The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-10-13
OIL AND GAS
DEVELOPMENT
OF TRI-STATE
Latest Reports Of Operations In.
West Virginia, PennsN.
vania and Ohio.

Inc holiday MAS not generally ODD
served in the oil fields. but to the ex-
tent that few reports were received
from number OF sections under do
vclopment Operators are not inclined
to take even day of while the wealth
er conditions are so favorable for field
work. All are bending every energy
to get as much work completed before
cold weather as possible. Operators
and producers are enthusiastic as to
the future prospects Of the industry.
Where opinions are expressed there Is
no division on the future advance in
the market. The only speculation is
the limit OF the present upward move
ment. The more optimistic think 1t
will go to and above the former high
point OF $3.50, and even go so far as
to say that 1t may reach 80 before
spring. 1t is in anticipation Of the
high market that has inspired the
starting Of new work in all districts.
The old fields are no longer able to
meet the demand ana the discovery of
new production Is imperative or al
greater shortage must follow.
Buster and Pumper In Peasants.
In Grant district, Peasants county,
W. Va, the River Oil Company drilled
No. 5 on the H. S. Russell farm through
the Salt sand and found nothing. I'll
will be abandoned. In the same dis
trict, Ryan and Jack drilled No. II
on the Hammett heirs farm through
the same formation and secured a
five barrel pumper.
In Smithfield district. Wetzel coun-
ty, the South Penn OIL Company has
drilled No. 55 on the Blackshere-WellsI
farm through the Big 1njun sand and
got only light show Of oil. 1t is now
drilling to the Gordon sand.
The last twenty-four hours gauge
OF the Dents run wells in Marion
county show very little decline in pro-
duction. The gauges follow: Delmar
OIL Company, No. "a, John l.. Hays, 600
barrels; Hickman and Huffman No. 3,
Alfred Kendall, 416 barrels; F. W.
Bartlett, No. /, z. Il. Batson, 1922 bar
rolls; South Penn Oil Company. No. 2,
Hoard Batson. 1856 barrels; Clayton
Oil Company. No. /, w. 2. Hays, 100
barrels. The staying qualities Of these
wells far exceed that Of any wells In
any other district in the eastern fields.
Near the mouth Of Bartholomew run,
Warrington district, Marion county,
the South Penn OIL Company completed
No. / on the Hawkins-Snodgrass farm
in the Thirty foot sand, and 1t is not
showing for better than ten barrel
pumper. 1t was hoped that this well
would show an extension to the Dents
run development and is located more
than a mile in advance of the pool
On the head waters of Bartholomew
run the Clayton Oil Company complet-
ed a test on the T. ]. Campbell farm
and II Is dry.
Drilling Deep Wells.
The Hope Natural Gas Company is
drilling more deep tests in the hope Of
finding u lower producing formation
than any other company operating in
the West Virginia fields. One OF the
most important and the deepest at
this time is test on the Mary o. COT
farm, located three miles north of
Bridgeport, Harrison county, near the
Taylor county line. Starting with an
eighteen-inch hole they are down $500
feet with the hole reduced to eight
inches. Barring accidents they ex-
pect to drill this test to a depth OF
1000 feet. Nothing was found in any
Of the formations drilled through and