The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-06-27
OIL AND GAS
DEVELOPMENT
OF TRI-STATE
Latest Reports of Operations in
West Virginia, PennSyI-
Vanla and Ohio.

busters and light bumpers were
the firSt OF the week offering in east
ern fields. They are pretty we'll dis
tributed through southwest PennByl-
vaniR, West Virginia and southeast
crn Ohio. In the Burning Springs dis
trict. Writ county. w. Va. Roberts
Brothers completed and shot No. 81
on the Rathbone tract and secured a
light pumper in the hTst Cow Run
sand. In the Same district the South
Penn OIL Company drilled test on
tho A. J. Petit farm through tho
Keener sand and found It barren.
In the Big Tnjun sand development
on Fishing creek, Green district.
WetEcl county, the Wildwood OIL
CompAny's No. on the s. l.. Nor
gan farm Is a light pumper in the
Big Injun sand. The Morgan OIL and
Gas Company's second test on the
Leonard Morgan farm Is very light.
In the same district the Silver Hill
oil Company has drilled a second
tcst on the l.. P. Kocher farm
through the Gordon sand and scored
a duster in all sands. c. Mccormick
and Company completed a test on
the Snodgrass farm and II is dus-
ter In the Gordon sand.
Richie County Compilations.
In the Hughes river pool. Clay dis
trIct, Richie county. Difenbaugh.
Barnhart and Moore drilled test on
their own farm through the Big In
Jun sand and It is showing for a If
teen or twenty-barrel producer. On
Indian creek, Murphy district. Par
IRISH and Grove have ten barrel salt
sand producer at No. on the \. w.
Smith farm. In tho same district. Il.
+. L. FrymIer got n Big Injun sand
gasser at his second test on the c..
A. Wilson farm.
On Big run, McElrOy district, Tyler
county. the Manufacturers Light and
Heat Company's second test on the
L. f. MRyfeld farm Is fair Gasser
In the Gordon sand. On Big Flint
creek, Grant district. Doddridge
county. the Hope Natural Gas COM
pany's test on the Mcmillan farm is
a gcsBer in the Same formation. On
Cabin creek. Central district, the
Carnegie Natural Gas Company
drilled n second test on the Ross
heirs farm through the BereR grit
and found nothing.
Fair Producer in Harrison County.
On tho West Fork river. Union dis
trict Harrison county. the Philadel-
phia Company drilled Its No. on
the Mary l.. Young farm into the
Gordon sand and II Is showing for a
forty or nifty barrel producer. This
Is the best showing made by any Of
the late competitions in this district.
On Birch run. Birch district. BraX-
ton county, Ira G. Sayer completed
test on tho II. p. Mace farm and
found nothing. On Devil Hole run,
Grant district. Richie county. X. G..
GillespIe's No. 81 on the N. D. Cow
an farm Is a light pumper In the Big
Injun sand. On Stout's run, Union
district, Peasants county. Snyder
and Company gave their test on the
belong farm a second shot. but 1t
failed TO respond and has been aban-
doned.
The Sloppy OIL Company's No. IL
on the y. s. Mowery farm, located
on stilIwell creek. Union district.
Wood county. is very light in the sec
cond Cow Run sand. On the same
stream and in the same district.
George Rasel's No. on the II. S.
Dye farm IL a six-barrel pumper in
the same formation. Watterson and
Brown drilled their test on the Eliza
Sweeney farm, located in Clay dis
trict. through the second Cow Run
sand and found It barren.
On Miracle run. Battelle district.
Monongalia county. the Carnegie
Natural Gas Company has n good
Gordon sand gaSser at its test on
the B. Parks farm. In the same To-
cality the Hope Natural Gas Com
pany'a test on the Pursley Smith
farm Il n gasSer in the same forma-
tion. on Raven run. Harper district.
RoAne county, the Jarvis OH Com
pany'a test on the NJ, j, Ryan farm
lkA0Ss Ts1 little OIL In the Biz n,