The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-10-28
OIL AND GAS
DEVELOPMENT
OF TRI-STATE
Latest Reports Of Operations In
West Virginia, PennsyI-
Vania and Ohio.

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So few glsAols arc completed In
the eastern Ids that when one does
arrive It is next TO a sensation. The
latest and best Is F. w. Bartlett's
No. on the z, 2. Batsou farm on
Dents run. Warrington district, Mar
ion county, The VOL was drilled q
little deeper last Wednesday morn
ing and Immediately the production
went to between nlnoty and 100 bar
rels an hour. Yesterday morning II
was stilI holding up ut aevOnty bar
! rels an hour. 'Thla vol Is the best
drilled In ,the Dents run pool and
80 far tho bost OF the year, The pro-
duction Of tho pool IL now close to
1000 barrels day. When the Size
of the VOLS and the money value
OF the oil produced ~ taken into con-
sideration II can readily bo seen that
the Dents run pool 10 de5hble
place to operate. II seems to have
been the irony OF fate for some OF
those who had previously held leasas
on this territory to have passed y up
without making thorough test,
In the Big Injun sand development
on bartholomew run. Mannington
district, tho Hope Natural Gas Com
pany drilled test on the ]. l. Ham
ilton farm Into the sand and the we'll
produced eighty-Hye barrels the arst
twenty-four hours. The rib for No. 2
on tho same farm has been completed.
| Thompson and Law are due in the
sand next week at No. on the John
Campbell farm.
Fair Producer In Harrison County.
In Sard!s district, Harrison county.
D. j. Carter and Company completed
and shot in the Gordon sand their
test on the L. L. Stewart farm ~
Is producing fifty barrels day In
the same district, the Victoria Oh
Company drilled No. 0 on the J. i.
Lauham farm. It filled UP 500 feet
with fluid during the first two hours
after it was drilled into the pay.
On Spruce run, Murphy district
Richie county, the hope Natural Gas
Company completed its No. on the
1 George Miller heirs farm. 1t Is
light gasssr in the salt sand. on Lit
tie creek, Spencer district, Roane
county, the South Penn Oil Company
has the rig completed for No. on
the w. s. Craig farm.
Busters IN DOddridgc County.
On Garby's run, West Union dis
trict, Doddrldge county, the sun Gas
Company's test on the e. I. Smith
farm is buster in the Big lnjun sand
In the same district. located one mile
south Of the production on Nutter's
fork, the Carnegie Natural Gas Com
pany had the same kind of luck at q
4 test on the ]. b. Freeman farm. In
the same district, the same company
Is drilling tests on the d, Carter, w
+. Adams and NJ. Hall farms. The
test on the last-named farm Is due
in the sand. In the same district, the
philadelphia Company Is drilling
tests on the Il. I. Smith and 8. L,
Ford farm.
In Central district. Doddridge coun-
ty, the Carnegie Natural Gas Company
has rigs completed for tests on the
Maley Mccullough and Laura Conway
farms. Duffy and Cummings have
started TO drill test on the Zane I'm
derwood farm. The Hope Natural Gas
Company is drilling test on the Leroy
Pierpoint farm. In Union district, Ty-
Ter county, r. K. Jones and Companys
test on the Mrs. George Thomas farm
is gasser in the Big ln1un sand. The
Hope Natural Gas Company drilled q
test on the V. Stewart farm through
all sands and found nothing. Nicely and
Company are due in the same sand al
a test on the F. Lamp farm.
In Ellsworth district, Tyler county
Bills, Eddy and Company have a five
barrel pumper at their test on the
]. II. McElroy farm. The rig for No
2 has been completed and LauIfer and
Young are drilling a test on the A
Beagle farm. In Union district, the
Philadelphia Company has gasser
on the NJ. r. Mccullough farm and the
American OIL Development Company
is drilling a test on the !. Garrison
farm.
In Murphy district, Richie county
the HAYS Oil Company has q twenty.
barrel producer in the Salt sand ut No
on the A. e. Ryan farm. In Union
district, Peasants county, Eddy ant
Cunningham No. on the selmonf
Wells farm Is light producer in the
Cow Run sand. The Berry Oil Com
pany and the Columbia OIL Company
nave moved IN uTllllu6 HdCAiHGS lui
tests on the David and R. w. Wells
Southwest Pennsylvania.
The well on the James Aud ant
Bell heirs farm located in East Finley
township, Washington county, drilled
Jointly by the Superior OIL Company
and Manufacturers Light and Heat
Company, is fair gasser in the top o.
the Big Injun sand. Near Liberty, Ale
gheny county, the Philadelphia Com
pany drilled in test on the n. Y
Wilson farm and 1t is reported show
ing for twenty or twenty-five barre
producer. In the Imperial district
Watson and Companys No. 4 on thu
Annie Young farm is very light
pumper. In the same district, Irons
and Company have buster at thell
test on the Bert Mccullough farm. The
]. q, Leonard Oil Company is drilling
at 1900 feet at test on the Petrit
heirs farm.
The prices paid for oil Of various
,,,oy Iae Nv tha nurchnsing agencies