show
ing for fve-barrel pumper. They
are still drilling and may get sec
ond pay.
In McKlm district. Peasants coun-
ty. S. Y. Ramage drilled No. 80 on
the Sol Pethel farm through the Cow
Run sand and 1t shows for four-bar-
! rel pumper, In Jefferson district, Gal
laher, Buckley and Company have
drilled No. on the w. H. holland
farm through the Cow Run sand and
1t is a buster. In Sardis district,
Harrison county. the South Penn OIL
! Company completed No. 4 on the J.