The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-06-09
OIL AND GAS
DEVELOPMENT
OF TRI-STATE
Latest Reports OF Operations b
West Virginia, PeRnSN-
vanla and Ohio.

The deep sand territory in south
eastern Ohio Is again furnishing some
cTcdiiahlc producers Up until quito
rocen'l, there had been "A run Of light
wells and some Of them in Union Fur
mace district in Starr township. Hook
ing county. where better things were
expected Last week tho Preston OIL
Company completed $50 barrel pro-
Queer on the STEERS farm and No on
the ". +. and Mary Shaw farm. The
latter well produced 200 barrels ;ho
first twcuty-four hours after It was
shot. Il liz in defined territory and in
proximity TO other good producers.
The district promises furnishing better
than average deep sand producers.
There is enough undcveloped territory
10 keep loaSehOldcrs active during the
summer months.
The Ohio Fuel Supply Company Is
drilling second test on the Eliza
STEERS farm und has tho rig completed
FOR No 2 Tho HRydonvllle OH Com
pany Is drilling Nos and 10 on the
National lroprnoting COmpany's prop
erty and has the rig completed for
| No. II on the same tract Tho Preston
oil Company is drilling n second test
on tho J. VI. and VI. V. Loomls farm
and tho MonEo Oh Company is drilling
AZ 1000 feet at test on tho George
Raubcr farm. In Green township the
american OF Development COMPANY
has completed The rig for test on
tho W r. Kcmper farm md Cochran.
Cowcll and Funk have started 10 drill
n test on tho $ f. and ]. " Bungard
farm. Tho Griffin Producing Company
&C. drilling tests on 'hc ". p. Linton
md Jacob snldcr farms.
Shallow Sand Territory.
In the Chester Hill district. Fair
field township. Washington county,
Lawrence stephens drilled his test Oh
the Edgar Goddard farm through the
Big Injun sand and found II and all
upper formations barren. In Wesley
township the Equity Oil and Gas Com
pany's No. lG on the r. y. Graham
farm is holding UP at sixty barrels a
day.
In the Corning district. Peasants
township. Perry county. the Allegheny
OH Company and ORTIZ drilled No. on
Tie r. Brcsslfosd farm through the
Tvrcl gT.t and II shows for very
IGN, pumpcr. In Monroe township
John Holden Is drilling No. $ on the
+. O'Forrcll farm In BcarGcld town
ship. II. = Schmidt and Company have
'he RIG completed for test on the l..
+. Holcomb farm. In the same district
: Powell. Baird and Company are drilling
q second test on the Z. r. Gihhlr farm.
In Newton township. Htc and Cancy
IS due In the sand az a test on the John
Spring farm.
At Conuelyille. Brush Creek town
slip. MUskngum county the Clay oil
and CHS Company is drilling in tho
sand at second test on the \ -.
Showers farm. This cOmpany's 40. &c
on the Moses Notes.-The farm is a light
pumpcr In the Bcrca grit The Blue
Rock Oh and Gas Company got one
Of the sane kind az 40. on tho
hlva jenkins farm.
West Virginia.
Few competitions arc reported from
the West Virginia fields The fact that
few wells are coming IN is not an evil
dcncc that development work is fall
iuE on for 1t is increasing In nearly
AN sections There Is scarcely field
that has not some now work under
way or starting Operators are not
overlooking any territory that Is pro-
ductivc. In sections where there is
little hope for anything larger than n
small DUwpcr new work is very much
in evidence.
Tho Dents run usher IN Manning
ton district, Marion county. continues
n decline. the last gauge showing .
production Of 3s5 barrels Tor tho
twcnty-fOur hours ending NJ o'clock
yesterday morning. Holders Of leases
In that vicinity are rushing new work.
hut Il will be al least four weeks be-
fore wells are due. The average depth
nt which the thirty-foot sand ia found
is 5000 feet.
Producer In Richie County.
In the Hughes river pool. Clay dis
tric;. Richie county. the Imperial OF
and Gas Products Company's second
test on the Mccormick heirs farm Is
4 Atty or seventy barrel producer
On the south fork Of Hughes river.
Murphy district. Ritchie county. Retts
and Bradcn's No. ; on the Indiana
Prince farm Is five barrel pumper in
the salt sand In Union district. Har-
rison county. the Hope Natural Gas
Company's second test on the Ellis
worm lOWthcr farm Is light pumpcr
in tho Gordon sand.
Cumberland Pipe Line Extension.
The Cumberland Pipe Line Company
has completed laying IFS twenty-four
miles NJ three and four-Inch line from
Rayenna 10 Page Hollow. connecting
with the new field near Irwin, EgtiIl
county. Ky. The Kentucky fields runs
in May exceeded the April runs by
more than 10000 barrels.
Tho on Markets.,
Tho prices paid for oil Of variouT
grades by the purchasing agents are.
Pennsylvania .......... S2.sO
Mercer black ....... 2lO
New Castle .............. 2.lO
Corning ................ ale
Cabell observation-disclosures. All
North Lima ............. 1.7S
South Lima ............... liza