The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-13
OIL AND GAS
Development
OF TRI=STATE
Latest Reports Of Operations b.
West Virginia, Pennsy!.
Vanla and Ohio.

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Vanla and Ohio.
Operators in the Cabin creek district
kRnawha county. w, VA. arc meeting
with good success. The wells are not
in the gusher class but offn fair aver
age size. It Is quite evident that any
permanent increase in new production
must come from that source. On the
| east side OF the Williams Coal Com
pany's tract on Cabin creek, the Col
/ umbus Producing Company has drilled
| its No 50 through the Berea grit and
| gave 1t shot The we'll is estimated
to be good for $50 barrels n day.
On the same stream the Eagler Oil.
Company has drilled in a test on the
| Thomas Crawford farm. The first
fourteen hours after the we'll was
tapped the pay in the Berea grit IT.
| produced seYenty-eight barrels East
| and north OF the Columbus Producing
! Company's production. the Ohio t1leI
| OIL Company drilled in No. on the
John ID. Kittenger farm and it shows
for sevcnty-ttyG barrel producer i'm
| tho Berea grit. All of these compile
tons help improve the prospects for
liberal extension to the development.
In the Weir sand development on
Blue creek, Elk district, kanawha
county. the South Penn Oil Company
has completed second test on the
SQUIRE Matheny farm and it shows for
"a very light pumper. This location
Us 500 feet northeast OF the test on the
| w. II. and Thomas Cline farm On
Porter's Fork. Duval district, Lincoln
county. the South Penn Oil Company's
No. 70 on the Horse Creek tract is
| good for ten barrels a day in the Berea
| grit.
Light Pumper in Doddridge.
On Coon run, Mcclellan district.
Doddmdge county, the Carter Oil Com
pany drilled No. a on the b. w. Foley
\ farm through the Big Iniun sand. II
is not good for more than eight or ten
| barrels a day. On the south fork Of
Hughes river Murphy district. Richie
county. r. P. Porter and Company's
test on the IcKosh heirs farm is a
buster in tho Salt sand.
In Clay district the Imperial Oil and
Gas Company's No. 1 on the c. Dotson.
farm is holding up at It's barrels day
since it was shot.
In the old Folsom district. Wetzel
| county. the South Penn Oil Company:
has drilled No. 68 on the Genine Rob-
inson tract through all sands ana
| found nothing but little oil in the
stray above the Gordon sand.
MARSHALL County Tests.
|
more new work than at any time in a
good many months. On Cedar run,
| Liberty district, the Carnegie Natural
1 Gas Company is drilling a test on the
IL G.. Fair farm and on Big run the
same company is drilling tests on the
| John Mackey and w. O.. Fish farms
| On Ben's run the same company has
just started to drill on the John Cole
farm. On Grave creek Charles Riley
/ TI1x
a test on the John Crawford farm. On
Beech Lick run, Greenbrier district.
EDoddridge county, Randolph and
Lowther arc drilling in the Gordon
sand at a test on the Mary Z. and d.
Hurst farm.
Southeastern Ohio.
IN the deep sand territory in south
eastern Ohio new wells are coming in.E
with a good deal of regularity. The
majority arc in the light producer list.
In the new development near Brink
haven, Jefferson township, Knox coun-i
t.ty, the Brinkhaven Oil Company
drilled a test on the Inglehart Broth
| ers farm through the Clinton sand
and it shows for thirty barrel pros
Queer. The size of this well is larger
than the average late competitions in
that district.
IN the Bremen district. Fairfield
county, the Carter Oil Company COM
lpleted a test on the Huston AfcVeigh
farm. 1t Is a gasser with a capacitysofi
l250.00O cubic feet a day and Is spraying
about two barrels day. This location
| is about 1900 feet east OF the same
company's No. on the Bert Seifert
farm In Richland township the same
I#comDany has started No.s4 on the Al
| bert Run farm. South Of the Carter Oil
4 iCompany's production on the Samuel
Pitzer farm. three-fourths Of mile,
itthe Fisher Oil Company has a. Clinton
sand buster on the Grant Shaw farm.
In the lower end of the field in Ward
township, Hooking county the Ohio
Fuel Supply Company completed and
shot second test on the Webster
Il Dawley farm. 1t produced forty-ftye
3barrels tho first twentyfour hours.
The same comnany has the&rig COM
lHpleted for test on the Eli Patton
farm In the. Union furnace district
Southwest Pennsyl
at Dorseyville, Indian township,
Allegheny county. the Crescent Oil and
II Gas Company drilled its No. 3 on the
i Samuel Googner farm five feet deeper
\ into the Third sand but it did not in
4creasB the production. They are swab-I
6bing about5nfty barrels a day from the
well. AT Burgettstown, Washington
county; the Peoples Natural Gas Com
spany's 80. 8 on the S. f. and 81. Scott
farm and the Burgettstown Oil Com
pany's Nos. 2 and 3 on the part of the.
II same farmare holding up at 185, sew
4enty-five and 215 barrels, respectively.
In Spring Hill township. Greene coun-.
ty, the Carnegie Natural Gas Com
i3pany's No. on the George Ismingcr
| farm is producing 113 barrels and No.
/ III on the same farm Ito barrels a day.
Neither has been drilled through the.
sand.
Mid Continent Crude Advanced.
Oklahoma and Kansas crude market
1 was advanced ten cents a barrel yes
tier The quotation is now $1.10 al
barrel.
The prices paid for OIL OF various
sgrades by the purchasing agencies
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